Foreword

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FOREWORD

The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law is pleased to

publish the second edition of the Intellectual Property and Antitrust

Handbook.

The Handbook is intended to serve as an introduction and general

guide to the application of the federal antitrust laws to intellectual

property. It explores in detail the antitrust issues that arise from the

acquisition, licensing, and enforcement of patents, copyrights,

trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property, as well as

developments in patent, copyright, and intellectual property law from the

standpoint of economics and competition policy.

The Section of Antitrust Law is grateful to editors Michael J.

Lawrence, Donald M. Falk and Jay P. Srinivasan and their team of

contributing authors, each of whom dedicated many hours to the

preparation of the Intellectual Property and Antitrust Handbook, under

the leadership of Renata B. Hesse and Hartmut Schneider, co-chairs of

the Intellectual Property Committee of the Section of Antitrust Law as

well as past chairs, Sean P. Gates and Alfred C. Pfeiffer, Jr.

We encourage those who practice in this important and fast-

developing field to make full use of this excellent Handbook.

September 2015 Roxann Henry

Chair, Section of Antitrust Law

American Bar Association

2015-16