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  • Copyright Law

    Taylor & Francis Ltd Copyright Law

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    Book SynopsisThis volume discusses how proprietary notions increasingly dominated copyright legal principles, with consequences for information dissemination in modern times. It covers the period to 1850, and begins with extracts from Roman law and early Christian and medieval teaching on ownership. The volume traces philosophical arguments about copyright law, reproducing writings of John Milton and John Locke on freedom of expression, and copyright justifications supplied by the idealist philosophers Johann Fichte and Immanuel Kant. Readings explain how the developments that created the social and political systems of modern Britain and the United States also produced the beginnings of the modern system of copyright regulation. The volume highlights seminal works of leading US copyright scholars Lyman Ray Patterson, Benjamin Kaplan and Mark Rose, and includes correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on copyright policy.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: the origins of copyright law; Part I The Origins of Copyright: (i) Possession and Exclusion: States ideal and real: community of property, Plato; The ownership of property, Aristotle; The law of things, Rudolph Sohm; Method followed in this work. Idea of a revolution, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. (ii) Obligation-Based Societies and Attitudes to Information: Don't stop thinking about...yesterday: why there was no indigenous counterpart to intellectual property law in imperial China, William Alford; John Bulun Bulun & Anor v R&T Textiles Pty Ltd; The cardinal virtues and the deadly sins, Bhagavad Gita. (iii) Against Entitlement: Aquinas' theory of property, A. Parel. (iv) The Stationers' Monopoly: Stationers Company Charter granted by Philip and Mary and confirmed by Elizabeth I (1557); Aereopagitica, John Milton, (1644); Appendix: documents relating to the termination of the Licensing Act, John Locke, 1695. Part II Emergence of Statutory Copyright: (v) The Statute of Anne: The Statute of Anne, April 10, 1710; Making copyright, Mark Rose. (vi) Perpetual Copyright: The publishers and the pirates: British copyright law in theory and practice, John Feather, 1710-1775. (vii) The Copyright Act 1790 (United States): Correspondence and Legislation: Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson; Copyright Act of 1790. (viii) Idealism: Relinquishment of property, Georg W.F. Hegel. (ix) United States Law and Foreigners' Copyright: 1831 Copyright Act: an Act to amend the several Acts respecting copyrights, 3 February 1831 revision; A portion of Dickens' letter to his friend John Forster on the subject of international copyright, 17 February 1842, Charles Dickens. (x) Fair Use: Folsom v Marsh, 1841; Free speech, copyright and fair use, L. Ray Patterson. (xi) Macaulay and Copyright Term: A speech delivered in the House of Commons on 5th February 1841, Thomas Babington Macaulay. (xii) Final Reflections: The first 350 years, Benjamin Kaplan; Pirates of the information infr

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    £185.25

  • Copyright Law

    Taylor & Francis Ltd Copyright Law

    Book SynopsisThis volume reproduces writings, social teachings, testimonies and reports of figures as diverse as Karl Marx, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, and bodies such as the US Congress. Extracted material charts the development of an international system of copyright regulation, and the growth, in the 20th century, of copyright industries benefitting from new copyright laws. In the second half of the 19th century, many writers and thinkers, like Marx, attacked capital, and its corollary, property rights. Some writers, such as Victor Hugo, while exposing the horrors of poverty and social alienation, demanded for authors rights of property. The modern system of copyright substantially originates from the efforts of Hugo and others. Articles by leading US copyright scholars such as Jessica Litman and Tim Wu explain the development of copyright law in the 20th century, and are complemented by reproduction of key copyright cases in the US and UK, as well the primary copyright legiTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: internationalization, technology and the march of property; Part I Literary Landmarks in the 19th Century Debate Over Property: Manifesto of the Communist Party 1848, Parts I and II, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels; Effects in the bank, Charles Dickens; Address of Victor Hugo to the International Literary Congress, Paris, 17 June 1878, Victor Hugo; Rerum Novarum: Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Capital and Labor, St Peter’s, Rome, 1891, Pope Leo XIII ; The White Man's Burden, Rudyard Kipling. Part II Mark Twain on Copyright: Statement of Mr Samuel L. Clemens (1906); Mark Twain, lobbyist. He cuts loose from artists and musicians on Copyright Bill (1906); Remarks on copyright (1886 and 1900); Mark Twain and his book: The Humorist and the copyright question (1889); Mark Twain on copyright law (1883); Aphorism in notebooks (1902-1903); Concerning copyright. An open letter to the Register of Copyrights (1905). Part III The Compulsory Recording Licence (UK): Correspondence to the Editor of The Times (1911-1949): The Copyright Bill, James Dundas White; The Copyright Bill. Attitude of the Labour Party, William Boosey; The Copyright Bill. A reply to Mr Boosey, J. Drummond Robertson; Mr John Murray's views, John Murray; The Copyright Bill. Composes and compensation, G. Bernard Shaw; The Copyright Bill. Musical and mechanical instruments, Charles V. Standford; The gramophone and its claims, William Boosey; Copyright Bill. The 'phonographic industry', J. Drummond Robertson; Copyright a privilege conferred, H. Whorlow; Composers and their property. The new Copyright Bill, G. Bernard Shaw; The author's gamble. Mr Bernard Shaw on Taxation, G. Bernard Shaw. Part IV Government and Diplomatic Documents: Report of the Royal Commission on Copyright 1878; Separate report by Sir Louis Mallet, 1878; Berne Convention (1886), Convention Creating an International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as amended at Berlin Conference, November 13, 1

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  • Copyright Law

    Taylor & Francis Ltd Copyright Law

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis volume shows how, since 1950, the growth of copyright regulation has followed, and enabled, the extraordinary economic growth of the entertainment, broadcasting, software and communications industries. It reproduces articles written by an extensive list of leading thinkers. US scholars represented in readings include James Boyle, Lawrence Lessig, Pamela Samuelson, Mark Lemley, Alfred Yen, Julie Cohen, Peter Jaszi and Eben Moglen. Leading non-US contributors include Alan Story, Brian Fitzgerald and Peter Drahos. These and other authors explain copyright origins, the development of the law, the theory of enclosure, international trends, recent developments, and current and future directions. Today, the copyright system is often portrayed as an engine of growth, and effective regulation as a predictor of economic development. However, critics see dangers in the expansion of intellectual property rights. The articles in this volume focus principally on the digital age, examininTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: development of copyright law after 1950; Part I International Developments: Burn Berne: why the leading international copyright convention must be repealed, Alan Story; Global law reform and rent-seeking: the case of intellectual property, Peter Drahos. Part II Enclosure: The second enclosure movement and the construction of the public domain, James Boyle; 'Culture wars': getting to peace, Lawrence Lessig. Part III Key Directions: Software as discourse: the power of intellectual property in digital architecture, Brian F. Fitzgerald; Fair use as innovation policy, Fred von Lohmann; The creative destruction of copyright: Napster and the new economics of digital technology, Raymond Shih Ray Ku; A First Amendment perspective on the construction of 3rd-party copyright liability, Alfred C. Yen; Rationalizing internet safe harbors, Mark A. Lemley; This town ain't big enough for the both of us - or is it? Reflections on copyright, the First Amendment and Google's use of others' content, David Kohler; The creative commons, Lawrence Lessig; Rethinking copyright: property through the lenses of unjust enrichment and unfair competition, Shyamkrishna Balganesh; Enabling open access to public sector information with creative commons licences: the Australian experience, Anne Fitzgerald, Neale Hooper and Brian Fitzgerald. Part IV Copyright, Culture and Meaning: Is there such a thing as postmodern copyright?, Peter Jaszi; Pirates, parasites, reapers, sowers, fruits, foxes... the metaphors of intellectual property, Patricia Loughlan; Copyright as myth, Jessica Litman; Creativity and culture in copyright theory, Julie E. Cohen. Part V Thinking of the Future: Preliminary thoughts on copyright reform, Pamela Samuelson; The dotCommunist Manifesto, Eben Moglen; A politics of intellectual property: environmentalism for the net?, James Boyle; Universal access to information, Hal R. Varian; Name index.

