This book is a tour de force of IP and competition law. It is a comprehensive resource for understanding key guidance and cases. With a strong economic foundation and an eye to the politics and history of the legal framework, it highlights how the legal frameworks are designed to support innovation and economic welfare. With an in-depth focus on life sciences and TMT, it is an indispensable guide to giving advice in an increasingly complex world of IP. Highly recommended. -- Helen Jenkins, Oxera Consulting LLP, UK The book tackles the most challenging issues on the competition law/IP interface head on. Aware that this remains a fast-evolving area, Pat Treacy guides us adeptly through competition enforcement policy to date and the jurisprudence as it stands, while helpfully returning to first principles to guide the reader on how one might assess the risks where uncertainty remains. An insightful and comprehensive contribution to the commentary. -- Osman Zafar, General Counsel, Education, Oxford University Press, UK Pat Treacys book on EU competition law and IP is a reflection of her lifetime of experience assisting clients across a broad range of industries with their most challenging matters. During my time at Samsung, Pats legal judgment and pragmatic counseling were critical to resolving some of the most complex risk profiles for Samsungs most important product lines. Whether the technology involved commodity semiconductor markets, standard-essential telecommunication patents, or global IP portfolio licensing negotiations, Pat and her team at Bristows provided real-world recommendations and strategic advice that changed the course of decision-making for entire business units. -- John Kim, Partner at Lee & Ko and former Assistant General Counsel of IP for Samsung Electronics, Seoul, Korea An indispensable addition to the toolkit of any practitioner dealing with the complex relationship between EU Competition Law and IPRs. Pat is able to condense her decades-long experience in the field in a very accessible manner. The book is full of practical tips, making it a daily source of inspiration for competition lawyers litigating cases concerning IP related conducts and for IP lawyers needing to understand the competition law constraints in the exercise of IPRs. It will undoubtedly become one of the most often used resources on many desks. -- Vittorio Cerulli Irelli, Partner, Trevisan & Cuonzo, Italy