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Intellectual Property Rights and Competition
Henry Ergas, former chair of the Australian Intellectual Property and Competition Review Committee Henry Ergas presented this report to joint hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy in Washington on May 23, 2002. The hearings were part of an inquiry into the implications of competition and patent law and policy for innovation and other aspects of consumer welfare, run by the US Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division... more. (pdf, size 605kb)