Intellectual property law Books

Book SynopsisUnsurpassed in authority, reliability and accuracy; Blackstone''s Statutes, trusted by students for over 30 years.Celebrating over 30 years as the market-leading series, Blackstone''s Statutes have an unrivalled tradition of trust and quality. With a rock-solid reputation for accuracy, reliability, and authority, they remain first-choice for students and lecturers, providing a carefulselection of all the up-to-date legislation needed for exams and course use. -Clear and easy-to-use, helping you find what you need instantly-Edited by experts and covering all the key legislation needed for intellectual property law courses, so you can use alongside your textbook to ensure you approach your assessments with confidence-Unannotated legislation - perfect for exam use-Also available as an e-book with functionality and navigation featuresTrade ReviewA must-have quick and easy reference point, with everything you need to access in one place. * Sarah Willis, Senior Lecturer, University of Northampton *These are the industry standard, containing a one-stop source for students. They cover all bases. * Dr Lucy Barnes, Associate Professor in Law, University of East Anglia *Blackstone's Statutes are a very reliable series. Up-to-date legislation, with a good match for teaching needs. Students appreciate the clear layout and easy reference materials. Ideal for exam use. * Renu Barton-Hanson, Associate Professor in Law, Middlesex University *The e-book is useful to support student's learning throughout the semester and for online exams. * Dr Vera Pavlou, Lecturer, University of Glasgow *

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Book SynopsisHolyoak and Torremans Intellectual Property Law provides readers with a clear introduction to UK intellectual property law, whilst carefully placing the law in its global context and acknowledging the influence of EU and other international jurisdictions over its development. The book examines the methods and reasoning behind key statutory and case decisions, and provides readers with real life examples of intellectual property law in action, helping to bring the subject to life. Recent developments within the law relating to biotechnology patenting, IT and internet, and trademark, imaging and character rights are explored, providing readers with a cutting edge analysis of the subject. Chapter introductions and concluding overviews help to set the scene and provide a succinct summary of the topic areas, whilst lists of annotated further reading offer the perfect starting point for those who wish to explore a topic further.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition An excellent textbook for undergraduate students. * Debra Brown, Associate Professor, Leicester De Montfort Law School *Table of ContentsA. Introduction 1: Themes in intellectual property 2: The international and European framework B. Patents 3: Origin, background and international aspects of the patent system 4: Patentability 5: Use and grant in the UK and Europe 6: Infringement and revocation 7: Supplementary protection certificates and the unitary patent 8: Patents - an overview C. Copyright and Related Issues 9: An introduction to copyright 10: The various types of copyright and the quality issue 11: Qualification 12: The term of copyright 13: Authorship and ownership of copyright 14: Moral rights 15: Copyright infringement 16: Defences to copyright infringement 17: Rights in performances 18: Dealing in copyright 19: Copyright - an overview D. Designs 20: Design and copyright 21: Registered designs 22: Unregistered designs 23: Designs - an overview E. Trade Marks and Other Image Rights 24: Trade marks - an introduction 25: Trade marks - registrability and use 26: Trade marks - infringement and revocation 27: Trade marks - European and international aspects 28: Tortious protection of intellectual property rights F. Issues in Intellectual Property 29: Confidentiality and trade secrets 30: Computer technology and intellectual property 31: Character merchandising 32: Remedies in intellectual property litigation

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Book SynopsisThe Intellectual Property Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Written by experts and covering all key topics, Concentrate guides help focus your revision and maximise your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and focused breakdown of the key topics and cases.Revision guides you can rely on: trusted by lecturers, loved by students...I have always used OUP revision and Q&A books and genuinely believe they have helped me get better grades - Anthony Poole, law student, Swansea University The detail in this revision textbook is phenomenal and is just what is needed to push your exam preparation to the next level. - Stephanie Lomas, law student, University of Central Lancashire It is a little more in-depth than other revision guides, and also has clear diagrams and teaches ways to obtain extra marks. These features make it unique - Godwin Tan, law student, University College London The concentrate revisTable of Contents1: Introduction to intellectual property and common themes 2: Copyright 3: Computer programmes and databases 4: Moral rights 5: Performers' rights 6: Trade secrets and confidential information 7: Patents 8: Designs 9: Passing-off and trade marks

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Book SynopsisThis book combines extracts from major cases and secondary materials with critical commentary to provide a complete resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of intellectual property law.All areas of intellectual property law in the UK are covered: copyright, trade marks and passing off, confidential information, industrial designs, patent, procedure and enforcement. This book also tackles topical areas, such as the application of intellectual property law to new technologies and character merchandising. While the focus of the book is on intellectual property law in a domestic context, it provides international, EU and comparative law perspectives on major issues. It also addresses the wider policy implications of legislative and judicial developments in the area.Table of Contents1: An introduction to intellectual property 2: Copyright I: history, justifications, sources of law, and subsistence 3: Copyright II: authorship, ownership, exploitation, term, moral rights, and economic rights 4: Copyright III: infringement, exceptions, and database right 5: Passing off 6: Trade marks I: justifications, registration, and absolute grounds for refusal of registration 7: Trade marks II: the relative grounds for refusal of registration, infringement, and remedies 8: Trade marks III: defences, the loss of a trade mark, and exhaustion of rights 9: Breach of confidence 10: Privacy, personality, and publicity 11: Patents I: justifications, registration, patentable subject matter, and industrial application 12: Patents II: novelty, inventive step, sufficiency, and support 13: Patents III: infringement, exceptions, and entitlement 14: Industrial designs

