Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Editorial Note
- 1 Introduction: Towards a Fresh Contribution to a Critical Policy Dialogue
- Part I Setting the Scene: Evolution of Key Principles and International Dialogue
- Part II Sharpening the Focus: Sectoral Perspectives
- Part III Deepening the Dialogue: Comparative and Jurisdictional Analyses
- Part IV Drawing the Lessons: Towards International Policy Coherence
- Index
5 - Fair Enough? Reconciling Unfair Competition with Competition Policy
from Part I - Setting the Scene: Evolution of Key Principles and International Dialogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Editorial Note
- 1 Introduction: Towards a Fresh Contribution to a Critical Policy Dialogue
- Part I Setting the Scene: Evolution of Key Principles and International Dialogue
- Part II Sharpening the Focus: Sectoral Perspectives
- Part III Deepening the Dialogue: Comparative and Jurisdictional Analyses
- Part IV Drawing the Lessons: Towards International Policy Coherence
- Index
Summary
Intellectual property (IP) and competition policy are conventionally viewed as distinct fields of policy, law and regulation. Indeed, they can be perceived as standing at odds or in inherent tension with one another, potentially advancing different and divergent policy objectives and value systems, as engaging distinct policy constituencies and, at the level of values, as founded on differing conceptions of legitimacy or fairness in commerce. Yet both regulatory systems aim, ostensibly, at promoting public wellbeing, particularly through shaping and bounding commercial activity in the broader public interest and limiting how one enterprise can inhibit or impair the legitimate commercial interests of another enterprise.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021