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Are intellectual property rights like other property rights? More and more of the world’s knowledge and information is under the control of intellectual property owners. What are the justifications ……続きを見る

Protection of traditional knowledge and resources is of critical concern not only to the groups involved but also to the international trading community for which these resources are of increasing e……続きを見る

How should a state respond to competing international obligations where the patenting of life is concerned? Following the institutionalization of Intellectual Property in the world trading system un……続きを見る

Today, it has been said, the world is "flat," as online media allow information to move easily from point to point across the earth. International legal differences, however, are increasingly affect……続きを見る

Economists advise that the law should seek efficiency. More recently, it has been suggested that common law systems are more conducive of economic growth than code-based civil law systems. This book……続きを見る

Hundreds of thousands of people apply for patents, copyrights, and trademarks in the United States every year. For example, the United States Patent and Trademark office recently reported that 452,6……続きを見る

What do all of these famous inventions have in common: air conditioning, airbags, bandages, barbed wire, blow dryers, can openers, cement, chewing gum, computers, credit cards, doughnuts, jeans, mic……続きを見る

While outer space itself remains out of reach for most of us, the results of space activities and developments from space technology are becoming increasingly integrated in our daily lives. Recognis……続きを見る

Patent assertion entities (commonly known as 'patent trolls') hurt competition and innovation. This book, the first to analyze the most salient issues related to patent assertion entities around the……続きを見る

With the rise of internet marketing and e-commerce around the world, international and cross-border conflicts in trademark and unfair competition law have become increasingly important. In this grou……続きを見る

As information flows become increasingly ubiquitous in our post digital environment, the challenges to traditional concepts of intellectual property and the practices deriving from them are immense.……続きを見る

Since its passage in 2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") has brought many significant changes to U.S. patent law. Accordingly, to assist readers in developing an in-depth understanding……続きを見る

International Trademark Classification: A Guide to the Nice Agreement provides practical guidance from a leading expert offering help for trademark and intellectual property attorneys on how to pro……続きを見る

Copyright and International Negotiations provides a historical study of the development of Chinese copyright law in terms of China's contemporary political economy and the impact that international ……続きを見る

Nations throughout the world receive more patent applications, grant more patents, and entertain more patent infringement lawsuits than ever before. To understand the contemporary patent system, it ……続きを見る

While equality laws operate to enable access to information, these laws have limited power over the overriding impact of market forces and copyright laws that focus on restricting access to informat……続きを見る

De nos jours, les technologies ne sont plus considérées pour elles mêmes – comme jadis l’ordinateur –, mais comme moyen d’interagir avec le monde réel. Banalisées, elles s’intègrent toujours davanta……続きを見る

L’Europe est perçue avant tout comme une entreprise économique, régulant un grand marché intérieur et gérant des relations commerciales avec les pays tiers. Pourtant, ses principaux acteurs se sont ……続きを見る

À côté du mensonge pernicieux (celui de l’escroquerie) figurent une série de mensonges officieux ou légitimes, qui vont du mensonge pieux (celui du savoir-vivre, de la politesse, de la bienséance...……続きを見る

Celebrities can sell anything from cars to clothing, and we are constantly fascinated by their influence over our lifestyle choices. This book makes an important contribution to legal scholarship ab……続きを見る

This book analyses the history of the international patent regime and the life science industries, both of which can be traced back to the late 19th century. The development of patent law is inextri……続きを見る

Advances in agricultural genomics could help address pressing global issues, such as world hunger, by improving crop yield. However, overlap and conflict in intellectual property and biosafety regim……続きを見る

Le droit européen tient désormais une place de plus en plus importante comme source du droit des médias, directement par lui-même et/ou par l’intermédiaire des droits nationaux et le contrôle et l’i……続きを見る

Copyright Law in an Age of Limitations and Exceptions brings together leading copyright scholars and the field's foremost authorities to consider the critical role of copyright law in shaping the co……続きを見る

The traditional role of the university has been to teach and conduct original research, but this situation is changing. As governments judge universities on new criteria - including the 'impact' the……続きを見る

With reference to China, this book examines the course of international patent rights harmonisation; its characteristics as well as impediments. It evaluates the case of China’s patent law developme……続きを見る

In order for the information society to realise its full potential, personal data has to be disclosed, used and often shared. This book explores the disclosure and sharing of data within the area of……続きを見る

Intellectual property law in the United States does not work well and it needs to be reformedーbut not for the reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that intellectual property rights are t……続きを見る

Advertising is everywhere. By some estimates, the average American is exposed to over 3,000 advertisements each day. Whether we realize it or not, "adcreep"ーmodern marketing's march to create a wor……続きを見る

Are innovation and creativity helped or hindered by our intellectual property laws? In the two hundred plus years since the Constitution enshrined protections for those who create and innovate, we'r……続きを見る