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive proposal for reforming copyright law to ensure sustainable public access to research and scholarship.Open access is widely supported by researchers, librarians, scholarly societies, and research funders, as well as large and small publishers. Yet despite this support—and the pandemic’s demonstration of the importance of open access for scientific progress—the scholarly publishing market is failing to deliver open access quickly enough. In Copyright’s Broken Promise, John Willinsky presents the case for reforming copyright law so that it supports, rather than impedes, public access to research and scholarship. He draws on the legal strategy of statutory licensing to set out the terms and structures by which the Copyright Act could ensure that publishers are fairly compensated for providing immediate open access. What sets Willinsky’s analysis apart is its focus on the current state of scholarly publi

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Book SynopsisTritton on Intellectual Property in Europe continues to provide leading authority on intellectual property law and rights protection in Europe. It offers unrivalled coverage and comprehensively analyses the law and legislation governing patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, and plant varieties.

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Book SynopsisDesigns Law and Practice, formerly known as Sykes: Intellectual Property in Designs, is a comprehensive yet practical reference source for the various IP rights protecting designs. It covers the different types of design rights and related rights, protection and management of designs, infringement and generally provides practical insights and guidance to the law and practice of designs law.Fully revised and updated by an experienced author team, it focuses on UK and EU-wide law and provides a brief overview of key international jurisdictions.

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Book SynopsisOwning the Masters provides the first in-depth history of sound recording copyright. It is this form of intellectual property that underpins the workings of the recording industry. Rather than being focused on the manufacture of goods, this industry is centred on the creation, exploitation and protection of rights. The development and control of these rights has not been straightforward. This book explores the lobbying activities of record companies: the principal creators, owners and defenders of sound recording copyright. It addresses the counter-activity of recording artists, in particular those who have fought against the legislative and contractual practices of record companies to claim these master rights for themselves. In addition, this book looks at the activities of the listening public, large numbers of whom have been labelled pirates' for trespassing on these rights. The public has played its own part in shaping copyright legislation. This is an essential subject forTrade ReviewCopyright is a tool used by record labels to extract value from recording artists, but it is also the mechanism that allows artists to profit from their music. In Owning the Masters, Richard Osborne deftly threads a historical narrative between these two positions. This book is indispensable reading for anyone trying to understand the role of copyright in the world today. * David Arditi, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA, and author of Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians and Power in Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Mechanizing 2. Performing 3. Producing 4. Expanding 5. Justifying 6. Networking 7. Owning Glossary Timeline Bibliography Index

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“This book is a classic... its style and content remain invaluable.” Entertainment Law Review This is the new edition of a unique book about intellectual property. It is for those new to the subject, both law students and others such as business people needing some idea of the subject. It provides an outline of the basic legal principles, educating the reader as to the shape of the law. Critically, it also gives an insight into how the system actually works. You cannot understand chess by merely learning the rules – you also have to know how the game is played: so too with intellectual property. The authors deliberately avoid technicalities: keeping things simple, yet direct. There are no footnotes to distract. Although cases are, inevitably, referred to, they are explained in a pithy, accessible manner. All major areas of IP – patents, trade marks, copyright and designs – are covered, along with briefer treatment of other rights and subjects such as breach of confidence, plant varieties and databases. A novice reader should come away both with a clear outline of IP law and a feeling for how it works. Students will be able to put their more detailed study into perspective. Users will be able to understand better how IP affects them and their businesses.

