GATT. The Panel Report of March 31, 1998 dismissed the complaint mainly on the ground that it had not been established that market access had been impeded by government action.73 The case thus is evidence of the difficulties of transposing on the GATT-WTO-level a dispute which essentially is one of litigation between private parties or between private parties and States on whether and how competition rules should be applied to private conduct that amounts to restrictions of access to national markets.74 5. Relationship with other international instruments
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Sources: Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Agreement, Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Agreement