The objective of this paper is to examine the CCI’s reasoning and approach in patent – related cases, in light of (i) the legislative framework governing competition and patent law in India, (ii) the economic theories that govern the intersection between antitrust and patent law, and (iii) the manner in which competition agencies in comparative jurisdictions have dealt with similar agreements and conduct by a patent holder.Part 1 of this paper deals with an analysis of the distinction between sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act 2002, in light of the CCI’s tendency to conflate issues pertaining to abuse of dominance and evaluation of anti-competitive agreement involving patents. Part 2 deals with constraints on pricing imposed in several CCI rulings. Part 3 deals with nonprice licensing restrictions as constituting abuse of dominance. Part 4 deals with cases involving a refusal to deal where products are protected by IP rights or proprietary technologies. Part 5 deals with the practice of price discrimination in unified systems markets dominated by intellectual property.

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印度的专利和竞争法：CCI 评估竞争损害的简化方法

本文的目的是根据 (i) 印度竞争和专利法的立法框架，(ii) 管理反垄断和专利权交叉的经济理论，研究 CCI 在专利相关案件中的推理和方法。 (iii) 比较法域中的竞争管理机构处理专利持有人的类似协议和行为的方式。 本文的第 1 部分分析了 2002 年《竞争法》第 3 条和第 4 条之间的区别，鉴于 CCI 倾向于将滥用支配地位和评估涉及专利的反竞争协议的问题混为一谈。第 2 部分处理若干 CCI 裁决中对定价的限制。第 3 部分处理构成滥用支配地位的非价格许可限制。第 4 部分处理涉及拒绝交易的案件，其中产品受知识产权或专有技术保护。第 5 部分处理知识产权主导的统一系统市场中的价格歧视做法。