IP and Market Size

Abstract

IP protection involves a trade off between the undesirability of monopoly and the desirable encouragement of creation and innovation. Optimal policy depends on the quantitative strength of these two forces. We give a quantitative assessment of IP policy. We focus particularly on the scale of the market, showing that as it increases, due either to growth, or the expansion of trade through treaties, IP protection should be reduced.

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