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Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy: Seeking for a Better Balance

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  • Shastitko, A.

    (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Economics, Center for Competition and Economic Regulation Studies
    The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia)

  • Kurdin, A.

    (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Economics, Center for Competition and Economic Regulation Studies
    The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

Competition policy and intellectual property rights (IPR) protection policy play a significant role in the innovation-based economic development. The authors of this work consider different combinations of these policies through the lens of discrete structural alternatives assuming opportunities for different regimes of IPR protection, as well as for antitrust. The analysis is focused on 4 main alternatives: strong and weak IPR protection, on the one hand, and two types of competition policy, based on a possible introduction of compulsory licensing, on the other hand. The result of the analysis shows that the introduction of compulsory licensing under a weak IPR protection weakens incentives for innovations.

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  • Shastitko, A. & Kurdin, A., 2014. "Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy: Seeking for a Better Balance," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 21(1), pages 111-135.
    • Handle: RePEc:nea:journl:y:2014:i:21:p:111-135
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    Keywords

    competition policy; antitrust policy; compulsory licensing; intellectual property rights;
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    JEL classification:

    • L40 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - General
    • O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law

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