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July 22 2014

July 2014

Sovereign Patent Funds (SPFs): Next-generation Trade Defence?

Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance Innovation, IP, and Human Capital Trade, Globalisation and Security
Tags: defence intellectual ipr patent property soe SOEs spf SPFs state-owned enterprise state-owned enterprises
By Hosuk Lee-Makiyama Patrick Messerlin

While there is an increasing demand for a discipline in the next generation FTAs that restricts SOEs in international trade, there is less debate on...