Competition Policy and Intellectual Property in Today's Global Economy

Robert D. Anderson is a former senior officer in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Nuno Pires de Carvalho is a former Director of the Intellectual Property and Competition Policy Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland. Antony Taubman is Director of the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland.

1. Introduction: Towards a Fresh Contribution to a Critical Policy Dialogue Robert D. Anderson, Nuno Pires de Carvalho, Elena Cima and Antony Taubman; Part I. Setting the Scene: Evolution of Key Principles and International Dialogue: 2. The Application of Competition Policy vis-à-vis Intellectual Property Rights: The Evolution of Thought Underlying Policy Change Robert D. Anderson and William E. Kovacic; 3. The WTO TRIPS Agreement as a Platform for Application of Competition Policy to the Contemporary Knowledge Economy Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller and Antony Taubman; 4. Competition Policy in WIPO's Development Agenda Nuno Pires de Carvalho; 5. Fair Enough? Reconciling Unfair Competition with Competition Policy Antony Taubman; 6. The Competition Policy Roots of Intellectual Property Law: A Reflection Antony Taubman; 7. Intellectual Property as a Tool of Product Differentiation, and the Role of Competition Policy: A Unifying Perspective Nuno Pires de Carvalho; Part II. Sharpening the Focus: Sectoral Perspectives: 8. Technical Standards, Intellectual Property and Competition – A Holistic View Nuno Pires de Carvalho; 9. Standard Setting Organizations and FRAND Licensing Jay P. Kesan and Carol Hayes; 10. Digital Disruption and the Reshaping of Markets for IP: What This Means for Trade and Competition Policy Antony Taubman; 11. Information and Communications Technologies: Bridging the Digital Divide through the Right Mix of Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rohan Kariyawasam; 12. Patent Exhaustion and Seeds: Implications of the US Supreme Court Opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto (2013) Christoph Spennemann; 13. Competition Policy and Intellectual Property: Insights from Developed Country Experience F.M. Scherer and Jayashree Watal; 14. Competition Policy in Copyright Law Ariel Katz; 15. Copyright and Content Aggregation – Competition Law as an Engine of Licences Martin Senftleben; 16. Rethinking Trademarks and Competition: When is a Brand a Barrier to Market Entry? William van Caenegem; Part III. Deepening the Dialogue: Comparative and Jurisdictional Analyses: 17. Competition Agency Guidelines and Policy Initiatives Regarding Intellectual Property in the BRICS and Other Major Jurisdictions: A Comparative Analysis Robert D. Anderson, Jianning Chen, Anna Caroline Müller, Daria Novozhilkina, Philippe Pelletier, Antonella Salgueiro, Nivedita Sen and Nadezhda Sporysheva; 18. The Treatment of Patent Pools: Economic Underpinnings and Comparative Developments Robert D. Anderson, Giovanni Napolitano, Antonella Salgueiro and Nadezhda Sporysheva; 19. Competition Policy, Intellectual Property and Network Industries: Post-1995 Enforcement Experience in the US and EU Willard K. Tom and J. Clayton Everett; 20. Reverse Patent Settlement Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Sector: Enforcement and Regulatory Issues in a Comparative Perspective Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller and Antonella Salgueiro; 21. Product Switching: Valid Commercial Strategy or Anti-Competitive Consumer Coercion? – A Legal and Comparative Perspective Antonella Salgueiro; 22. Enforcement of Competition Law in Relation to Intellectual Property in the European Union Pierre Arhel; 23. The Evolution of Unfair Competition Policy in Chile: Foundations, Enforcement Experience and Significance vis-à-vis Intellectual Property Rights Maximiliano Santa Cruz and Pilar Trivelli; 24. Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights: A Perspective from Pakistan Joseph Wilson; Part IV. Drawing the Lessons: Towards International Policy Coherence: 25. International Antitrust: Edging Towards a Global Framework with Our Feet on the Ground Eleanor M. Fox; 26. Time to Look Afresh at the International Dimension of Competition Policy and Intellectual Property? Some Concluding Observations Robert D. Anderson, Nuno Pires de Carvalho and Antony Taubman.