25 May, 2018
MyCC has recently published draft guidelines on Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law. The highlights provide for, amongst others, the following:
- exclusive licensing is not likely to infringe the Competition Act 2010 unless the licence is coupled with anti-competitive conditions such as price fixing and tying;
- in a case of newly developed technology, exclusive dealing arrangements may be found to be beneficial to the consumers in the long run.
For further information, please contact:
K Shanti Mogan, Partner, Shearn Delamore & Co
shanti@shearndelamore.com