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    £332.50

  • Copyright Law and Computer Programs The Role of

    Taylor & Francis Inc Copyright Law and Computer Programs The Role of

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis book analyzes U.S. federal cases on the copyright protection of computer software programs, to examine the role of communication in legal decision making process. It is the first to apply Anthony Giddens'' theory of structuration to analyze law in a systematic and empirical way. Previous studies considered law to be independent, objective and neutral, and even those that considered social structures and actors focused on economic and political factors. Employing the framework of the author, the work, and the use, this study attempts to show how relationships and struggles of the parties are actually manifested through communication, and how the strategic communication of the parties influences the structural environment of copyright law. There has been a long-running debate over whether and how the copyright law, evolved from the era of the print technology, should be applied to computer programs, a new work of authorship. Contrary to some cautionary arguments that modern copyrigTable of ContentsPreface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I Copyright System as Legal Structure; Chapter 2 Law as a Process of Structuration; Chapter 3 Structural Rules and Resources in Copyright System; Chapter 4 The Process of Research; Part II The Dynamics of Structural Change; Chapter 5 Computer Program Copyright Cases; Chapter 6 Interplay of Actors, Resources, and Court Decisions; Chapter 7 Use of Structural Rules and Resources in Legal Arguments; Part III Process of Structuration in Copyright Cases; Chapter 8 Reassessing the Role of Communication; Chapter 9 Conclusion; epilogue EpiloguefigappI_1 The Process of Structuration Through Communicative Actions Coding Schemes for the Analysis of Arguments Appendix IV;

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    £142.50

  • University Intellectual Property

    Harriman House Publishing University Intellectual Property

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisExamines whether the roles of higher education institutions have changed, what academics and universities should be doing, and how technology transfer can be made effective and efficient. This book can help readers to understand about an increasingly important aspect of academia and business.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors Preface 1. Introduction by Graham Richards 2. The Confused Situation by Graham Richards 3. Bayh-Dole-Thatcher by Graham Richards 4. Academic Rogues by Graham Richards 5. A Judge's View by The Rt. Hon. Sir Robin Jacob 6. The Viewpoint of a Patent Attorney by Ian Bingham 7. Technology Transfer Office: The Next Step by Patricia Barclay 8. Waking a Sleeping Giant: Commercialising University Research by Roya Ghafele 9. Academic Research and Commercialisation by Alexander Weedon 10. University Patenting and the Advancement of Knowledge by Catherine Rhodes 11. Some Final Thoughts by Graham Richards Index

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    £25.50

  • Cambridge University Press Regulating Access and Transfer of Data

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    £85.50

  • E-Commerce and Convergence: A Guide to the Law of

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC E-Commerce and Convergence: A Guide to the Law of

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    Book SynopsisSince the last edition ten years ago the pace of technological and legal change has stepped up even more than before with previous editions. New legislation is in force such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK Data Protection Act 1998 and from 1 January 2021 "UKGDPR". The UK Information Commissioner has been looking closely at "Ad Tech" and what has become known as "big data" and how data are gathered on-line. Intellectual Property law in the ecommerce area has also changed. There is a very recently agreed new EU copyright directive which is due to be implemented in the 27 EU member states (but not the UK) in 2021. The post-Brexit transition period expired on 31 December 2020 which has implications for the application of ecommerce law in a number of different areas which are all addressed in the new addition. The 2010 EU vertical regulation and guidelines have recently been built on with the EU "geo-blocking" regulation and the related EU Commission's initiatives in relation to ecommerce in the anti-trust area. In 2020 the UK implemented changes in relation to EU law in the revised 2018 Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS) through the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 which are addressed in the new edition as post-Brexit the UK is retaining this legislation. Other updates include the distance selling legislation in the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which came into force since the last edition. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Intellectual Property and IT online service.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Technological convergence Chapter 2: Digital rights Chapter 3: Brands Chapter 4: Data in a digital world Chapter 5: Digital marketing Chapter 6: User-generated content and social media Chapter 7: The Audiovisual Media Services Directive Chapter 8: Video-on-demand Chapter 9: Contracting Appendix 1 Information to be provided on the supplier’s website and prior to formation of a contract with a customer Appendix 2 Information to be provided in a ‘durable medium’ (eg an email or in permanent form online) Appendix 3 Wholly and partially exempt contracts Appendix 4 Execution of deeds Appendix 5 250 Model form for cancellation of distance contract Chapter 10: Jurisdiction and enforcement

    1 in stock

    £156.75

  • AI on Trial

    Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) AI on Trial

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    £66.38

  • Intellectual Property Law Essentials

    Dundee University Press Ltd Intellectual Property Law Essentials

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    Book Synopsis

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    £18.99

  • Intellectual Property: Dictionary on Legal Terms:

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Intellectual Property: Dictionary on Legal Terms:

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    Book SynopsisOver the last few decades the exchange of goods and services between the industrialised countries and China has increased rapidly. It has become one of the main sources of growth both in Europe and the US. As a consequence, intellectual property (IP) rights have inevitably become crucial for free and undistorted trade. The creation and protection of patents, trade marks and industrial designs is now one of the main areas both of consultation and cross-border litigation and arbitration. In order to help practitioners and their staff to understand and use English and Chinese IP terms correctly, this dictionary provides a glossary of about 2400 terms giving the meaning in English and Chinese both in Chinese characters and Pinyin transcription. A detailed introduction facilitates search by radicals. An annex shows in bilingual form the most relevant forms, cover sheets, statutes etc.

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    £185.25

  • De Gruyter Patentgesetz

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    £215.20

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    £76.50

  • Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K SocialMediaAccounts verstorbener Personen

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    £79.90

  • Duncker & Humblot Verkehrssicherungspflichten Von

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    £59.92

  • Piracy  The Intellectual Property Wars from

    The University of Chicago Press Piracy The Intellectual Property Wars from

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisSince the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. This title explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet.Trade Review"Adrian Johns's learned and witty book Piracy is... a compelling cultural history of the paired ideas of piracy and property from the seventeenth century to the present.... The best history takes readers from a familiar present to a strange past, and delivers them back to a present that can be seen in new ways. Piracy is that sort of history." (Nature) "Piracy shows us how the very notion of intellectual property - and its sharp division into the fields of patent and copyright - was created in response to specific pressures and so could be modified dramatically or even abolished." (Times Higher Education) "Invaluable.... Johns concludes in this challenging, richly detailed, and provocative book, that the choices we make about how to balance property, creativity and privacy will define 'the contours of creative life' for the twenty-first century." (Washington Post) "Johns's research stands as an important reminder that today's intellectual property crises are not unprecedented, and offers a survey of potential approaches to a solution." (Publishers Weekly)"

