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On March 21, 2024, Karyn A. Temple, Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel for the Motion Picture Association, presented the 2024 Lastowka lecture. Title “Chicken Little Was Wrong: A Site-Blocking Retrospective and Roadmap for the Future,” Ms. Temple explained the importance of measures like blocking piracy websites for targeting illegal infringement.

Prof. Carrier co-authored an article, “Why Pharmaceutical Patent Thickets Are Unique,” with Sean Tu. The article explains the unique harms presented by patent thickets in the pharmaceutical industry… https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4571486

Prof. Carrier publishes an op ed in The Hill calling for a breakup of Live Nation/Ticketmaster… https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4449148-dont-let-monopolies-hold-taylor-swifts-next-tour-hostage/

Prof. Carrier has two articles nominated for 2024 antitrust article of the year. The first, “Prior Bad Acts and Merger Review” (with Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley), is in the merger category…https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2024/academic-articles/prior-bad-acts-and-merger-review-4879 The second, “Why Is FRAND Hard?,” is in the intellectual property category…https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2024/academic-articles/why-is-frand-hard-4878

Prof. Carrier gave a Grand Rounds lecture on high cancer drug prices to the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

Together with Gwendolyn J. Lindsay Cooley, Prof. Michael Carrier published “Prior Bad Acts and Merger Review” in the Georgetown Law Journal Online.” The article introduces a framework for considering the prior bad acts of merging firms. It was cited in two statements of the FTC in September, one on the Amgen/Horizon merger and one on … Continue reading Prof. Michael Carrier co-authors “Prior Bad Acts and Merger Review” in Georgetown Law Journal Online…

Professor Michael Carrier published “Why is FRAND Hard?” in the Utah Law Review. Standards, common platforms that allow products to work together, are essential to the modern economy. But standards often are based on patented technologies. And in what has been referred to as “patent holdup,” the owners of patents incorporated into standards may exploit … Continue reading Prof. Michael Carrier publishes article on “FRAND” in Utah Law Review…

Professor Michael Carrier published How the Federal Trade Commission Can Use Section 5 To Strengthen the Right to Repair in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. Consumers’ right to repair their products is under attack. Manufacturers have decimated this long-held right by making parts unavailable, preventing products from working, and imposing software restrictions. Farmers can no … Continue reading Prof. Michael Carrier publishes article on right to repair in Berkeley Tech. Law Journal…

On March 22, Judge Kathleen O’Malley delivered the annual Greg Lastowka Memorial Lecture. View a recording of the lecture here.

Prof. Michael Carrier has 3 articles nominated for antitrust article of the year… Article with Patricia Danzon on pharmaceutical mergers nominated for academic article (merger category)… https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2023/academic-articles/the-neglected-concern-of-firm-size-in-pharmaceutical-mergers   Article on right to repair nominated for top academic article (“general antitrust” category)… https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2023/academic-articles/how-the-federal-trade-commission-can-use-section-5-to-strengthen-the-right-to   Article on legislative solution to product hopping nominated for top business article … Continue reading Prof. Michael Carrier has 3 articles nominated for antitrust article of the year…

On March 21, 2024, Karyn A. Temple, Senior Executive Vice President and Global General Counsel for the Motion Picture Association, presented the 2024 Lastowka lecture. Title “Chicken Little Was Wrong: A Site-Blocking Retrospective and Roadmap for the Future,” Ms. Temple explained the importance of measures like blocking piracy websites for targeting illegal infringement.

Prof. Carrier co-authored an article, “Why Pharmaceutical Patent Thickets Are Unique,” with Sean Tu. The article explains the unique harms presented by patent thickets in the pharmaceutical industry… https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4571486

Prof. Carrier publishes an op ed in The Hill calling for a breakup of Live Nation/Ticketmaster… https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4449148-dont-let-monopolies-hold-taylor-swifts-next-tour-hostage/

Prof. Carrier has two articles nominated for 2024 antitrust article of the year. The first, “Prior Bad Acts and Merger Review” (with Gwendolyn Lindsay Cooley), is in the merger category…https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2024/academic-articles/prior-bad-acts-and-merger-review-4879 The second, “Why Is FRAND Hard?,” is in the intellectual property category…https://awards.concurrences.com/en/awards/2024/academic-articles/why-is-frand-hard-4878

Prof. Carrier gave a Grand Rounds lecture on high cancer drug prices to the Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.