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Book SynopsisThe question of whether our ideas are our own or our employer’s set off the greatest toy war of our time.Trade Review"At its core, You Don’t Own Me is an exploration of a relatively dry topic: the intellectual property regime. Yet in the hands of Lobel… this case study in who should benefit from an employee’s creativity becomes something of a page-turner." -- Financial Times"You Don’t Own Me is an extended case study that’s fascinating and consequential thanks to Lobel’s storytelling skill. Through her descriptions of flamboyant personalities and outrageous corporate scheming, she elevates the story of a protracted legal case into a page-turner that holds up a lipstick-pink mirror to both American consumer culture and corporate misbehaviour." -- Times Higher Education"In a crisp, conversational style, Lobel plots the twists and turns of the unfolding court cases. […] Lobel tells a vivid tale of corporate war." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisThe question of whether our ideas are our own or our employer’s set off the greatest toy war of our time.Trade Review"At its core, You Don’t Own Me is an exploration of a relatively dry topic: the intellectual property regime. Yet in the hands of Lobel… this case study in who should benefit from an employee’s creativity becomes something of a page-turner." -- Financial Times"You Don’t Own Me is an extended case study that’s fascinating and consequential thanks to Lobel’s storytelling skill. Through her descriptions of flamboyant personalities and outrageous corporate scheming, she elevates the story of a protracted legal case into a page-turner that holds up a lipstick-pink mirror to both American consumer culture and corporate misbehaviour." -- Times Higher Education"In a crisp, conversational style, Lobel plots the twists and turns of the unfolding court cases. […] Lobel tells a vivid tale of corporate war." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisDo you have a great idea for the next big thing, an eye-catching new corporate logo, or an exciting new business concept? Understand how to safeguard your ideas and creations with this expert guide to the fundamentals of intellectual property.Table of ContentsForewords xix Introduction 1 Part I: Covering Your Assets: Intellectual Property Basics 7 Chapter 1: Examining the Tools in Your IP Box 9 Chapter 2: Protecting Your Intellectual Property 19 Chapter 3: Dealing with Professionals and Picking Up the Tab 31 Part II: Patenting Your Product 41 Chapter 4: Understanding Patents and How They Work 43 Chapter 5: Testing the Water Before You Apply for a Patent 53 Chapter 6: Conducting a Patent Search 61 Chapter 7: Preparing Your Patent Application 73 Chapter 8: Filing Your Patent Application 99 Chapter 9: Prosecuting Your Patent Application 113 Chapter 10: Entering the Home Stretch: Getting Your Patent Granted 131 Part III: Knowing Your Copyright 139 Chapter 11: Protecting Your Designs 141 Chapter 12: Entering the Whimsical World of Copyright 153 Chapter 13: Untangling Ownership Issues 169 Part IV: Making Your Mark: Protecting Your Brand Identity 177 Chapter 14: Solving Your Identity Crisis 179 Chapter 15: Creating the Next Household Name 193 Chapter 16: Conducting an Availability Search 205 Chapter 17: Establishing and Registering Your Trade Marks 219 Part V: Exploiting and Enforcing Your IP Rights 233 Chapter 18: All Abroad: Protecting Your IP Rights in Other Countries 235 Chapter 19: Making ’em Pay: Licensing Your IP Rights 251 Chapter 20: Nailing the Bad Guys (The Infringers) 265 Part VI: The Part of Tens 275 Chapter 21: Ten Patent Application Pitfalls 277 Chapter 22: Ten Common Copyright Questions 281 Chapter 23: Ten Naming Blunders to Avoid 285 Chapter 24: Ten Great IP Resources 289 Appendix: Sample Patent Applications 293 Index 307