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    £33.00

  • Piracy The Intellectual Property Wars from

    The University of Chicago Press Piracy The Intellectual Property Wars from

    Book SynopsisSince the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. This title explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture in the fifteenth century to the reign of the Internet.Trade Review"Adrian Johns's learned and witty book Piracy is... a compelling cultural history of the paired ideas of piracy and property from the seventeenth century to the present.... The best history takes readers from a familiar present to a strange past, and delivers them back to a present that can be seen in new ways. Piracy is that sort of history." (Nature) "Piracy shows us how the very notion of intellectual property - and its sharp division into the fields of patent and copyright - was created in response to specific pressures and so could be modified dramatically or even abolished." (Times Higher Education) "Invaluable.... Johns concludes in this challenging, richly detailed, and provocative book, that the choices we make about how to balance property, creativity and privacy will define 'the contours of creative life' for the twenty-first century." (Washington Post) "Johns's research stands as an important reminder that today's intellectual property crises are not unprecedented, and offers a survey of potential approaches to a solution." (Publishers Weekly)"

    £23.56

  • IllGotten Gains Evasion Blackmail Fraud and

    The University of Chicago Press IllGotten Gains Evasion Blackmail Fraud and

    Book SynopsisThis work describes the underlying principles that not only guide the law, but also moral decisions. Mixing wit with insight, anecdotes with analysis, the book uncovers what is really at stake in such crimes as insider trading, blackmail and plagiarism.

    £26.00

  • Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property

    The University of Chicago Press Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property

    Book SynopsisExamining fundamental concepts and challenging conventional narratives - including those centered around authorship, invention, and the public domain - this book provides an introduction to intellectual property rights, an important intersection of law, culture, and material production.

    £42.75

  • Columbia University Press Copyright Law Symposium 35 ASCAP Copyright Law Symposium

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    Book SynopsisThe first of its kind because it uses both Cantonese and Mandarin romanizations. It features over 6,000 of the most commonly used single-characters and over 12,000 terms to illustrate the use of the characters.

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    £76.00

  • Music and Cultural Rights

    University of Illinois Press Music and Cultural Rights

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisGlobal and local perspectives on the meaning and significance of cultural rights through musicTrade Review"Illuminating and thought provoking. Music and Cultural Rights will challenge musicians, music scholars, and music educators to reexamine their preconceived notions of culture, music's purpose within culture, and the social responsibilities that come when using this music."--Music Educators Journal"The best perspective to date on the issues of music and cultural rights. This anthology speaks to the many scholars who believe that engaged scholarship is the way of the future."--Beverley Diamond, author of Native American Music in Eastern North America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture"A volume on music and cultural rights is both timely and welcome, particularly one that relies upon diverse ethnographic studies as this one does. An innovative interdisciplinary contribution to ethnomusicology."--Rosemary J. Coombe, Senior Canada Research Chair in Law, Communication and Culture, York UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: Bell Yung; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Andrew N. Weintraub; 1. Agency and Voice, The Philippines at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Ricardo D. Trimillos; 2. Use and Ownership, Folk Music in the People's Republic of China: Helen Rees; 3. Access and Control, A Key to Reclaiming the Right to Construct Hawaiian History: Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman; 4. National Patrimony and Cultural Policy, The Case of the Afroperuvian Cajon: Javier Leon; 5. Historical Legacy and the Contemporary World, UNESCO and China's Qin Music in the 21st Century: Bell Yung; 6. Representation and Intracultural Dynamics, Romani Musicians and Cultural Rights Discourse in Ukraine: Adriana Helbig; 7. Representing Tibet in the Global Cultural Market, The Case of the Chinese-Tibetan Musician Han Hong: Nimrod Baranovitch; 8. Music and Human Rights, AfroReggae and the Youth from the Favelas as Responses to Violence in Brazil: Silvia Ramos/Ana Maria Ochoa; 9. In Search of a Cross-Cultural Legal Framework, Indigenous Musics as Worldwide Commodity: Felicia Sandler; Bibliography; Glossary of Chinese Characters for Chapters By Baranovitch, Rees, and Yung; Notes on Contributors; Index Preface: Bell Yung; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Andrew N. Weintraub; 1. Agency and Voice, The Philippines at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Ricardo D. Trimillos; 2. Use and Ownership, Folk Music in the People's Republic of China: Helen Rees; 3. Access and Control, A Key to Reclaiming the Right to Construct Hawaiian History: Amy Ku'uleialoha Stillman; 4. National Patrimony and Cultural Policy, The Case of the Afroperuvian Cajon: Javier Leon; 5. Historical Legacy and the Contemporary World, UNESCO and China's Qin Music in the 21st Century: Bell Yung; 6. Representation and Intracultural Dynamics, Romani Musicians and Cultural Rights Discourse in Ukraine: Adriana Helbig; 7. Representing Tibet in the Global Cultural Market, The Case of the Chinese-Tibetan Musician Han Hong: Nimrod Baranovitch; 8. Music and Human Rights, AfroReggae and the Youth from the Favelas as Responses to Violence in Brazil: Silvia Ramos/Ana Maria Ochoa; 9. In Search of a Cross-Cultural Legal Framework, Indigenous Musics as Worldwide Commodity: Felicia Sandler; Bibliography; Glossary of Chinese Characters for Chapters By Baranovitch, Rees, and Yung; Notes on Contributors; Index

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    £19.94

  • You Dont Own Me

    WW Norton & Co You Dont Own Me

    2 in stock

    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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    £20.89

  • You Dont Own Me  The Court Battles That Exposed

    WW Norton & Co You Dont Own Me The Court Battles That Exposed

    3 in stock

    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

    3 in stock

    £13.29

  • Patents Registered Designs Trade Marks and

    John Wiley & Sons Inc Patents Registered Designs Trade Marks and

    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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  • ValueDriven Intellectual Capital

    John Wiley & Sons Inc ValueDriven Intellectual Capital

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    Book SynopsisIntellectual capital provides a significant competitive advantage for companies today. Intangible assets-product innovation, patents, copyrights, know-how, and corporate knowledge-have become as important as brick, mortar, and equipment.Table of ContentsTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND CORPORATE VALUE. A Framework for Intellectual Capital Management. Linking Intellectual Capital with Value. IC Value Chains. VALUING KNOWLEDGE COMPANIES. Valuing Knowledge Companies (Basic Concepts). Valuing Knowledge Companies for Merger or Acquisition. Linking Intellectual Capital with Stock Price. MANAGING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL. Extracting Value from Intellectual Property. Extracting Value from Intellectual Assets. Extracting Value from Human Capital (Basic Aspects). Extracting Value from Human Capital (Advanced Concepts). Making It Happen. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

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    £37.50

  • Rock This Way

    LUP - University of Michigan Press Rock This Way

    Book SynopsisAny and all songs are capable of being remixed. But not all remixes are treated equally. Rock This Way examines transformative musical works - cover songs, remixes, mash-ups, parodies, and soundalike songs - to discover what contemporary American culture sees as legitimate when it comes to making music that builds upon other songs.Trade ReviewRock This Way provides one of the best and most nuanced discussions of the ethics of creativity I have seen in relation to popular music. The choice of examples is rich and interesting; the lively language is clear, fluent and funny; and the interdisciplinary approach is skillful. This is a fantastic book." - Larisa Kingston Mann, Temple UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Rock This Way, or The Shape of Musical Norms Chapter 1. Judge a Song by its Cover: Cover Songs Between Transformation and Extraction Chapter 2. Stir It Up: Remix and the Problem of Genre Chapter 3. Monstrous Mash: Mashups and the Epistemology of Difference Chapter 4. Fight for Your Right to Parody: Parodies and the Cultural Politics of Kindness Chapter 5. Feels like the First Time: The Politics and Poetics of Similarity in Soundalikes Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Ethical Transformative Musical Works Data Appendix References

