SHOULD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW BE THOUGHT OF AS A FORM OF REGULATION?
GEORGE HODOROGEAABSTRACT. Landes and Posner find that the statutory expansion in copyrights has been more rapid than in either patents or trademarks. Nasheri claims that the use of intellectual property (IP) is a growing concern in both the criminal and civil justice systems. Barnett argues that the intersection of patent law and antitrust is a hot topic in the developing world, discusses the importance of dynamic efficiency to economic growth, and explain why sound antitrust policy gives great weight to dynamic efficiency. Strasser suggest a possible reason why parts of legal academia have reacted so favorably to the open source philosophy, takes a closer look at the philosophy itself and tries to show that it is conceptually flawed. (pp. 116–120)