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The proposal for the SPC system (rather than simple patent term extension) referred to “the simplicity of the system” and called what was proposed “balanced simple transparent.” None of that proved true and, in my opinion at least, was obviously wrong at the time. Dr Roussou traces its complex history with battles between research based and generic pharma brilliantly. She valiantly attempts the impossible task of not just describing but also explaining the tortured reasoning of the CJEU on a flood of cases – which to some, me included, suggests the Court has no proper understanding of patent law (what is a “protected product”) nor regulatory law (very narrow and precise). She tackles the fuzzy interaction with competition law, the policy implications for pharma research, what’s to be done about the UPC and SPCs and where the system should go next. Not everyone will agree with her (I don’t on a number of points), but all will agree she has produced a valuable and provocative book.’ -- Sir Robin Jacob, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products: an introduction 2. The long road to the enactment of the SPC Regulation 3. Legal analysis of the SPC Regulation (i): the meaning of the term “protected by a basic patent” under Art. 3 (a) SPC Regulation 4. Legal analysis of the SPC Regulation (ii): the meaning of the term “product” in the light of Art. 1 (b) and 3 (d) of the SPC Regulation 5. Interaction between the SPC Regulation and the unified patent system 6. The application of competition law in cases of supplementary patent protection 7. The future of SPC regulation Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Patent Portfolio Management is a very useful book for all levels of seniority and company types as it provides the reader with useful insights on how to best manage your patent portfolio in order to create maximum value at the lowest cost.’ -- Per Wendin, Spotify, Sweden‘An excellent, comprehensive presentation of the professional handling of patent portfolios, anchoring them in the company and demonstrating how to create high value from the portfolio. One of the best books I have seen on this in the recent past.’ -- Stephan Wolke, Stephan Wolke, CEO, thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property GmbH, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Patent portfolio management: an introduction 2 Strategizing patent portfolio management 3 Budgeting patent portfolio management 4 Organizing patent portfolio management 5 Working with agents 6 Patent filing strategies 7 Ensuring quality of the patent portfolio 8 Extracting value from the patent portfolio 9 Pruning the patent portfolio Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This outstanding book provides a rigorous examination of the complex legal issues raised by the cross-border protection of trade secrets in today’s knowledge-based society. It is a unique contribution that will influence the future interpretation and application of European private international law rules in this field.’ -- Pedro De Miguel Asensio, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain'For anyone transferring technology into EU member states, this is an important book. To encourage innovation, the EU upgraded its substantive trade secrecy law. It did not, however, consider private international law. This book fills that gap with a thorough, learned, and highly readable discussion of jurisdiction and applicable law.' -- Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University, US‘Trade secrets are still too often seen as ancillary to registered IP rights, whereas they are crucial in our borderless data-driven economy. This excellent study looks at how private international law deals with cross-border trade secret disputes. It does so in a clear and comprehensive manner. This is essential reading!’ -- Paul Torremans, University of Nottingham, UK‘How can lawyers prepare for cross-border trade secret disputes? Such cases require combined expertise in different areas, such as international commercial contracting, private international law and intellectual property law or related rights. This book facilitates this task by providing a comprehensive and clear analysis of the relevant rules in the European Union. It guides practitioners and scholars to reflect on how and where such cross-border trade secret disputes can be taken to courts, and how this specialized legal area could be better designed in the future.’ -- Marta Pertegás Sender, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: PART I THE FACTUAL, THEORETICAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW BACKGROUND. 1 Introduction to cross-border trade secret disputes 2 The factual and theoretical background to trade secret protection 3 The international framework for the protection of trade secrets 4 The protection of trade secrets in the European Union PART II TRADE SECRETS AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW. 5 Characterisation in European private international law 6 The international private international law framework for trade secret protection 7 Jurisdiction over trade secret disputes in the European Union 8 The law applicable to trade secret disputes in the European Union 9 Overriding mandatory rules, public policy and non-excludable rules in the Trade Secret Directive 10 Conclusions on jurisdiction and applicable law with respect to cross-border trade secret disputes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'Counterfeiting is a plague that is growing, and will soon exceed trillions of dollars of stolen top line revenue from major organizations world wide. This book documents the hidden players behind this problem, and documents the level of organized crime that is implicit in this work. This is a fascinating tale of the “behind the scenes” activities that are producing a steady stream of counterfeit goods, and how organizations need to act to curb this black tide.’ -- Robert Handfield, North Carolina State University, US‘A comprehensive examination of the international trade in counterfeit goods and the links to international organized crime. Covering mainly trademark infringement but including copyright, Professor Blakeney’s long experience in this field make him an ideal assessor of the factors involved and apposite case studies underline the significance of the phenomenon leading to a succinct “Way Forward”.’ -- John Anderson, The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group, France‘The links between organised crime and counterfeits have become an issue of crucial importance to international trade and intellectual property enforcement. In this book, Blakeney brings a wealth of experience, critical insight and sustained analysis to his examination of the complex legal and socio-economic environments involved.’ -- Phillip Johnson, Cardiff University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I DEFINITIONS, METRICS AND ANTI-COUNTERFEITING LEGISLATION 1 Definitions and metrics 2 The trade in counterfeit products 3 Impacts of counterfeiting: commercial, fiscal and socio-economic 4 Counterfeiting and public order 5 Counterfeiting and international IP legislation 6 National legislation and counterfeiting 7 Border control of counterfeits PART II CONFISCATION OF THE PROCEEDS OF COUNTERFEITING 8 International confiscation legislation and intellectual property crime 9 National confiscation laws PART III CASE STUDIES 10 Medicines and pharmaceuticals 11 Food 12 Wines and spirits 13 Luxury goods 14 Other counterfeits PART IV RECOMMENDATIONS 15 The way forward Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Patent Portfolio Management is a very useful book for all levels of seniority and company types as it provides the reader with useful insights on how to best manage your patent portfolio in order to create maximum value at the lowest cost.’ -- Per Wendin, Spotify, Sweden‘An excellent, comprehensive presentation of the professional handling of patent portfolios, anchoring them in the company and demonstrating how to create high value from the portfolio. One of the best books I have seen on this in the recent past.’ -- Stephan Wolke, Stephan Wolke, CEO, thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property GmbH, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Patent portfolio management: an introduction 2 Strategizing patent portfolio management 3 Budgeting patent portfolio management 4 Organizing patent portfolio management 5 Working with agents 6 Patent filing strategies 7 Ensuring quality of the patent portfolio 8 Extracting value from the patent portfolio 9 Pruning the patent portfolio Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This field guide to AI Law takes you on a thorough tour of the legal and regulatory AI landscape, both as it currently stands and how it might look in the future. You can tell Lothar has spent a lot of time considering the concrete problems and risks with AI and how they might play out in a business setting. He does a masterful job laying out the practical steps in-house counsel can take now to mitigate legal threats, protect consumer data, and have a plan in place for when regulators come calling.’ -- Maria Dinzeo, Journalist, Law.com, US‘With this terrific and incredibly timely Guide, Prof. Determann confirms his unique talent to be able to foresee and anticipate the main legal challenges which digitization raises for lawyers, companies, agencies at local and federal level but also for legal scholars and students. It is, by far, the best and most complete travelling compass, clear, structured and advanced, for anybody who needs an AI law road star. Unmissable.’ -- Oreste Pollicino, Professor of Constitutional Law and Media Law, Bocconi University, Italy‘Artificial intelligence has taken the digital and legal worlds by storm. Drawing on his extensive experience navigating the digital revolution, Lothar Determann has thoughtfully framed the latest and possibly most dramatic phase. His AI Guide provides legal professionals and their clients with systematic checklists for traversing this new frontier.’ -- Peter S. Menell, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, US‘Determann’s Field Guide is an essential read for anyone grappling with policies, processes and procedures for the use of generative AI. Determann skilfully navigates the reader through a constantly shifting technology and legal landscape. This is a “must read” for anyone seeking to understand what’s at stake in developing a practical framework for using AI in an organizational context.’ -- Ardi Kolah, Founding Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Data Protection and Privacy, UK‘As always, what a masterpiece, this book on artificial intelligence law, typical of Dr. Lothar Determann. This book has extensively consolidated legal requirements and best practices through extensive coverage of topics, such as data protection, ownership of AI, drafting documentation, assessing impacts and mitigating risks and essential checklists. Dr. Lothar’s knowledge, experience, and expertise in the field of artificial intelligence is extensively displayed across the chapters and this book will be most useful and a must read for lawyers and corporate professionals across jurisdictions.” -- Anand Mehta, Partner, Khaitan and Co., IndiaTable of ContentsContents: About Your Guide Orientation Key terms The Landscape 1 Artificial intelligence law 2 Starting an AI law compliance program 3 Drafting documentation 4 Assessing impacts and mitigating risks 5 AI agreements 6 Protocols 7 Maintaining and auditing compliance Checklist: AI Law Compliance Resources List of abbreviations Index

