MAY 2003
How the UK Enterprise Act affects your IP
The frictions between the laws regulating the ownership and exercise of IP rights and anti-competitive agreements are known and long-standing. What is less widely
understood is the extent to which this situation will change following recent reforms to UK and EU competition law, explains Guy Lougher
The UK's Enterprise Act 2002 will allow the Competition
Commission (CC), following merger or market investigations, to seek
wide-ranging changes to the exercise and licensing of IP rights
registered in the UK.
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