Volume 16 Issue 3 (1998)
-
Trade, Competition and Intellectual Property
TRIPS does not lay down rules on parallel imports. Its provisions, however, do give states the discretion to apply competition rules to the exercise of intellectual property rights. The indeterminacies…
-
Competition over Competition Policy for International Trade and Intellectual Property
Increasingly, international trade law demands that national competition policy play a role making domestic markets more accessible to foreign traders. But can international competition policy also control transnational business practices?…
-
The Interface between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law and Policy: An Australian Perspective
The interface between intellectual property and competition policy is a difficult one. Both aim to correct for market failure in the pursuit of economic efficiency. However, in correcting for one…
-
Intellectual Property Disputes and the Supercourt of the World Trade Organisation: The Case for a New Model of Dispute Resolution
The closing decade of the 20th century witnessed the emergence of a WTO ‘supercourt’ having the power to review states’ intellectual property legislation. This article challenges the use of law…