Biopharmaceutical R&D : the increased importance of cumulative innovation and related concerns -- The patent system as a system of balancing -- The patent system and some potential safety nets -- The right to health as an interpretive principle of patent law -- Unilateral conduct, IPRs and...

"The regulation of innovation and the optimal design of legal institutions in an environment of uncertainty are two of the most important policy challenges of the twenty-first century. Innovation is critical to economic growth. Regulatory design decisions, and, in particular, competition policy...

The papers in this volume represent some of the leading work on intellectual property. They address the question of how to create incentives to develop new technologies and how to protect those technologies once developed from theft. They also ask when valuable property might be developed even...