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Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

About Law and Economics• A definition• Legal and economic thinking• The history of law and economics• Various schools of thought• Various legal needs• A model of argumentation• Criticism of law and economics

   

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Max Oker-Blom/2012

Economic Arguments when applying Law• Successes of law and economics – the common

denominator• The autonomy of law• The sources of law• The legal norms• Applying law in hard cases• Efficiency and justice• Relevance of economics when applying law

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Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012

The Rise of IP Law• Slow economic growth in the 1970´s• Reregulation in the 1980´s• In right holders´ interest – asymmetry between right

holders and copiers• In the interest of the producer/exporter of IP• Since IPR´s costly to define and enforce a sophisticated

legal system required • IP is much about information – the information society

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Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

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Trademark Law and L&E of Trademarks• Trademark law

- preconditions of registrability – NTM and CTM- establishment- validity and renewability- use requirement

• History, brand, functions• Monopoly vs consumer information theory• A third possibility

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Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012

Patent Law and L&E of Patents• Patent law

- preconditions of registrability- validity and renewability- use requirement

• The theory on incentives and the one on shortcomings

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Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012

Trade Secret Law and L&E of Trade Secrets• Trade secret law

- registrability?- validity?- use requirement?

• The complementary theory

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Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012

Copyright Law and L&E of Copyrigt• Copyright law

- preconditions of a right/registrability?- validity?- use requirement?

• A cost benefit analysis

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