Intellectual property rights and their overlaps are considered in light of rights purposes, relying on the concept of a balance of rights as the measuring rod for assessment of the consequences resulting from the exercise of overlapping rights. Identifying the complex interface between different types of intellectual property rights, this book discusses the use of these rights and their effect on a diverse group of stakeholders, from individual users of e-books to large corporations operating search engines on the internet. The book suggests solutions to potentially objectionable uses of...
Intellectual property rights and their overlaps are considered in light of rights purposes, relying on the concept of a balance of rights as the measu...
This text examines the relationship between the legal extension of copyright duration as an enduring means of copyright protection and the growth of the UK book publishing industry as a typical creative industry reliant on copyright.
This text examines the relationship between the legal extension of copyright duration as an enduring means of copyright protection and the growth of t...
This book considers the effectiveness of well-known trade mark protection at an international level. It particularly considers EU trade mark law from Japanese perspectives, and provides a practical and critical overview of trade mark law in Japan, including the historical development of the law and the recent development on cases and policy.
The book includes detailed coverage of the Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Act, and contains the first systematic analysis of Japanese jurisprudence and legislative amendments of law in relation to well-known trade marks and...
This book considers the effectiveness of well-known trade mark protection at an international level. It particularly considers EU trade mark law fr...
International developments since the mid-1990s have signalled an awareness of the importance and validity of traditional knowledge and cultural property. The adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the establishment of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore demonstrate an emerging trend towards the recognition of the rights of communities and the importance of culture in shaping international law and policy.
This book examines how developments to protect collectively held knowledge transpose...
International developments since the mid-1990s have signalled an awareness of the importance and validity of traditional knowledge and cultural pro...
The global transmission of infectious diseases has fuelled the need for a more developed legal framework in international public health to provide prompt and specific guidance during a large-scale emergency. This book develops a means for States to take advantage of the flexibilities of compulsory licensing in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which promotes access to medicines in a public health emergency. It presents the precautionary approach (PA) and the structure of risk analysis as a means to build a workable reading of TRIPS and to help...
The global transmission of infectious diseases has fuelled the need for a more developed legal framework in international public health to provide ...
Recent years have seen a number of pressing developments in copyright law: there has been an enormous increase in the range and type of work accorded protection; the concept of the 'original work' has entered into national copyright acts; and intangible entities are now entitled to protection by copyright. All these are consequences of legislative and technological developments that can be traced back over two centuries and more. the result. This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the growth of copyright law, largely based on archival research and on archival materials only...
Recent years have seen a number of pressing developments in copyright law: there has been an enormous increase in the range and type of work accord...
Arising from recent developments at the international level, many developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities are considering using geographical indications (GIs) to protect traditional knowledge, and to promote trade and overall economic development. Despite the considerable enthusiasm over GIs in diverse quarters, there is an appreciable lack of research on how far and in what context GIs can be used as a protection model for traditional knowledge-based resources. This book critically examines the potential uses of geographical indications as models for protecting...
Arising from recent developments at the international level, many developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities are considering using...
Traditional financial reporting is ill-equipped to deal with intellectual property (IP) rights, a growing asset class which continue to be integral to the financial health of many companies in the innovation economy. The invisibility of corporate IP information is problematic and is compounded by underdeveloped narrative corporate reporting of valuable IP assets. There is a pressing need from a corporate governance standpoint to improve the level and quality of corporate IP strategy and asset reporting by all companies, large and small, public and private. This book examines the legal...
Traditional financial reporting is ill-equipped to deal with intellectual property (IP) rights, a growing asset class which continue to be integral...
As one of the few publications on intellectual property law and policy in the region in English the book provides a valuable resource for academics, students and scholars with an interest in intellectual property law as well as legal practitioners, and those doing business in the Middle East.
Covering the intellectual property protection regimes of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the book also includes discussion of Yemen and Jordan as possible future members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
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As one of the few publications on intellectual property law and policy in the region in English the book provides a valuable resource for academics...
