Value For Money: Getting Europe’s Trade and IPR Policy Right

Few issues in trade and international commercial policy have in the past decade provoked as much contention as intellectual property rights (IPRs). Few issues are also as misunderstood as IPRs. What is missing is a narrative about the role of IPRs in a modern economy – a narrative that informs policymakers about rational design of policy. In this new study, Fredrik Erixon revisits the economics of IPRs and sets out a policy narrative for EU IPR policy.