Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, George Mason University School of Law, on the Korea Fair Trade Commission’s Amendment to Its Review Guidelines on Unfair Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights

Abstract

This comment is submitted to Korea's Fair Trade Commission ("KFTC") by the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University School of Law in response to the KFTC's December 16, 2015 amendments to its Review Guidelines on Unfair Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights. The GAI Competition Advocacy Program provides a wide-range of recommendations to facilitate adoption of economically sound competition policy, including how to analyze conduct involving standard-essential patents.

Keywords: antitrust, standard-essential patents, KFTC, holdup, licensing, FRAND, standard-setting organizations

JEL Classification: K21, L4, L5