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Book SynopsisIn our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these "data cartels", demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, and selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities and threaten the democratic sharing of knowledge. Just a few companies dominate most of our critical informational resources. Often self-identifying as "data analytics" or "business solutions" operations, they supply the digital lifeblood that flows through the circulatory system of the internet. With their control over data, they can prevent the free flow of information, masterfully exploiting outdated information and privacy laws and curating online information in a way that amplifies digital racism and targets marginalized communities. They can also distribute private information to predatory entities. Alarmingly, everything they're doing is perfectly legal. In this book, Lamdan contends that privatization and tech exceptionalism have prevented us from creating effective legal regulation. This in turn has allowed oversized information oligopolies to coalesce. In addition to specific legal and market-based solutions, Lamdan calls for treating information like a public good and creating digital infrastructure that supports our democratic ideals. Trade Review"Lamdan offers a timely, ambitious, and original contribution about a set of issues that are of vital importance to the study of technology, law, and society."—Anil Kalhan, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law"Powerful and a great read! This book definitely stirs the pot."—Nicole Dyszlewski, Roger Williams University School of Law"From scientific information to legal information to massive dossiers on each and every one of us and more, Sarah Lamdan's beautifully researched book delves into the shadowy world of big data. A fascinating read!"—Carl Malamud, Public.resource.org"Lamdan's research is solid. Her book would be a nice addition to both large academic and legal libraries."—Michael Sawyer, Library Journal"Having been involved in efforts to raise awareness of the impacts of data brokers over the past decade, I appreciate Lamdan's hopeful stance that it is not too late to reverse course and create a better world. Her rhetoric is powerful, her writing colourful and her critique vigorous."—Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Nature"Lamdan's seminal work on the legal information market and the companies that own them is integral to how we work with these products, teach them to our students, and demo them to our patrons."—Mari Cheney, AALL Spectrum"Lamdan's work is groundbreaking yet intimately familiar to us in the librarian profession.... Her bold approach breaks down the barrier and serves as a metaphorical lighthouse to our work. It gives us a reason to recommend her book to library advocates so that they can realize how these companies are operating in the informational capitalism age. This book should be required reading for all librarians who advocate that information is power."—Edward Junhao Lim, Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship"This book needs to be adopted as part of the canon of the profession. It brings clear evidence to bear and articulates the conundrums we face daily in an almost matter of fact way. If you have spent any time working in a library, academic or otherwise, you will have certainly seen the slow and steady drift toward monopolisation of all the content that we lease. What is refreshing is that this is written in such a way that those outside of librarianship will be compelled by the stories that it tells. Next time a friend says 'it must be nice to read all day' lend them your dog-eared copy of this book so that they understand first-hand where the war is being fought."—Tim Ribaric, Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship"It is sometimes crudely assumed that whoever owns our data can control us. Sarah Lamdan's Data Cartels brings a rather more subtle perspective."—Times Literary Supplement"This book—including the footnotes—is an engaging and insightful read. This spotlight on big data will hopefully bring these companies out of the shadows and into the public eye. Highly recommended."—R. I. Saltz, CHOICETable of Contents1. The Data Cartels: An Overview 2. Data Brokering 3. Academic Research 4. Legal Information 5. Financial Information 6. News Conclusion: Envisioning Public Information as a Public Good

