Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, George Mason University School of Law, on the State Administration for Industry and Commerce Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights

Abstract

This comment is submitted to China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) by the Global Antitrust Institute (GAI) at George Mason University School of Law in response to the SAIC's consultation on its Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on Abuse 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: China, SAIC, Anti-Monopoly Law, intellectual property, standard-essential patents, injunctions

JEL Classification: K21, L4, L5