This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in
the field of antitrust and intellectual property.The first part discusses the application of
competition law in the pharmaceutical sector which continues to be a focus for anti-trust
authorities around the world. A detailed international report explores the extent to which the
application of the competition rules in the pharmaceutical sector should be affected by the
specific characteristics of those products and markets (including consumer protection rules
the need to promote innovation the need to protect public budgets and other public interest
considerations). It provides an excellent comparative study of this complex subject which lies
at the interface between competition law and intellectual property law.The second part of the
book gathers contributions from various jurisdictions on the topic of What rules should govern
claims by suppliers about the national or geographic origin of their goods or services? This
section presents an international report which offers an unparalleled comparative analysis of
this topic bringing together common themes and contrasting the various national provisions
dealing with indications of origin amongst other things.The book also includes the resolutions
passed by the General Assembly of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) following
a debate on each of these topics which include proposed solutions and recommendations. The
LIDC is a long-standing international association that focuses on the interface between
competition law and intellectual property law including unfair competition issues.
