The Interface Between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

With all the discussion this week about Microsoft, I thought it would be worthwhile to mention that there is an excellent new edited volume out by Cambridge University Press edited by Steven D. Anderman of the University of Essex titled The Interface Between Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy.  The table of contents is as follows:

1	The competition law/IP ‘interface’: an introductory note      1 STEVEN D. ANDERMAN
	PART I  Intellectual property rights and competition law in the major trading blocks      35
2	EC competition policy and IPRs      37 STEVEN D. ANDERMAN AND HEDVIG SCHMIDT
3	Competition policy and its implications for intellectual property rights in the United States      125 RUDOLPH J. R. PERITZ
4	The interface between competition law and intellectual property in Japan      250 CHRISTOPHER HEATH
	PART II  Intellectual property rights and competition law in smaller and medium sized open economies      313
5	Intellectual property rights and competition in Australia      315 FRANCES HANKS
6	Irish competition law and IP rights      348 IMELDA MAHER
7	The interface between intellectual property law and competition law in Singapore      375 BURTON ONG
	PART III  Issues related to the interface between intellectual property rights and competition law      427
8	Parallel imports      429 MIRANDA FORSYTH AND WARWICK A. ROTHNIE
9	Technology transfer      466 ROHAN KARIYAWASAM
10	The relationship between intellectual property law and competition law: an economic approach      505 PIERRE RÉGIBEAU AND KATHARINE ROCKETT