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this popular textbook has been thoroughly revised, expanded and updated in order to reflect the recent extensive changes in European IP legislation. Providing an in-depth examination of the core areas of IP law, from copyright, patents and trademarks through to the protection of plant varieties and industrial design, it is perfectly pitched to guide the reader through the complexities of the European IP system.New to this edition: Coverage of recent legislative changes since the first edition, including detail on the proposed new copyright package New expanded chapters on Plant Variety Rights, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications New chapter on IPRs and Unfair Competition, including Trade Secrets Expanded chapter on patents, including coverage of the unitary patent and the UPC, by new co-author and patent expert Stefan Luginbuehl. Key features: Concise and straightforward style, gives students and non-specialist practitioners a clear understanding of the fundamentals of European intellectual property law Highlights extracts from primary sources including decisions of the CJEU and other key case law, reports, and white papers Poses questions designed to provoke critical thinking and reflection around legal problems Covers related areas adjacent to IP law, in order to help students understand the context in which IP legislation operates Gives an overview of community and European IP rights and areas that have been harmonized at a legislative level Considers international IP protection and the interrelation between European and IP law more broadly in order to promote comparative study. With its detailed and comprehensive overview on the structure and content of European IP law, this textbook has proved an essential companion to both basic and advanced courses on European intellectual property across the globe.Acclaim for the first edition: 'This clearly-written and comprehensive text, by two leading scholars of European intellectual property law, is extremely adaptable. It is a perfect platform for classroom teaching, and is also a fine resource for those researching in what is becoming an increasingly complex field.' - Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Chicago-Kent University, USTrade Review'Authoritative and remarkably comprehensive, European Intellectual Property Law: Text, Cases and Materials is an indispensable resource for any student--or practitioner--seeking to learn the fundamentals of European intellectual property law. In this Second Edition, Kur, Dreier, and Luginbuehl provide an up-to-the-minute account of a fast-changing field.' --Barton Beebe, New York University, US'A great textbook for professors to teach European IP law for both European and non-European students.' --Toshiko Takenaka, University of Washington, US, Keio University, Japan and Technical University of Munich, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. IP, IPRs and the international context 2. IP in the European legal framework 3. Patent Law 4. Trade Marks 5. Copyright 6. Industrial Designs 7. Geographical Indications 8. Plant Varieties 9. IPRs and competition (antitrust) law 10. IPRs and unfair competition law 11. Remedies for infringement 12. Jurisdiction and applicable law Index

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of this acclaimed and widely-used book has been thoroughly updated in light of, among others, the revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal, which entered into force in January 2020. It provides the first detailed understanding of these new rules and their influence on opposition and appeal proceedings. This second edition gives valuable guidance on how to: draft and prosecute patent applications to avoid problems later on in opposition and appeal properly attack or defend a patent react if the patent is amended argue in case of late filings act in oral proceedings. Dealing with all stages of proceedings before the EPO, this book provides fresh insight into how best to act at each stage to successfully complete a case in opposition and appeal, detailing how opposition divisions and boards of appeal approach the cases before them. Experienced practitioners will find that the detailed case law citation adds depth to their knowledge. The 'practical advice' sections and 'example cases' provide patent lawyers and attorneys with invaluable guidance on specific procedural and substantive questions.Trade Review'The book is an excellent read for anyone preparing for their first oppositions or appeals, as it gives a very good overview with practical tips as well as common pitfalls to avoid. For the more experienced ones, the big benefit of the book is the abundant references to case law. A section I particularly appreciated was the very clear and explicit explanation of hearing of witnesses. Another big bonus is of course the references to the 2020 Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal.' --Kaisa Suominen, Moosedog Oy, Finland'This excellent book brings together the theory and practice of opposition and appeal at the European Patent Office. The expert authors explain the legal framework in an accessible manner and provide numerous tips which are based on many years of experience. This book helps you to make the right choices already during drafting the patent application and in opposition so that you will be in the best possible starting position for your appeal under the 2020 Rules of Procedure.' --Nyske Blokhuis, EP&C Patent Attorneys, the Netherlands/BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Drafting and prosecution stage 3. Opposition stage 4. Appeal stage – inter partes appeals 5. Appeal stage – ex parte appeals 6. Further issues 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary and international handbook captures and shapes much needed reflection on normative frameworks for the production, application, and use of artificial intelligence in all spheres of individual, commercial, social, and public life.Trade ReviewThe ethics of AI is a dynamic field, and so anythingwritten on the topic is likely to be out of date by the time it is published. Thanks to the acumen of its editors, however, the Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI will remain relevant despite these shifting conceptual and methodological sands. * Fabio Tollon, Department of Philosophy, Bielefeld University, Germany, Prometheus *Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction & Overview 1. The Artificial Intelligence of Ethics of AI: An Introductory Overview Joanna Bryson 2. The Ethics of Ethics of AI: Mapping the Field Thomas Powers, Delaware & Jean-Gabriel Ganascia 3. Ethics of AI in Context: Society & Culture Judith Donath Part II. Frameworks & Modes 4. Why Industry Self-regulation Will Not Deliver 'Ethical AI': A Call for Legally Mandated Techniques of 'Human Rights by Design' Karen Yeung, Andrew Howes and Ganna Pogrebna 5. Private Sector AI: Ethics and Incentives Tom Slee 6. Normative Modes: Codes & Standards Paula Boddington 7. Normative Modes: Professional Ethics Urs Gasser Part III. Concepts & Issues 8. Fairness and the Concept of 'Bias' Safiya Umoja Noble 9. Accountability in Computer Systems Joshua Kroll 10. Transparency Nick Diakopoulos 11. Responsibility Virginia Dignum 12. The Concept of Handoff as a Model for Ethical Analysis and Design Helen Nissenbaum & Deirdre Mulligan 13. Race and Gender Timnit Gebru 14. The Future of Work in the Age of AI: Displacement, Augmentation, or Control? Karen Levy & Pegah Moradi 15. The Rights of Artificial Intelligences John Basl and Joseph Bowen 16. The Singularity: Sobering up About Merging with AI Susan Schneider 17. Do Sentient AIs Have Rights? If So, What Kind? Mark Kingwell 18. Autonomy Michael Wheeler 19. Troubleshooting AI and Consent Meg Leta Jones 20. Is Human Judgment Necessary? Norman Spaulding 21. Sexuality John Danaher IV. Perspectives & Approaches 22. Computer Science Benjamin Kuipers 23. Engineering Jason Millar 24. Designing Robots Ethically Without Designing Ethical Robots: A Perspective from Cognitive Science Ron Chrisley 25. Economics Anton Korinek 26. Statistics Martin Wells 27. Automating Origination: Perspectives from the Humanities Avery Slater 28. Philosophy David Gunkel 29. The Complexity of Otherness: Anthropological contributions to robots and AI Kathleen Richardson 30. Calculative Composition: The Ethics of Automating Design Shannon Mattern 31. Global South Chinmayi Arun 32. East Asia Danit Gal 33. Artificial Intelligence and Inequality in the Middle East: The Political Economy of Inclusion Nagla Rizk 34. Europe's struggle to set global AI standards Andrea Renda Part V. Cases & Applications 35. The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Bryant Walker Smith 36. Military Jai Galliott 37. The Ethics of AI in Biomedical Research, Medicine and Public Health Effy Vayena & Alessandro Blasimme 38. Law: Basic Questions Harry Surden 39. Law: Criminal Law Chelsea Barabas 40. Law: Public Law & Policy: Notice, Predictability, and Due Process Kiel Brennan-Marquez 41. Law: Immigration & Refugee Law Petra Molnar 42. Education Elana Zeide 43. Algorithms and the Social Organization of Work Ifeoma Ajunwa 44. Smart City Ethics Ellen Goodman

