Few topics in international intellectual property law have been as controversial in recent
years as the one we are about to examine. In the 1980s and early 1990s, a Diplomatic …

In this Article, we contend that the World Intellectual Property Organization's proposed
Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT) is premature. Developing countries are struggling to …

Developing countries, particularly the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China,
should accommodate their national systems of innovation to the worldwide intellectual …

Over the last 10 years, while we have seen the emergence of digital technologies able to
improve human welfare, we have also seen the unparalleled concentration of that …

Hyperlinks, or more simply links, represent a fundamental instrument for programmers to
build websites and for users to navigate the web. The internet, as we know it today, is a …

Approximately 25 years ago, under the influence of the Chicago School of antitrust analysis
an “antitrust revolution” took place in the US which, in the eyes of some, led to a flamboyant …

Cyclically, with different ups and downs in time, antitrust and intellectual property (" IP") are
perceived as complementary, rather than inconsistent, bodies of laws which share the same …

As the old millennium was coming to an end, European Competition law began a massive
reform project aimed at modernizing each and every of its constituent parts. As well known …

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Intellectual property (IP) and foreign direct investment (FDI) are seen as important
contributors to economic development. However, once given a closer look, a complex …