TY - JOUR AU - Bui Thi Hang Nga PY - 2019/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The monopoly leverage theory and tying/ bundling arrangement in intellectual property rights transfer contracts JF - Science & Technology Development Journal: Economics- Law & Management JA - STDJELM VL - 3 IS - 3 SE - Research article DO - https://doi.org/10.32508/stdjelm.v3i3.566 UR - http://stdjelm.scienceandtechnology.com.vn/index.php/stdjelm/article/view/566 AB - The exclusive essence and importance of intellectual property rights in production and business provide the owners with a competition advantage, even monopoly power, in the related market. To maximize profit and retain the monopoly position, owners tend to use intellectual property rights as a monopoly leverage to require the transferee to accept the tying arrangement as a condition for the transfer. Monopoly leveraging is defined as the use of monopoly power in one market as leverage to obtain a competitive advantage in a second market. From the perspective of competition law, the theory of leverage is used to explain the cases of businesses abusing market power (monopoly) obtained from intellectual property rights to limit competition. This paper addresses the utilization of monopoly leverage theory to explain the owepractices of tying arrangement in intellectual property rights transfer contracts. ER -