Content and Methods of Balancing the Interests of Antitrust Law in Regulating the Abuse of Standard-Essential Patents

Safeguarding the public interest of society is the value goal of antitrust law, and in the process of realizing this goal, there is a need to balance the interests of the public interest of society and the interests of individuals, as well as the conflicts between different public interests of society. How to balance the interests of antitrust law in regulating the abuse of standard-essential patents is a problem that must face. Specifically, the content and methodology can summarise as follows: clarifying the conflict of interests involved in or arising from the abuse of standard-essential patents, analyzing the influencing factors of the conflict of interests, and applying the specific rules of antitrust law under the idea of balancing interests.