We analyze the effects of accidents and liability obligations on the incentives of car manufacturers to monopolize the … results is the observation that high prices for spare parts entail a negative external effect inasmuch as liability …

striking a deal with the creator – a grant of a monopoly for a limited time, in exchange for the requirement that, upon …

in the cases of notice effects and monopoly. In the first instance, notice costs will be shown to be much more import in … copyright works. In the second instance, the claim that intellectual property creates a monopoly will be shown to be incorrect …

any monopoly have spawned legal doctrines, such as the misuse defense, designed to prevent abuse of the monopoly. The …, making such predictions difficult. Since 1990, however, acceptance of the defense (in theory, at least) has become quite …

. The article argues that technology, with its legal protection, can be used to expand the patent monopoly, or even supplant … effects of access- and use-controlling technology on the patent monopoly and, drawing on the experience of other jurisdictions … the Copyright Act can be misused to expand the patent monopoly. One recommendation is to change the proposed provisions in …

. The focus will be specifically devoted to the Italian situation, where, like in Austria, there is a legal monopoly. The … basis of this monopoly has been recently discussed and the Italian legislator has liberalized neighboring rights. According …-thinking of the de facto or legal monopoly positions will be analyzed by the paper also from an economic perspective, discussing …