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Book SynopsisThis book unravels the development of India's IP law and policy in modern times, in a form and style designed for the general reader. The chapters in the book centre on different industries and sectors, such as pharmaceuticals, book publishing, cinema, music, the Internet, food, yoga, and traditional knowledge. Each chapter features a lively narrative that has been constructed from various sources, including parliamentary debates, expert reports, interviews, archivalresearch, and case law. The book's unique focus is on the politics and history of Indian IP, rather than the black letter of the law.Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Indian Patent Law Declares Independence; Chapter 2: Surrender at Geneva; Chapter 3: Life after Marrakesh; Chapter 4: Novartis Trips Over Section 3(d); Chapter 5: New Delhi Challenges the Berne Convention; Chapter 6: The Moving Picture; Chapter 7: Akhtar Rescripts Copyright Law; Chapter 8: Digital India Seeks Safe Harbour; Chapter 9: The Traditional Knowledge Trilogy; Chapter 10: The Queen of All Rices; Chapter 11: Of Gods and Gurus; Index; About the Authors

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Book SynopsisAn examination of subjectivity in copyright law, analyzing authors, users, and pirates through a relational framework.In current debates over copyright law, the author, the user, and the pirate are almost always invoked. Some in the creative industries call for more legal protection for authors; activists and academics promote user rights and user-generated content; and online pirates openly challenge the strict enforcement of copyright law. In this book, James Meese offers a new way to think about these three central subjects of copyright law, proposing a relational framework that encompasses all three. Meese views authors, users, and pirates as interconnected subjects, analyzing them as a relational triad. He argues that addressing the relationships among the three subjects will shed light on how the key conceptual underpinnings of copyright law are justified in practice.Meese presents a series of historical and contemporary examples, from nineteenth-century cases of

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Book SynopsisDo you have any insights into the cause and therapeutic treatments of disorders that are available and present for some individuals on the autism spectrum? Acquiring a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may be the best way to communicate your idea and gain monetary compensation. Before submitting your idea, though, youll need to learn if it has already been disclosed. Since 1987, hundreds of patents have been granted by the USPTO in an effort to help alleviate some of the disabling symptoms present in individuals on the autism spectrum. To better understand this, Michael J. Dochniak has written this book to provide an easy-to-read summary of patents directed at autism spectrum disorders. Within the patent summaries are inventor profiles and news articles that are both informative and enlightening. Impactful inventors include James Cassily, William Louis Cleveland, Brian Eagleman, Bernard Rimland, and Patricia Rodier. Prominent organisations include the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Boston Scientific, Columbia University, IBM, Johns Hopkins, and MIT. Furthermore, youll discover a sampling of unique pending applications in Chapter Ten and several disputed rejected-applications in Chapter Twenty. The Autism Patents and Beyond is a quintessential review of creative people who invent or are trying to invent therapeutic interventions for autism spectrum disorders.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR protection and enforcement abroad. IPR are legal rights granted by governments to encourage innovation or works and they may take the form of patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, or geographical indications. U.S. industries that rely on IPR contribute significantly to U.S. economic growth, employment, and trade with other countries. Counterfeiting and piracy in other countries may result in the loss of billions of dollars of revenue for U.S. firms as well as the loss of jobs.

