Published: 2/2/16
Publication: Comparative Patent Remedies
Kaori Minami published a short post on the IPKat yesterday about the JFTC’s release of its amended Guidelines for the Use of Intellectual Property under the Antimonopoly Act. Readers may recall that I blogged about the draft amendments in a post last July. Comparing the draft version to the final version, it appears that the final version includes the very same language found in the draft in what is now subpart (e) to Part 3 (“Viewpoints from Private Monopolization and Unreasonable Restraint of Trade”), paragraph (1) (“Viewpoints from Private Monopolization”), subparagraph (1) (“Inhibiting the Use of Technology”):