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Patentees beware German antitrust rules

Managing IP Correspondent
June 30, 2009
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Germany's Federal Supreme Court recently clarified the obligations of patent owners to grant licences under the country’s antitrust rules. Gerhard Barth of Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser explains what they mean in practice

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