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Book SynopsisTechnology licensing is an important element of conduct in many industries and has attracted a fair amount of attention in recent years. While vertical industrial structure is quite common, the literature on technology licensing has not paid much attention to this aspect. Considering fixed-fee licensing, the authors show that upstream and downstream markets play important roles for a profitable licensing. The authors of this book also analyse the Technology Transfer (TT) challenges within the new climate regime, in terms of the process of innovation into an existing energy system, the related barriers and the supporting diffusion mechanisms, with the emphasis laid on the emerging opportunities within the new climate regime. Successful practices are also presented and discussed by both the developed and the developing countries in this respect. Also investigated in this book is the potential of transferring and implementing sustainable energy technologies through the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol in Chile, China, Israel, Kenya and Thailand. Moreover, the available literature Geographical Indications (GIs) are surveyed and related geographical origin systems with particular emphasis on international markets. The authors also examine the matter of intellectual property (IP) and how it bears on the two economic sectors. Consideration is given to the role of patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights and their relative value as strategic tools in the current competitive environment.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides background on intellectual property rights (IPR) and discusses the role of U.S. international trade policy in enhancing IPR protection and enforcement abroad. IPR are legal rights granted by governments to encourage innovation and creative output by ensuring that creators reap the benefits of their inventions or works, and they may take the form of patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks or geographical indications. U.S. industries that rely on IPR contribute significantly to U.S. economic growth, employment, and trade with other countries. Counterfeiting and piracy in other countries may result in the loss of billions of dollars of revenue for U.S. firms as well as the loss of U.S. jobs.

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Book SynopsisCongressional interest in patent reform has increased as the patent system becomes more significant to U.S. industry. Patent ownership is perceived as an incentive to the technological advancement that leads to economic growth. Yet, this augmented attention to patents has been accompanied by persistent concerns about the fairness and effectiveness of the current system. Several studies, including those by the National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Trade Commission, recommended reform of the patent system to address perceived deficiencies in the operation of the patent regime. This book provides an overview of current patent reform issues including a summary of the structure of the current patent system and the role of patents in innovation policy. Also discussed are patent quality, the high costs of patent litigation, international harmonisation, and speculation in patents, which have motivated the reform proposals.

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Book SynopsisCongressional interest in patent policy and possible patent reform has expanded as the importance of intellectual property to innovation has increased. Patent ownership is perceived as an incentive to the technological advancement that leads to economic growth. However, growing interest in patents has been accompanied by persistent concerns about the fairness and effectiveness of the current system. This book provides an overview of current patent reform issues and offers a summary of the structure of the current patent system and the role of patents in innovation policy. The book also examines some of the broader issues and concerns, including patent quality, the high costs of patent litigation, international harmonisation, and speculation in patents that have motivated legislated reform proposals.

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Book SynopsisIntellectual property rights (IPR) traditionally have been matters of national concern. Individual nation states have developed IPR regimes reflecting their domestic needs and priorities. Over time, intellectual property protection and enforcement have come to the forefront as a key international trade issue for the United States, figuring prominently in the multilateral trade policy arena and in regional and bilateral U.S. free trade agreements (FTAs). This book reflects the Administration''s resolve to encourage and maintain adequate and effective IPR protection and enforcement world-wide. It identifies a wide range of concerns, including troubling "indigenous innovation" policies that may unfairly disadvantage U.S. rights holders in China, the continuing challenges of copyright piracy over the Internet in countries such as Canada, Italy, and Russia, and other ongoing, systemic IPR enforcement issues presented in many trading partners around the world.

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Book SynopsisIntellectual property is at the centre of the "new economy". New economy products are characterised by declining average costs over a range of output, high rates of innovation, and network effects. The return deriving from IPRs is directly correlated to the duration as well as the scope of those rights. The center of IP rights has moved further and further upstream over the past century, to the point of now protecting living organisms, basic research tools, and procedural methods as well as mathematical algorithms and databases. Globalisation and the exploitation of ICT open up opportunities for promoting democracy and wealth in poorer countries. Efficiency-seeking FDI increases competitiveness and the trademark of the competition law is the protection of those principles and practices which facilitate the efficient functioning of markets. Capital flows, in particular FDI, are one of the crucial components of globalisation and international integration. FDIs capitulate more benefits than other types of financial flows in addition to increasing domestic capital stock. This book describes in detail the law and economics of IPRs.

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Book SynopsisEssential Law for Information Professionals, fourth edition, provides up-to-date and easy-to-follow practical guidance on the law as it affects information management and the principles underlying practice. Using individual cases to illustrate these core principles and contextualise regulations, it cuts through the legalese to provide exactly what’s needed in an easily digestible format showing examples of how the law has worked in practice in specific legal cases. The book gives readers the tools to quickly assess legal hazards and identify solutions. Information law is a particularly fast moving area of law. In the eight years that have passed since the best-selling third edition was published, there have been many changes to the legislation and numerous legal cases which have further developed our understanding of the law. The fourth edition fully reflects those changes, which include: a new chapter on library law which covers the legal framework for libraries (concentrating on legislation and soft law relevant to libraries) implementation of the GDPR through the Data Protection Act 2018 a major overhaul of the copyright exceptions, and the 2018 implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 and the implications of the 2018 proposals for a new re-use directive extension of the public lending right scheme to e-books CILIP’s ethical framework. Essential Law for Information Professionals is an essential guide for anyone working in the information professions. It is also the ideal legal textbook for students of information studies and librarianship. Table of ContentsEssential Law for Information Professionals

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