This book proposes a development stage-specific approach to the patent-competition interface for developing countries, taking into account the different ways in which competition law regulation of patent exploitation practices interacts with various means of technology transfer.

Thomas Cheng is an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong. He has written extensively on competition law in developing countries and on the competition law of a number of Asian jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, China, and Japan. His research has appeared in respected specialist U.S. journals, including Chicago Journal of International Law, Berkeley Business Law Journal, Virginia Law & Business Review, and University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, and in leading competition law journals such as Journal of Antitrust Enforcement and World Competition. In 2020, he published Competition Law in Developing Countries, with Oxford University Press.

• 1.: Introduction


• 2.: Innovation Incentives in Developing Countries


• 3.: Technology Transfers in Developing Countries


• 4.: A Proposed Approach to the Patent-Competition Interface


• 5.: Unilateral Refusal to License Patents-A Theoretical Perspective


• 6.: Unilateral Refusal to License Patents-A Proposed Framework


• 7.: Patent Tying


• 8.: Excessive Pricing for Pharmaceuticals


• 9.: Reverse Payment Settlements


• 10.: Restrictive Licensing Practices


• 11.: Conclusion