THE ANTITRUST RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING ANINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO

Eric I. Harris, Johnson & Johnson, and M. Howard Morse, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 5/3/2001)

It is increasingly recognized in the knowledge-based 21st century economy that firms' intellectual property portfolios are often at least as important as their plants and equipment. This paper outlines antitrust issues associated with the creation of an intellectual property portfolio either by internal development or through acquisition, which should be taken into account by companies attempting to build intellectual property portfolios.