Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in a Knowledge-Based Economy: (Routledge Revivals: The Investment Canada Research Series)

Originally published in 1998, Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in a Knowledge-Based Economy is the ninth title in the Investment in Canada Research Series, reissued in 2019. The volume examines innovation and productivity improvement at the core of the Canadian economy. The book addresses how the application of well-designed government policies maximises incentives for innovative activity while maintaining vigorous interfirm rivalry in markets. This volume examines the United States, the European Community and Japan’s visitation of the treatment of intellectual property under their respective competition laws, and issues formal guidelines regarding enforcement policies in this area. This volume came as a consequence of research initiated by the Competition Bureau in co-operation with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Micro-Economic Policy Analysis Branch of Industry Canada. It includes substantive papers authored by international academic and legal scholars, as well as select government policy analysts with experience working in competition agencies in Canada and the United States.

Table of Contents:
Preface 1. Competition Policy, Intellectual Property Rights, and Efficiency: An Introduction to the Issues Part I: Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Economic Efficiency: Framework Issues 2. Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy: A Framework for the Analysis of Economic and Legal Issues Comment 3. Intellectual Property, Technology Diffusion, and Growth in the Canadian Economy Comment 4. Antitrust Review of Patent Acquisitions: Property Rights, Firm Boundaries, and Organization III Comment Part II: Contractual Practices and Organizational Arrangements 5. The Law and Economics of Tying Arrangements: Lessons for the Competition Policy Treatment of Intellectual Property Comment 6. Exclusivity Restrictions and Intellectual Property Comment 7. R&D Joint Ventures and Other Cooperative Arrangements Comment 8. Network Industries, Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy Comment Part III: Broader Policy Issues and Comparative Perspectives 9. Competition Policy, Intellectual Property and the Consumer Comment 10. U.S. Enforcement Approaches to the Antitrust-Intellectual Property Interface Comment 11. Intellectual Property Rights and International Market Segmentation in the North American Free Trade Area Comment Part IV: Roundtable Discussion and Conclusions 12. Roundtable Discussion on Competition Policy, Intellectual Property and Innovation Markets 13. Summary and Conclusions About the Contributors