22Although it is true that rules on intellectual property are essential in order to maintain competition undistorted on the internal market, they do not, for all that, as noted by the Advocate General in points 58 to 60 of his Opinion, constitute ‘competition rules’ for the purpose of Article 3(1)(b) TFEU.
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