This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in
the field of antitrust and intellectual property. The first part discusses the allocation of
liability for infringement of antitrust laws between corporations and individuals. The book
explores the criminal or administrative sanctions available against corporations companies or
group of companies and individuals such as employees or directors. A detailed international
report explores the major trends and challenges in this field and provides an excellent
comparative study of this complex and challenging subject. The second part examines whether
intellectual property rights are sufficiently protected to ensure a fair return on investments
made by manufacturers and distributors. This question comes at a time where distribution is
facing deep and radical changes with the Internet. To what extent this is an opportunity or a
threat to the sustainability of distribution systems of differentiated and IP protected goods
is the question. This book brings together the current legal responses across a number of
European countries and elsewhere in the world all summarised and elaborated in an
international report. The book also includes the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of
the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) following a debate on each of these topics
which include proposed solutions and recommendations. The LIDC is a long-standing international
association that focuses on the interface between competition law and intellectual property law
including unfair competition issues.
