Judgment_paragraph 150 · Generics (UK) Ltd and Others v Competition and Markets Authority (C-307/18)

150More particularly, the exercise of an exclusive right linked to an intellectual property right, such as the conclusion of settlement agreements between the holder of a patent and parties allegedly infringing that patent in order to bring to an end litigation relating to that patent, is one of the rights of the holder of an intellectual property right, and consequently the exercise of such a right, even when done by a dominant undertaking, cannot in itself constitute an abuse of the dominant position (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 July 2015, Huawei Technologies, C‑170/13, EU:C:2015:477, paragraph 46 and the case-law cited).