    £23.70

  • Rock This Way

    LUP - University of Michigan Press Rock This Way

    Book SynopsisAny and all songs are capable of being remixed. But not all remixes are treated equally. Rock This Way examines transformative musical works - cover songs, remixes, mash-ups, parodies, and soundalike songs - to discover what contemporary American culture sees as legitimate when it comes to making music that builds upon other songs.Trade ReviewRock This Way provides one of the best and most nuanced discussions of the ethics of creativity I have seen in relation to popular music. The choice of examples is rich and interesting; the lively language is clear, fluent and funny; and the interdisciplinary approach is skillful. This is a fantastic book." - Larisa Kingston Mann, Temple UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Rock This Way, or The Shape of Musical Norms Chapter 1. Judge a Song by its Cover: Cover Songs Between Transformation and Extraction Chapter 2. Stir It Up: Remix and the Problem of Genre Chapter 3. Monstrous Mash: Mashups and the Epistemology of Difference Chapter 4. Fight for Your Right to Parody: Parodies and the Cultural Politics of Kindness Chapter 5. Feels like the First Time: The Politics and Poetics of Similarity in Soundalikes Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Ethical Transformative Musical Works Data Appendix References

    £56.95

  • Regulating Style

    University of California Press Regulating Style

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    Book SynopsisFashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. The author approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knockoffs.Trade Review"Reading Regulating Style, one could imagine the IP conditions described by Thomas as unfolding in Bangladesh, the Philippines, or any of the myriad of other places that produce clothing for the fashion industry. Alongside a historically-specific disregard for and de-legitimization of Mayan culture, the refusal to acknowledge the informal rights of clothing pirates has produced a form of colonial dispossession increasingly common around the world. However, as Thomas also shows, by appropriating a fashion brand, marginalized communities can subvert not only corporate domination and appropriation of locally-produced value, but also the socio-economic and political conditions that cause oppression." * PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review *"This is a methodologically rigorous, carefully crafted, innovative book. Besides being an example of thorough academic scholarship, it becomes evident that the author has exceptional knowledge of and authentic concern for life in the Maya highlands. This fundamentally anthropological study raises many interesting questions with respect to the global IP framework and its impact on development." * ReVista *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Economic Regulation and the Value of Concealment 2. The Ethics of Piracy 3. Brand Pollution 4. Fiscal and Moral Accountability 5. Making the Highlands Safe for Business Conclusion: Late Style Notes References Index

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    £22.50

  • Chokepoints

    University of California Press Chokepoints

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    Book SynopsisIn January 2012, millions participated in the now-infamous Internet blackout against the Stop Online Piracy Act. This book details the emergence of a global regime in which large Internet firms act as regulators for powerful intellectual property owners, challenging fundamental notions of democratic accountability.Trade Review"A timely, necessary intervention. ... Chokepoints offers a compelling interrogation into regulatory systems that intersect with issues of state and private surveillance and the digital rights of users online." * Surveillance and Society *Table of ContentsList of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Secret Handshake Deals 2. Internet Firms Become Global Regulators 3. Revenue Chokepoints 4. Access Chokepoints 5. Marketplace Chokepoints 6. Changing the Enforcement Paradigm 7. A Future for Digital Rights Notes References Index

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    £64.00

  • Innovation Intellectual Property and Economic

    Princeton University Press Innovation Intellectual Property and Economic

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    Book SynopsisCombining microeconomics, macroeconomics, and theory with empirical analysis drawn from the US and Europe, this book introduces graduate students and advanced undergraduates to the complex process of innovation. It shows how outcomes at the microlevel feed through to the macro-outcomes that in turn determine personal incomes and job opportunities.Trade Review"[T]his textbook clearly will fill a gap in the market and is well designed to raise important questions in a student's mind. The bringing together of both micro- and macro-economic considerations, the strong treatment of statistical difficulties in analyzing these topics, and the consideration of the impact of innovation on wages and jobs are all major advances. The authors are to be congratulated."--Hazel V. J. Moir, PrometheusTable of ContentsPreface xi References xvi PART I: The Nature of Innovation 1 Chapter 1: The Nature and Importance of Innovation 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 What Is Innovation? 4 1.3 The Microeconomic Effects of Innovation 9 1.4 Interaction between Producers and Users of Innovation 16 1.5 Innovations and Market Failure 17 1.6 Restoring Incentives to Invent and Innovate 23 1.7 Firms Competing through Innovation 28 1.8 Conclusion 29 References 30 Chapter 2: The Nature and Role of Intellectual Property 32 2.1 Introduction 32 2.2 Why Are Intellectual Property Rights Awarded? 32 2.3 Patents 34 2.4 Trademarks 39 2.5 Designs and Utility Models 43 2.6 Copyright 45 2.7 Further Questions about IPRs 49 2.8 Conclusions 53 References 55 Chapter 3: The Measurement of Innovation, Productivity, and Growth 57 3.1 Introduction 57 3.2 How Can Innovation Be Measured? 58 3.3 Illustrations of Innovation Statistics 64 3.4 Productivity at the Firm, Industry, and Economy Level 70 3.5 Comparing Productivity and Growth across Countries 74 3.6 Conclusion 80 References 82 PART II: The National Innovation System 85 Chapter 4: The National Innovation System 87 4.1 Introduction 87 4.2 The National Innovation System 87 4.3 The Central Role of R&D 88 4.4 The Government-University Axis 92 4.5 The University-Business Axis 95 4.6 The Government-Business Axis 103 4.7 National Innovation Systems in Emerging Markets 106 4.8 Conclusions 110 References 112 Chapter 5: Innovative Firms and Markets 116 5.1 Introduction 116 5.2 Entrepreneurship and New Firms 116 5.3 Innovation and Firms 119 5.4 Markets and Innovation 121 5.5 Empirical Evidence on the Returns to Innovation 132 5.6 Evidence on Interactions between Competition and Innovation 140 5.7 Conclusions 142 References 145 Chapter 6: Intellectual Property Rights and Firms 149 6.1 Introduction 149 6.2 How Can Firms Benefit from IPRs? 150 6.3 Exploring the Returns to IPRs 152 6.4 Markets for IPRs 157 6.5 Costs of Obtaining and Enforcing IPRs 160 6.6 IPR Strategies 162 6.7 Empirical Studies on the Value of IPRs 164 6.8 Conclusions 171 References 173 Chapter 7: Diffusion and Social Returns 177 7.1 Introduction 177 7.2 Modeling the Rate of Adoption of an Innovation 179 7.3 Statistical Evidence on Rates of Adoption 186 7.4 Spillovers and Social Returns to Innovation 190 7.5 Empirical Studies of Social Returns 199 7.6 Spatial Dimensions of Spillovers 204 7.7 Conclusions 205 References 207 PART III: The Macroeconomics of Innovation 211 Chapter 8: Models of Economic Growth 213 8.1 Introduction 213 8.2 The Neoclassical Growth Model 215 8.3 Endogenous Growth Models 225 8.4 Evolutionary and Other Models 237 8.5 Conclusions 239 References 241 Chapter 9: Innovation and Globalization 243 9.1 What Is Globalization? 243 9.2 World Trade in Historical Perspective 245 9.3 Theories of Trade and Growth 246 9.4 International Knowledge and Technology Flows: Theory and Evidence 250 9.5 International Financial Flows 256 9.6 International Aspects of IPRs 260 9.7 Conclusions 263 References 266 Chapter 10: Technology, Wages, and Jobs 268 10.1 Introduction 268 10.2 Microeconomic Models of Innovation and Labor Markets 268 10.3 Innovation and Labor Markets: Evidence from Firms 275 10.4 Macroeconomic and Trade Models of Innovation and Labor Markets 280 10.5 Conclusions 289 References 291 PART IV: Economic Policy 295 Chapter 11: Microeconomic Policies to Promote Firm-Level Innovation 297 11.1 Introduction 297 11.2 Is the Intellectual Property System Working? 297 11.3 Incentive Systems for Encouraging Firm-Level R&D 313 11.4 Other Innovation Policies 317 11.5 Conclusions 323 References 325 Chapter 12: Macroeconomic Issues and Policy 329 12.1 Introduction 329 12.2 Macroeconomic Evidence on IPRs and Economic Growth 330 12.3 Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) 334 12.4 Intellectual Property Rights, Exhaustion, and Parallel Imports 340 12.5 Piracy and Counterfeit 342 12.6 R&D in the Global Economy 344 12.7 International Migration of Skilled Labor 346 12.8 Conclusions 347 References 349 Mathematical Appendix 353 A.1 Production Functions 353 A.2 Present Discounted Value 354 A.3 Derivatives 355 A.4 Marginal Products and Diminishing Returns 356 A.5 Accumulation Equations and Growth Rates 357 A.6 Logarithms and Production Functions 358 A.7 Differential Equations and a Catch-up Model 358 A.8 Estimating Production Functions 359 References 360 Index 361

