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PREFACE

The Second Edition of the Handbook on the Antitrust Aspects of

Standa

rds Setting is intended to help lawyers, judges, and

academics

navigate

the increasingly complex intersection between standards and

antitrust law. This book not only updates the prior edition, but explores

in

-depth key topics, such as standards issues involving intellectual

property, and introduces new topics, such as the treatment of standards

issues

under

European competition

law.

This book is the product of numerous contributors. Sean Gates

served as editor-

in

-chief. Michael Lawrence, Rony Gerrits, An

kur

Kapoor, Robert Schwartz

,

and Seth Greenstein helped to review draft

chapters. The drafting team included Helen Eckert, Morgan Frontczak,

Andrea Hasegawa, Bruce Kobayahi, John Landry, Jeffrey Perry, Kristina

Sadlak, Antonio Seabra, Deepika Sharma,

Mitc

hell Stoltz, and Joshua

Wrig

ht. Special thanks

also

go to Douglas Beteta for his many hours of

work with the manuscript. Edwin Fountain and Donald Amlin of the

Section’s Books & Treatises Committee provided important guidance

and constructive comments on

the book.

January 2011

Patricia Brink

Anthony Swisher

Co

-

Chair

s

,

Unilateral Conduct Committee

Section of Antitrust Law

American Bar Association

2010

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