Intellectual Property and Competition Law - Nothing Special?

The Honourable Robert French AC

Robert French, ‘Intellectual property and competition law: Nothing special?’ (2019) 117 Intellectual Property Forum 54-57

Report is ‘adapted from a presentation given at the 32nd Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference in Queenstown, New Zealand on 9 September 2018.’

“What follows are some general reflections upon the interaction between intellectual property law and competition law and policy. The question “Nothing special?” asks whether, in that context, there is anything about intellectual property that marks it off from other kinds of property rights.”