Protecting Ideas Without Stifling Markets: The IP-Competition Law Nexus

Introduction The objective of this article is to outline an economic analysis of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) law and its association with competition policy. The relevant economic literature on this is immense and complicated. Here we will aim for straightforwardness to derive the main principles and proposing clear rules that might help to shape the implementation and structure of both Intellectual property and Antitrust laws. While our analysis does not include every single aspect of...