    1 in stock

    £52.70

  • The Copywrights  Intellectual Property and the

    MB - Cornell University Press The Copywrights Intellectual Property and the

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThey borrow from published works without attribution. They remake literary creation in the image of consumption. They celebrate the art of scissors and paste. Who are these outlaws? Postmodern culture-jammers or file-sharing teens? No, they are the...Trade ReviewPaul K. Saint-Amour's superb book is a sustained meditation on... the shaping pressures exerted by intellectual-property regimes upon the modern literary imagination.... We know that our cultural lifeblood is something we might as well call fair use—not a doctrine codified by lawmakers and construed by judges, but the homely good sense that can spread calm and tolerance in a crowded world of born imitators. Paul Saint-Amour's book helps us to become better citizens of our imitative culture. -- Robert Spoo * James Joyce Literary Supplement *Paul Saint-Amour's new book is a rich consideration of Western intellectual property law's relation to creative works and how several literary works are self-consciously engaged with contested copyright ideas.... Saint-Amour works to combine his interests in western intellectual property laws, and the directions those laws might have gone and might still go, with his interest in 'the literary property metadiscourse of late modernity.' The combination fruitfully registers the dangerous effects of increased copyright protections on creative freedoms, a danger Saint-Amour laments. -- Lisa Samuels * Symploke *

    1 in stock

    £23.39

  • To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense

    Stanford University Press To Steal a Book is an Elegant Offense

    Book SynopsisThis sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy."Trade Review"In this timely and important study, . . . Alford's point is that intellectual property issues are inextricable from broad historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts. . . . Of much broader interest than may be at first apparent." -- Business History Review"A wealth of information and analysis on Chinese views of intellectual property rights. . . . The strength of Alford's book is its ability to step back from the heated debates surrounding China's actions and look at the subject in its entirety. The reader is thus able to gain a deeper understanding of the issue and the obstacles that both China and the United States must overcome if a longlasting and mutually beneficial solution is to be found." -- The China Business Review"This ambitious, pioneering work makes available a wealth of new material. It is presented in a richly textured context of the forces—historical, cultural, and political—that have shaped China's approach to the drafting and enforcement of legislation relating to copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Scholars of Chinese law and comparative law and specialists in the law of intellectual property will welcome its publication." -- R. Randle Edwards * Columbia University School of Law *"Alford offers a rich mine of materials for those studying intellectual property rights in China. Reviewing Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present, he seeks to answer why intellectual property law has never taken hold in China." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsContents One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.

    £20.89

  • Adcreep  The Case Against Modern Marketing

    Stanford University Press Adcreep The Case Against Modern Marketing

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisAdcreep explores the brave new world of modern advertising, how it works, the social threats it poses, and how American law has failed to reign in the onslaught of invasive marketing technologies.Trade Review"A superb and trenchant critique of the rise of advertising in the digital era. A must-read for anyone concerned about the reach of commercial persuasion."—Sonia Katyal, University of California, Berkeley"Propaganda has migrated online, practiced by algorithms with little respect for human autonomy. Adcreep is the most comprehensive exploration yet of emerging techniques of coercion in commercial media and digital platforms, and why they are simply not okay."—Douglas Rushkoff, author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity"The ubiquity of advertisements and commercial surveillance are now standard features of our lives. In Adcreep, Mark Bartholomew elegantly traces how we got to this point, and explores the disturbing places its likely to take us. Bartholomew has a healthy appreciation of what the law can do to bring us to a different future, but what it won't do without a public that pushes back. If there is going to be a fight, Adcreep should be in the pocket of those leading the charge." —Sue Halpern, Middlebury College"Marketers are creeping into every corner of our lives, turning historically ad-free spaces like schools and parks into marketing opportunities, and using digital technologies to spy on us in order to target us with custom ads. In his insightful new book, Adcreep: The Case Against Modern Marketing, Mark Bartholomew, a professor at the University at Buffalo School of Law, examines the impact of this commercial onslaught and the failures of our legal system which have enabled it."—Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood"The volume reviews the very thorough and often disturbing techniques used to measure consumer desires. Many rely on more advanced technology—ranging from physiological scanning to social media—and most are frankly invasive. Despite decades of legislation designed to protect the consumer, the need for greater information has produced an environment of constant surveillance that advertisers are apparently exploiting. The author provides copious detailed and frightening examples to underscore his major point: marketing research has become more intrusive...The book is written at a sophisticated level, and is well suited to an educated audience seeking coverage of a sadly timely subject. Recommended"—S. D. Clark, Choice"With a wide range of case studies at hand, Bartholomew places these increasingly invasive tactics in their historical context....[He] recognizes that a change in the law will require a change in our mindsets."—Samuel Earle, Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Advertising on Trial 2. Colonizing New Advertising Spaces 3. The New Market Research 4. From Market Share to Mindshare 5. Sellebrity 6. Stopping Adcreep

