Antitrust and Innovation, Class 08: Should the IP laws be abolished?
If economic growth through innovation is the policy goal underwriting both the IP laws and (at least parts of) the antitrust laws, then the question arises whether we are better off with “competition only” policies or with a mixture of “competition plus IP protection” policies. In this class, we explore the arguments of the more radical critics of intellectual property. Accordingly, we ask the question: Why have intellectual property laws at all?
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