Max Oker-Blom/2012 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights About Law and Economics A definition Legal and economic thinking The history of law and economics Various schools of thought Various legal needs A model of argumentation Criticism of law and economics 1

Max Oker-Blom/2012 Economic Arguments when applying Law Successes of law and economics – the common denominator The autonomy of law The sources of law The legal norms Applying law in hard cases Efficiency and justice Relevance of economics when applying law 2 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012 The Rise of IP Law Slow economic growth in the 1970´s Reregulation in the 1980´s In right holders´ interest – asymmetry between right holders and copiers In the interest of the producer/exporter of IP Since IPR´s costly to define and enforce a sophisticated legal system required IP is much about information – the information society 3 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012 Trademark Law and L&E of Trademarks Trademark law -preconditions of registrability – NTM and CTM -establishment -validity and renewability -use requirement History, brand, functions Monopoly vs consumer information theory A third possibility 4 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012 Patent Law and L&E of Patents Patent law -preconditions of registrability -validity and renewability -use requirement The theory on incentives and the one on shortcomings 5 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012 Trade Secret Law and L&E of Trade Secrets Trade secret law -registrability? -validity? -use requirement? The complementary theory 6 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights

Max Oker-Blom/2012 Copyright Law and L&E of Copyrigt Copyright law -preconditions of a right/registrability? -validity? -use requirement? A cost benefit analysis 7 Law and Economics of Intellectual Property Rights