INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: CHALLENGES ON THE ROAD TO CONVERGENCE

INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: CHALLENGES ON THE ROAD TO CONVERGENCE

Makan Delrahim, Deputy Assistant Attorney GeneralAntitrust DivisionU.S. Department of Justice

3/18/2015
(Original Publish Date: 5/21/2004)

As you know, intellectual property-based exports - whether copyrighted music, movies or software, or patent-protected goods such as pharmaceuticals or electronic products - have become this country’s number one export. As such, their creation and protection is critical to maintaining a vibrant economy. But, with the rapid pace of globalization, intellectual property rights are increasingly crucial to all sectors of the global economy as well.