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COMPETITION POLICY AND IP. Teresa Moreira. Head of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch. t eresa.moreira@unctad.org. UNCTAD mandate - Competition law and policy. 2016 - 70 years of work on Competition law and policy within the UN. The UN Set of Principles on Competition (1980):
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COMPETITION POLICY AND IP Teresa Moreira Head of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch teresa.moreira@unctad.org
UNCTAD mandate - Competition law and policy 2016 - 70 years of work on Competition law and policy within the UN. The UN Set of Principles on Competition (1980): • Rules for the control of anticompetitive practices, • The development dimension of competition law and policy, • Framework for international cooperation and exchange of best practices
UNCTAD’s work on Competition policy and IP Several background reports on this issue: - A preliminary report on how competition policy addresses the exercise of intellectual property rights (March 1999, doc. TD/B/COM.2/CLP/10) - Competition policy and the exercise of intellectual property rights (August 2000, doc. TD/RBP/CONF.5/6) - Competition policy and the exercise of intellectual property rights, revised report (May 2001, doc. TD/B/COM.2/CLP/22) - Competition policy and the exercise of intellectual property rights (May 2008, doc. TD/B/COM.2/CLP/68) - Examining the interface between the objectives of competition policy and intellectual property (August 2016, doc. TD/B/C.I/CLP/36)
Digital Economy Challenges • Emerging and disruptive business models - increased innovation • Internet platforms and social media rising roles • Appropriateness of existing legislation and regulatory frameworks? • Competition authorities need to keep up with the technological evolution – different market assessment, market studies, new investigative tools and set of enforcement measures
International Cooperation and UNCTAD’srole • Global challenges entailed by trade liberalization, the rapid development of ICTs, the rise of the digital economy and the emergence of new key players in the markets - platforms and the social networks. • The need and opportunity of joint work at the international level to identify the most important issues and to assist developing countries improving their capacities to face these challenges. • UNCTAD’s new mandate on Consumer protection law and policy - allowing for a improved interaction with Competition policy.