    1 in stock

    £12.34

  • The Trouble with Ownership

    University of Pennsylvania Press The Trouble with Ownership

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisCopyright and intellectual property issues are intricately woven into any written work, but the precise nature of this relationship has plagued authors, printers, and booksellers for centuries. What does it mean to own the products of our intellectual labors in our own time? And what was the meaning three centuries ago, when copyright laws were first put into place?Jody Greene argues that while owning one''s book is critical to the development of modern notions of authorship, studies of authorial property rights have in fact lost sight of the most critical valence of owning in early modern England: that is, owning up to or taking responsibility for one''s work. Greene puts forth what she calls a paranoid theory of copyright, under which literary property rights are a means of state regulation to assign responsibility for printed works, to identify one person who will step forward and claim the work in exchange for the right to reap the benefits of the literary marketplace. BleTrade Review"Greene's book is marvelously smart and analytic, but not just a 'think' book spun out of a few months in the library. The research here is of the hard kind: primary sources, legislative records, court cases. Greene is a real scholar in the classic sense." * John Bender, Stanford University *"Greene's lucid and fluidly written study explores the shifting calculus of ownership as it is worked out in the emerging print culture, a government attempting to keep up in turbulent times, and a legal system predicated on rights arising from property in land and tangible assets." * Eighteenth-Century Fiction *"An excellent book, which covers new ground in the field of the struggle of the press and, most of all, of individual authors . . . in early modern England." * Modern Language Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. THE TROUBLE WITH OWNERSHIP 1. Authorship and the Regulation of the Press 2. The Trials of Ownership: Finding the Author in Court PART II. THE DANGEROUS FATE OF AUTHORS 3. Daniel Defoe, the Act of Anne, and the Obligations of Ownership 4. Revenge of the Straw Woman: Disowning The Dunciad 5. Hostis Humani Generis: Owning Polly Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

    1 in stock

    £49.30

  • Intellectual Property Rights in China

    University of Pennsylvania Press Intellectual Property Rights in China

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisOver the past three decades, China has transformed itself from a stagnant, inward, centrally planned economy into an animated, outward-looking, decentralized market economy. Its rapid growth and trade surpluses have caused uneasiness in Western governments, which perceive this growth to be a result of China''s rejection of international protocols that protect intellectual property and its widespread theft and replication of Western technology and products. China''s major trading partners, particularly the United States, persistently criticize China for delivering, at best, half-hearted enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) norms. Despite these criticisms, Zhenqing Zhang argues that China does respect international intellectual property rights, but only in certain cases. In Intellectual Property Rights in China, Zhang addresses the variation in the effectiveness of China''s IPR policy and explains the mechanisms for the uneven compliance with global IPR norms.Trade Review"The book offers a meaningful contribution to the understanding of IPRs through a historical lens that encompasses both a macro and a micro perspective of the political economy of IPRs in China. [A] dynamic portrayal of modern Chinese history. " * Pacific Affairs *"Intellectual Property Rights in China presents a well-constructed combination of data, personal recollection, and source material to produce a compelling narrative as well as a historically and politically grounded account of the development of Chinese law regarding intellectual property." * Christopher May, Lancaster University *"Zhenqing Zhang's holistic approach to China's intellectual property rights policy reveals nuances that a merely state-centric treatment would have missed. His thorough examination of the policy's evolution as well as his abundant collection of interviews makes this book an unparalleled resource for both scholars and policymakers." * Wentong Zheng, University of Florida *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Chinese Patent Legislation Chapter 2. The Implementation of Chinese Patent Policy Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Chinese Copyright Legislation Chapter 4. The Implementation of Copyright Policy in China Chapter 5. Chinese Trademark Legislation Chapter 6. The Implementation of Trademark Policy in China Conclusion Appendix. Interviews Cited Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

    10 in stock

    £52.70

  • Who Owns Culture Appropriation and Authenticity

    Rutgers University Press Who Owns Culture Appropriation and Authenticity

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisIt is not uncommon for white suburban youths to perform rap music, for New York fashion designers to ransack the world''s closets for inspiration, or for Euro-American authors to adopt the voice of a geisha or shaman. But who really owns these art forms? Is it the community in which they were originally generated, or the culture that has absorbed them?While claims of authenticity or quality may prompt some consumers to seek cultural products at their source, the communities of origin are generally unable to exclude copyists through legal action. Like other works of unincorporated group authorship, cultural products lack protection under our system of intellectual property law. But is this legal vacuum an injustice, the lifeblood of American culture, a historical oversight, a result of administrative incapacity, or all of the above?Who Owns Culture? offers the first comprehensive analysis of cultural authorship and appropriation within American law. From

    1 in stock

    £29.70

  • Treasured Possessions

    Duke University Press Treasured Possessions

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe indigenous peoples of the Pacific nations of Vanuatu and New Zealand are reconfiguring global cultural and intellectual property regimes as they successfully advance claims to ancestral practices such as ephemeral sand drawings.Trade Review"Treasured Possessions is a wonderful achievement of presenting the contemporary entanglements of indigeneity with a range of globalizing cultural forms (copyright, trademark, and cultural property), accounting for these articulations as extending local agencies but not simply a pure culture of a past. Haidy Geismar's mastery of the intricacies of cultural forms and histories not only in Vanuatu but also in New Zealand is impressive, detailed, and provocative. It is undertaken in a clear-eyed fashion that shows indigenization is not a simple thing, a single strand, or even always one-directional, but it is a process constituting new alternatives for thinking about culture in the twenty-first century."—Fred R. Myers, author of Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art"In this exciting and original study, Haidy Geismar moves us well beyond the stale and stereotypical dichotomies that characterize too many discussions of intellectual property and indigeneity. She scrutinizes the dynamic ways that ongoing explorations of property models for cultural resources promise to transform understandings of polity and sovereignty."—Rosemary J. Coombe, author of The Cultural Life of Intellectual Properties: Authorship, Appropriation, and the Law“The author seamlessly shows how localized indigenous issues have influenced, if not shaped, national and global legal mandates and policies concerning intellectual and cultural property rights of tangible and intangible resource. . . . Recommended.” -- G. R. Campbell * Choice *“Treasured Possessions is a very welcome and much-needed book, one that really moves anthropological conversations fast-forward in the area of indigenous intellectual and cultural property (ICP)… [It] is a compelling work, and an ideal and stimulating text for a course in the anthropology of intellectual and cultural property.” -- Steven Feld * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Treasured Possessions is a vital read for scholars and practicioners in the field of cultural and intellectual property, illustrating how global legal regimes are put to use in indigenous discourses. The book’s findings are relevant to indigenous issues, and more generally constitute a counterpart to research on the emergence of global norms and shed light on the interplay between international processes and their implementation in local contexts." -- Stefan Groth * Journal of Folklore Research *" . . . Geismar's attention to provincializing and indigenizing processes shows us how to do so." -- Tressa Berman * Museum Anthropology *"A must-read for those working on indigenous intellectual and cultural property rights." -- Anna-Karina Hermkens * Pacific Affairs *“The rich material and analysis in Treasured Possessions are enough to recommend it, but the book also performs a pedagogical service to anthropology. Geismar assumes no background in intellectual and cultural property issues but manages to draw the reader efficiently into the core contradictions and dilemmas at play, deftly interweaving concrete examples with insights from key figures in the field. . . . Consequently this book may serve as an accessible introduction to anthropological approaches to cultural and intellectual property, as well as an exciting new contribution to that field. It should be useful in courses on native and indigenous studies, museum studies, and the anthropology of law and property theory.” -- Kathryn E. Graber * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Introduction: Culture, Property, Indigeneity 1 2. Mapping the Terrain 25 3. Indigeneity and Law in the Pacific 45 4. Copyright in Context: Carvers, Carvings, and Commodities in Vanuatu 61 5. Trademarking Maori: Aesthetics and Appropriation in Aotearoa New Zealand 89 6. Pacific Museology and Indigenous Property Theory 121 7. Treasured Commodities: Taonga at Auction 151 8. Pig Banks: Imagining the Economy in Vanuatu 175 Conclusion 207 Notes 217 References 249 Index 283

