How does copyright law take into account the interests of third parties, especially the general public's interest in the greatest possible dissemination of knowledge and culture? Twelve basic questions give copyright law experts from more than forty countries the opportunity to provide answers related to their national law on the following matters: categories of works and subject matter, eligibility conditions, duration, "users' rights," the three-step test, misuse, differentiations between categories of right holders, TPM, and relations of copyright law to other legal areas such as...
How does copyright law take into account the interests of third parties, especially the general public's interest in the greatest possible disseminati...
FairEconomy is a concept for a free and fair market economy. In response to the financial and economic crises of the past years, the authors develop fundamental ideas of how a market economy works, what rules markets need and who safeguards fairness and equal opportunity in such an economy. The book sets out the design of a sustainable market order: Going back to the very roots of doing business it offers a fascinating insight into the cultural and anthropological premises of the market economy. Fairness and free competition can be identified as key elements of successful markets,...
FairEconomy is a concept for a free and fair market economy. In response to the financial and economic crises of the past years, the authors de...
This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing countries and which include intellectual property (IP) provisions setting standards exceeding those of the TRIPS Agreement. The contributions critically analyse the IP standards found in these agreements; their potential for reforming the international IP system; the implications for the multilateral IP system and other areas of international law such as human rights; and the often neglected topic of implementing the IP obligations in these...
This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing co...
Under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (now the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition). And Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, a group of twenty scholars from around the world gathered to study the experiences made with regards to compulsory licensing. The results are demonstrated in this book. Different articles analyze how the international conventions on intellectual property may be interpreted and explore the related doctrinal groundwork surrounding compulsory patent licensing and beyond. It is shown how the...
Under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (now the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Compe...
Im Zuge der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise wird verstarkt diskutiert, welcher Mechanismen es bedarf, um die Interessen aller Marktteilnehmer im Wirtschaftsleben zu wahren. Grosse Bedeutung gewonnen hat dabei der Aspekt der business ethics . So richten immer mehr Unternehmen sog. Compliance-Abteilungen ein, die die Einhaltung von unternehmensinternen Grundsatzen wie namentlich die der Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) zur Aufgabe haben. Kaum untersucht ist bislang jedoch die rechtliche Verbindlichkeit solcher CSR-Standards, obgleich sie zunehmend von...
Im Zuge der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise wird verstarkt diskutiert, welcher Mechanismen es bedarf, um die Interessen aller Marktteilnehmer i...
FairEconomy is a concept for a free and fair market economy. In response to the financial and economic crises of the past years, the authors develop fundamental ideas of how a market economy works, what rules markets need and who safeguards fairness and equal opportunity in such an economy. The book sets out the design of a sustainable market order: Going back to the very roots of doing business it offers a fascinating insight into the cultural and anthropological premises of the market economy. Fairness and free competition can be identified as key elements of successful markets,...
FairEconomy is a concept for a free and fair market economy. In response to the financial and economic crises of the past years, the authors de...
This book examines the impact and shortcomings of the TRIPS Agreement, which was signed in Marrakesh on 15 April 1994. Over the last 20 years, the framework conditions have changed fundamentally. New technologies have emerged, markets have expanded beyond national borders, some developing states have become global players, the terms of international competition have changed, and the intellectual property system faces increasing friction with public policies. The contributions to this book inquire into whether the TRIPS Agreement should still be seen only as part of an international trade...
This book examines the impact and shortcomings of the TRIPS Agreement, which was signed in Marrakesh on 15 April 1994. Over the last 20 years, the fra...
� � � � � This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing countries and which include intellectual property (IP) provisions setting standards exceeding those of the TRIPS Agreement. the implications for the multilateral IP system and other areas of international law such as human rights;
� � � � � This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements nego...