Answer ... The Federal Economic Competition Law (FECL) aims to:

• promote, protect and guarantee free market access and economic competition; and
• prevent, investigate, combat, prosecute effectively, severely punish and eliminate monopolies, monopolistic practices, unlawful concentrations, barriers to entry and to economic competition, and other restrictions to the efficient operation of markets.

In this regard, Article 7 of the FECL states that the privileges granted for a certain period to authors and artists regarding the production of their works, and those granted to inventors and individuals that perfect an invention for the exclusive use of their inventions or improvements, do not constitute monopolies. Thus, antitrust laws do not limit the scope of a patent right; but they could restrict the patent holder’s ability to enforce the corresponding rights.