Antitrust in Pharmaceutical Markets & Geographical Rules of Origin

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 application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector, which continues to be

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Pierre Kobel Pranvera Këllezi Bruce Kilpatrick Editors

Antitrust in Pharmaceutical Markets & Geographical Rules of Origin

LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition

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Pierre Kobel • Pranvera Ke¨llezi • Bruce Kilpatrick Editors

Antitrust in Pharmaceutical Markets & Geographical Rules of Origin

Editors Pierre Kobel Kobel Avocat Attorney-at-law Geneva, Switzerland

Pranvera Ke¨llezi Ke¨llezi Legal Geneva, Switzerland

Bruce Kilpatrick Addleshaw Goddard LLP London, United Kingdom

ISSN 2199-742X ISSN 2199-7438 (electronic) LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition ISBN 978-3-319-55812-7 ISBN 978-3-319-55813-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-55813-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017939711 # Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Preface

On behalf of the LIDC (the International League of Competition Law), we are delighted to present the fifth edition of LIDC Contributions on Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition, which captures the reports prepared by the international and national reporters at the League’s Annual Congress held at the Hoˆtel Pre´sident Wilson on the shores of Lake Geneva in October 2016. The last time the Congress took place in Switzerland was in September 2002 in Montreux, when attendees voted to modify the format of the Congresses, reducing the number of topics and settling on the production of two international reports, which is the format that continues today. The Congress is, in the editor