Despite the huge economic value of the innovations, in European countries the yet unpatented results of the R&D activity can be stolen with little risk of criminal sanctions. By considering the anti-industrial espionage legislation in Europe, it turns out that no country has a law comparable to...

This paper introduces the monographic issue of Rivista di Politica Economica on “Intellectual Property, Competition, and Growth”. It presents the twelve contributions selected after a Callfor-Papers. The contributions deal with different facets of the protection of intellectual property...

Researchers aiming to invent and develop innovative products and processes need to be continuously updated about at least a minimum fraction of the last relevant innovations. If the flow of new ideas is too intense researchers spend most of their time reading and hearing. This never lasting...