Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240457 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1314
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
A sizeable literature analyzes the appropriate interpretation of FRAND commitments for standard-essential patents. With few exceptions, the literature disregards international dimensions, despite the fact that most standards are used in international markets. This paper uses a simple economic setting to assess pros and cons of the main jurisdictional bases in international law—the Territoriality and Nationality Principles—when national regulatory authorities have conflicting views regarding the appropriate interpretation of FRAND commitments. The paper identifies situations where the bases can implement efficient outcomes, and where they fail. The paper also shows how non-discrimination obligations might improve upon the outcomes.
Subjects: 
Standard-essential patents
International jurisdiction
Default rules
JEL: 
F15
K21
K33
L40
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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