This paper was prepared by Marcelo Guimarães with research support by Diana Cintora and Rodolfo Carissimi and benefited of comments from Ori Schwartz, Antonio Capobianco and Paulo Burnier (all from the OECD Competition Division).
The paper serves as background material for the discussion on “Competition and Intellectual Property” taking place at the 2025 OECD-IDB Latin American and Caribbean Competition Forum.
The OECD is thankful to the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) who kindly provided a voluntary contribution in support of the LACCF’s work this year.