    1 in stock

    £80.10

  • Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional

    CABI Publishing Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis book discusses the means, instruments and institutions needed to create incentives to promote the conservation and sustainable use of traditional knowledge and plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, within the framework of the world trade order. It analyses in depth the option to create specific sui generis intellectual property rights of the TRIPS Agreement. It then discusses the ways to support the maintenance of information which cannot be allocated to specific authors, and examines alternative concepts within the trade of traditionally generated information and related products.Table of ContentsA: Introduction Part 1: General Framework 1: Problem and Goals, S Biber-Klemm, and D Szymura Berglas, World Trade Institute, University Berne, Berne, Switzerland 2: The Current Law of Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, S Biber-Klemm, T Cottier, P Cullet, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK, and D Szymura Berglas 3: Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, P Cullet, C Germann, University of Berne, Switzerland, A Nascimento, Geneva, Switzerland, and G Pasadilla, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Philippines Part II: Towards Sui Generis Rights B: Origin and Allocation of Traditional Knowledge and Landraces Part 1: Origin and Allocation of Traditional Knowledge and traditional PGRFA: Basic Questions, S Biber-Klemm Part 2: Farmers, Landraces, and Property Rights: Challenges to Allocating Sui Generis Intellectual Property Rights to Communities over their Varieties, M Halewood, J J Cherfas, J M M Engels, Th. Hazekeamp, T Hodgkin, and J Robinson, IPGRI, Italy 4: A New Generation of IPR for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge in PGR for Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Uses, T Cottier and M Panizzon, World Trade Institute, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland 5: Flanking Policies in National and International Law, S Biber-Klemm, P Cullet, C Germann, A Nascimento, and J Curci Staffler, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USAPart III Options for Collective and Trade Policy Measures 6: New Collective Policies, S Biber-Klemm, P Cullet, and K Kummer Peiry, Kummer EcoConsult, Switzerland C: International Trade Regulation for Plant Genetic Resources and Related Products Part 1: The Impact of Agricultural Subsidies, S Biber-Klemm, and M Burkard, World Trade Insitute, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland Part 2: Enhancing Market Access, T Cottier and M Panizzon

    4 in stock

    £131.26

  • Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights

    CABI Publishing Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights

    Book SynopsisThis book presents the perspectives of policy-makers and economists on a highly topical subject. Plant breeding patents, the ownership of biological innovation and associated intellectual property rights (IPR) are the subject of increased attention worldwide. They are particularly relevant in the field of agricultural biotechnology, but until recently evoked little policy analysis. IPRs are particularly relevant in the field of agricultural biotechnology. They are issues affecting public and private sector organizations and companies, and are significant for developing as well as developed countries.Table of Contents1: Introduction, V Santaniello et al. 2: Patent and Other Private Legal Rights for Biotechnology Inventions (Intellectual Property Rights - IPR), D D Evenson, P.L.L.C., Washington, USA 3: Intellectual Property Rights of Plant Varieties and of Biotechnology in the European Union, V Santaniello 4: Intellectual Property Rights under the Convention on Biological Diversity, W Lesser, Cornell University, USA 5: An Economic Approach to Identifying An ‘Effective Sui Generis System’ for Plant Variety Protection Under TRIPS, W Lesser 6: Recent Intellectual Property Rights Controversies and Issues at the CGIAR, S H Bragdon, IPGRI, Rome, Italy 7: Economics of Intellectual Property Rights for Agricultural Technology, R E Evenson 8: The Market Value of Farmers’ Rights, R Mendelsohn, Yale University, USA 9: International Crop Breeding in a World of Proprietary Technology, B D Wright, University of California, USA 10: Knowledge Management and the Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology, D Zilberman and C Yarkin, University of California, USA and A Heiman, Hebrew University, Israel 11: Comparing Allocation of Resources in Public and Private Research, S Lemarié, Université Pierre-Mendès, Grenoble, France 12: Biotechnology Inventions: What Can We Learn From Patents?, D K N Johnson, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, USA and V Santaniello 13: Biotechnology Inventions: Patent Data Evidence, A Zohrabyan, Yale University, USA and R E Evenson 14: Property Rights and Regulations for Transgenic Crops in North America, G Carlson and M Marra, North Carolina State University, USA 15: Intellectual Property Rights, Canola and Public Research in Canada, P W B Phillips, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    £108.90

  • Intellectual Property Rights in Animal Breeding

    CABI Publishing Intellectual Property Rights in Animal Breeding

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisIntellectual property (IP) and patents involving animals is an ever-changing field. The purpose of this book is to review the role that intellectual property plays in the development of modern animal breeding and genetics. It includes discussion of the history of animal patenting,common forms of intellectual property,economic issues related to patent protection and the funding of research, ethical issues, and the consequences of intellectual property in the modern animal genetics market place.Table of Contents1: Intellectual Property and Food Security – Policy Issues 2: Intellectual Property and Agriculture 3: International Intellectual Property Landscape 4: Plant Variety Protection and Food Security 5: Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 6: Traditional Agricultural Knowledge and Farmers Rights 7: Intellectual Property Aspects of GMOs and Food Security 8: Geographical Indications and Food Security 9: Competition Aspects 10: Intellectual Property and Agricultural Research 11: Recommendations

    1 in stock

    £113.99

  • Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural

    CABI Publishing Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural

    Book SynopsisDuring the past twenty-five years, biotechnology has revolutionized agricultural research. The enormous potential, together with a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court to allow the patenting of genetically-engineered organisms has encouraged private sector companies to invest in agricultural biotechnology research programmes. This has contributed to a rapid growth in interest in intellectual property rights as applied to this subject.The first edition of this book was published in 1998. Now fully revised and updated it presents definitive information on intellectual property law in a simplified form (with a minimum of legal jargon). New chapters have been added which cover plant variety protection and farmers rights, and additional case studies.Table of ContentsPart I: Issues and Principles 1: Introduction to intellectual properties, F H Erbisch and B L Smiler, Hagan & Schaeff, Ohio, USA 2: Acquiring protection for improved germplasm and inbred lines, J H Barton, Stanford University, CA, USA 3: Transferring intellectual properties, F H Erbisch and A J Fischer, US Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC, USA 4: Capacity building in intellectual property management in agricultural biotechnology, K M Maredia and F H Erbisch 5: Plant variety protection in the USA, J M Strachan, USDA, Maryland, USA 6: Farmers' rights over plant genetic resources in the South: Challenges and Opportunities, K Patel, University of Guelph, Canada 7: Economic aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology, M K Maredia, J F Oehmke, Michigan State University, USA and D Byerlee, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA Part II: Country and Regional Case Studies 8: Egypt, A El-Azab, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Giza, Egypt 9: South Africa, R A Wolson, University of Cape Town, South Africa 10: Australia, M Blakeney, University of London, London, UK 11: China, T Loke-Khoon, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong 12: Issues on Intellectual Property Rights associated with agrobiotechnology in Japan, K N Watanabe, University of Tsukuba, Japan and A Komamine, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan 13: India, P Ganguli, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India 14: Intellectual Property Rights in the Russian Federation, T A Young, Texas A&M University System, USA and D Shulgin, The Ural State Technical University, Russia 15: Andean Pact countries of Latin America, W R Jaffé, Agroecológica Platom C.A., Venezuela and E Arteaga-Marcano, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Venezuela 16: Costa Rica, S Salazar, Costa Rica 17: European Union, R S Crespi, Consultant, UK 18: Indonesia, T Subagyo, UNEP-GEF, Indonesia 19: Exercising Intellectual Property Rights management in Brazil: research, technology transfer and agribusiness after TRIPS, M J Amstalden Sampio, Embrapa, Brazil, M Maia de Rocha, INPI, Brazil and E A B Brito da Cunha, SPRI, Brazil

