Legal Governing on Technology Suppression: Auto Industry as Main Field of Vision
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Abstract
Unilateral technology suppression that can be encountered in auto and other field mainly includes refusing to license patent and not using patent. To unilateral technology suppression, compulsory license may be appropriate, but antimonopoly responsibility is controversial. Joint technology suppression mainly means that two or more enterprises jointly restrict research, development and application of new technology by agreement or other ways. In the history of American auto, joint technology suppression was prominent so the United States Department of Justice instituted perseverant antitrust accusation. According to the development of technology and patent layout in auto industry of our country, to research problems of technology suppression and anti-suppression in advance and formulate intellectual property antimonopoly rule are necessary.
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