The [R] evolutionary Treatment of Know-How Licensing under EEC Competition Law
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Law & Pol'y Int'l Bus., 1988•HeinOnlineCOMPETITION LAW Page 1 THE [REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT OF KNOW-HOW LICENSING
UNDER EEC COMPETITION LAW Dianne R. Phillips* In its ongoing attempt to construct a
comprehensive body of competition law, the Commission of the European Communities has
struggled to develop a workable procedure for the licensing of "know-how"—various forms
of designs, processes, and formulas otherwise known as trade secrets—within the Common
Market. There is a fundamental conflict, however, between the Commission's basic objective …
UNDER EEC COMPETITION LAW Dianne R. Phillips* In its ongoing attempt to construct a
comprehensive body of competition law, the Commission of the European Communities has
struggled to develop a workable procedure for the licensing of "know-how"—various forms
of designs, processes, and formulas otherwise known as trade secrets—within the Common
Market. There is a fundamental conflict, however, between the Commission's basic objective …
In the words of Jean Monnet, 1 one of the founding fathers of the European Economic Community (EEC), 2"(t] he Common Market is a process,
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