FRAND Commitment and Competition Law in Japan

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380074
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social law
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: HAYASHI Shuya 名古屋大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (30364037)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 独占禁止法 / 標準規格必須特許 / 競争法 / 競争政策 / 知的財産法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, as symbolized by the dissemination of the Internet, the influence on the economy from the information and communications technology sector (hereinafter referred to as “the ICT sector”) has been increasing tremendously. In this sector, intellectual property lawsuits between multinational enterprises playing world-leading roles have been growing in a worldwide scale and capturing public attention. Samsung vs. Apple case in Japan is also one of these lawsuits . Discussion about this case and its outcome would bring about far-reaching effect, not only domestically but also internationally. The purpose of this research is therefore to analyze this important case from the academic viewpoint of law and economics, on which a vast literature has been accumulated up to the present.

Free Research Field

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