This book identifies the potential of intellectual property as a competitive asset for Latin American firms. The authors employ a cognitive approach that involves identifying why small firms are reluctant to register patents, resorting rather to alternative IP competitive strategies. This, in...

This book challenges the received view about antitrust policy's alleged instrumental public interest role. The purpose of this book is to show why, contrary to conventional wisdom, antitrust policy does not support market institutions; on the contrary, it is rooted on antimarket traditions. The...

This paper examines the institutional context where competition policy in Latin America is enforced. In particular, it places attention on the historical context of economic institutions in the region, and how these institutions have influenced competition policy enforcement. It also delineates...

This paper explores the limitations of the current patent system regulating inventions, by contending that in its current form, such regulation is bound to create legal monopolies and entry barriers to potential competitors. Thus, the paper explains why the law should adopt a different...

Competition policymakers have long assumed the existence of a basic "core" competition policy agenda to be enforced regardless of the country's state of development. If the aftermath of the policy turns out to be a failure, the instrumentation of the policy usually takes the blame; its core...

This paper describes the interaction between Intellectual Property (IP) protection and competition policy in Latin America, as well as the institutional difficulties of Latin American countries in making progress towards an increased control of IP abuses. The first part gives a summary of the...