Competition Policy and Intellectual Property

Vaver, David (EDT); Boyer, Marcel (EDT); Trebilcock, Michael (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1552211657 / ISBN 13: 9781552211656

Published by Irwin Law, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Competition Policy and Intellectual Property
• Publisher: Irwin Law
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552211657
• ISBN 13: 9781552211656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This title contains discussions that explore the role of competition policy and intellectual property rights in promoting an efficient and innovative economy. This volume contains a collection of papers and commentaries stemming from a March 2005 symposium, which was organized in co-operation by the Competition Bureau, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, and the Micro-economic Policy Analysis and Marketplace Framework Policy branches of Industry Canada. Given developments such as the prevalence of authorized generic pharmaceuticals, the apparent extension of intellectual property rights, and rapid advancements in communications technology such as digitization, many concerns have emerged about if the customary methods of licensing IP rights remain the most efficient mechanisms for disseminating IP and encouraging its creation.The papers and commentaries contained in this book reflect an intensive evaluation of these concerns and endeavour to find the right balance between creating incentives for innovation and the encouragement of vigorous competition in the marketplace.

About the Authors

David Vaver, MA (Oxon.), BA, LLB (Auck.), JD (Chicago); Professor of Intellectual Property law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University; board member of IP Osgoode. He is the Emeritus Reuters Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law in the University of Oxford, an emeritus fellow of St. Peter's College, and the former director of the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre. He has researched and taught intellectual property law for forty years.

Marcel Boyer is Bell Canada Professor of Industrial Economics at the Université de Montréal and Vice-President and Chief Economist at the Montreal Economic Institute.

Michael Trebilcock is University Professor and Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Toronto. In 2003, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the Law Society of Upper Canada and in 2007 he was the recipient of the Ontario Attorney General's Mundell Medal for contributions to Law and Letters.