European Competition Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
General Introduction
Part 1: Introduction
Title 1: Field of application
Title 2: Restrictive agreements
Title 3: Abuse of dominant position
Section 1: Existence/Exercise
Section 2: Specific subject matter
Chapter 2: Applications
Part 3: Procedure
Part 4: Mergers
Part 5: State aid
162. Essential function
1 minute de lecture
The criterion of specific subject-matter remaining too large, the EU Authorities have rapidly introduced a second limitation by making the specific subject-matter of the intellectual property rights subject to the protection of their essential function. Only prerogatives falling within the specific subject-matter, which correspond to the basic function of the right, are then regarded as lawful in …