Dr Pablo Ibanez Colomo

This course is available on the MSc in Regulation, Master of Laws and Master of Laws (extended part-time study). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course will be relevant to the following LLM specialisms: Competition, Innovation and Trade; Corporate and/or Commercial Law; European Law; International Business Law.

This course is capped at 60 students. Students must apply through Graduate Course Choice on LSEforYou.

Prior knowledge of Competition Law is desirable, but not essential.

This module addresses some of the most topical and intellectually challenging aspects of contemporary Competition Law. The emphasis will be put on US antitrust and EU Competition Law, but developments from other jurisdictions are discussed where relevant. The module examines, inter alia, the application of competition law in high-technology industries as well as its intersection with intellectual property (standard-setting agreements, patent pools, issues arising in relation to the enforcement of patents in the pharmaceutical sector) and sector-specific regimes.

Topics include the following:

• Competition Law and Intellectual Property

     o Competition Law in the Pharmaceutical Sector

     o Standard-setting agreements and patent pool organisations

     o Intellectual property licensing

• Competition Law in High-Technology Markets

     o Interoperability

     o Online distribution

     o Competition Law and Innovation

• Competition Law and Sector-Specific Regulation (Telecommunications and Energy)

20 hours of seminars in the LT. 4 hours of seminars in the ST.

There will be a reading week in week 6.

All students are expected to produce one 2,000 word formative essay during the course.

Whish, Competition Law (8th edn, 2015); Jones & Sufrin, EU Competition Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed, 2016); Elhauge & Geradin, Global Competition Law and Economics (2nd edn, 2011); Hovenkamp, The Antitrust Enterprise (2005).

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours, reading time: 15 minutes) in the main exam period.