Competition, Innovation and Intellectual Property… The Elusive Balance

By Sir Philip Lowe – 

In this article, Philip Lowe assesses the progress made so far in promoting international convergence in antitrust law and practice. Considerable efforts have been made to reach consensus between jurisdictions, both on substance and process. The OECD and the International Competition Network have played an important role in this. Despite the many differences between countries, it has been possible on a pragmatic basis to devise remedies to antitrust problems on globa