Intellectual property in quantum computing and market power: a theoretical discussion and empirical analysis

摘要: One of the central goals of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and related rights is to incentivize and reward creative and innovative efforts that promote scientific and technical progress and stimulate fair competition through the distribution and commercialization of technologies. Yet, an excessive proliferation of exclusive rights can also result in fundamentally anticompetitive environments with potentially negative effects on scientific research, product development, fair distribution and equitable access to the technology. Hence, a reasonable balance must be found between the stimulation of sustainable innovation and competition, the promotion of scientific research and protection through IPRs. To reconcile these factors, each new technology has led to judicial responses and even modifications to the law.