    £119.56

  • Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology

    CABI Publishing Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnology

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe regulatory systems in place prior to the development and expansion of agricultural biotechnology are still responding to this new form of technology. Such systems include trade law, intellectual property law, contract law, environmental regulations and biosafety regulations.This book reviews these regulatory changes and consists of 24 chapters developed from papers presented at a conference of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Italy in July 2002. It primarily considers the relationship between these changes and innovation, market development and international trade.Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction and Overview 1: Regulation of GM Crops: Shaping an International Regime, R L Paarlberg, Harvard University, USA, R F Hopkins and L Ladewski, Swarthmore College, PA, USA Part 2: Evolving Regulation Systems 2: The Evolving GMO Food Trade Policy Debate: Towards a Global Regulatory Regime? P Katz, P Macdonald, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington DC, USA and G Mackenzie, Crowell & Moring, Brussels, Belgium 3: International Proposals to Regulate Intellectual Property Rights in Plant Genetic Resources, M Blakeney, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK 4: Genetically Engineered Food Labelling: Global Policy Polarization, L Zepeda, University of Wisconsin, USA 5: Conflict and Consensus-building: International Commercial Policy and Agricultural Biotechnology, J E Hobbs, W A Kerr, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, J D Gaisford, University of Calgary, Canada, et al. 6: The Rationale behind WTO Agreements and Agricultural GMO Controversy, A Sorrentino, Universita di Bari, Italy and R Esposti, Universita di Ancona, Italy 7: Trade Restrictions on Genetically Engineered Foods: The Application of the TBT Agreement, D Heumueller and T Josling, Stanford University, USA Part 3: Regulation and Innovation 8: Environmental Liability and Research and Development in Biotechnology: a Real Options Approach, O Knudsen, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA and P L Scandizzo, Roma, Italy 9: Should the Public Sector Conduct Genomics R&D? A Naseem, The State University of New Jersey, USA and J F Oehmke, Michigan State University, USA 10: The Case for Differentiated Appropriability in Intellectual Property Rights for Plant Varieties, F van Tongeren, and D Eaton, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands 11: Biotechnology and Developing Countries: the Struggle over Intellectual Property Rights and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation, O Janni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy 12: Intellectual Property Strategy in the Context of Inter-organizational Relations: the Case of International Agricultural Research, E Binenbaum, Adelaide University, Australia and P G Pardey, University of Minnesota, USA Part 4: Regulations, Market Structures and Innovation 13: R&D Incentives for GM Seeds: Restricted Monopoly, Non-market Effects, and Regulation, R D Weaver, Pennsylvania State University, USA 14: Agricultural Biotech R&D Structure: Cyclical or Not? J F Oehmke, C A Wolf, Michigan State University, USA, et al. 15: The Innovation System in Agro-food Biotechnology - is it European? K Menrad and T Reiss, Fraunhofer Insatitute for Systems and Innovation Research, Germany 16: How Firm Characteristics Influence Innovative Activity in Agricultural Biotechnology, C Klotz-Ingram, D Schimmelpfennig, Economic Research Service, Washington DC, USA, A Naseem, The State University of New Jersey, USA, et al. Part 5: Regulation and Market Development 17: Dynamic Pricing of GM Crop Traits, R Perrin and L Fulginiti, University of Nebraska, USA 18: Identity Preservation, Segregation and Traceability: Marketplace Features and Uses, S Smyth and P W B Phillips, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 19: Segmentation of GMO and non-GMO Soybean Markets under Identity Preservation Costs and Government Price Supports, T G Schmitz, Arizona State University, USA, C B Moss, University of Florida, USA and A Schmitz, Arizona State University, USA 20: EU Traceability and the US Soybean Sector, G K Price, F Kuchler and B Krissoff, Economic Research Centre, Washington DC, USA 21: Segregation of Non-biotech Maize and Soybeans: Who Bears the Cost? W Lin and D D Johnson, Economic Research Centre, Washington DC, USA Part 6: Economic Impacts 22: Future impact of new technologies : three scenarios, their competence gaps and research implications, H Harmsen, A-M Sonne and B B Jensen, MAPP Centre, Denmark 23: Ex Ante Welfare Effects of Agricultural Biotechnology in the European Union: the Case of Transgenic Herbicide Tolerant Sugarbeet, M Demont and E Tollens, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium 24: The Economic Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnology on International Trade, Consumers, and Producers : the Case of Maize and Soybeans in the USA, A P Barkley, Kansas State University, USA

    2 in stock

    £103.82

  • Intellectual Property Human Rights and

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property Human Rights and

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis insightful and important new book explores the role played by non-governmental-organizations (NGOs) in articulating concerns at the TRIPS Council, the WIPO, the WHO, the CBD-COP and the FAO that intellectual property rights can have negative consequences for developing countries.Trade Review‘Professor Matthews has deftly and meticulously contributed to our growing grasp of civil society actors and their expanding influence within global legal regimes. This is no minor feat, either for him or the subjects of this book.’ -- Margaret Chon, The IP Law Book Review‘Each chapter analyses both policy areas, access to medicines and agriculture/genetic resources. These three exceptionally rich, fieldwork-based case studies constitute the meat - and the principal contribution - of this book. . . The book marks a major contribution for the empirical material alone.’ -- Ken Shadlen, Journal of Development Studies‘Duncan Matthews has produced a first-rate, in-depth analysis of the role of NGOs in international and national intellectual property policy. Based on extensive primary research, this book provides a smart, thoughtful perspective on the role of key developing country NGOs, NGOs’ relationships with national policymakers, and with multilateral institutions. Everyone interested in the interface of intellectual property policy and human rights, development, access to medicines, farmers’ rights, and biodiversity should read this compelling account. I highly recommend this excellent contribution to our understanding.’ -- Susan K. Sell, George Washington University, US‘One of the features of international negotiations has been the increasing participation of non-governmental organizations. In this important book, Duncan Matthews shows the nature and extent of NGO influence in the negotiations over intellectual property. Written with great clarity and drawing on interview data and case studies, the book will be valuable to both scholars and practitioners working in international negotiation.’ -- Peter Drahos, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Interface between Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development 2. Public Health and Access to Medicines 3. Agriculture, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge 4. South Africa 5. Brazil 6. India 7. Emphasizing the Link between Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements 8. Reappraising Intellectual Property Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements Bibliography Index

    10 in stock

    £38.90

  • Intellectual Property Unfair Competition and

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property Unfair Competition and

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisDealing with rights and developments at the margin of classic intellectual property, this fascinating book explores emerging types of regulations and how existing IP regimes inform and influence the judicial and legislative creation of âœsubstituteâ IP rights.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Intellectual Property, Unfairness and Speech – Convergences and Developments Annette Kur, Nari Lee, Ansgar Ohly and Guido Westkamp PART I: CONDUCT AND UNFAIRNESS: MAPPING METHODOGICAL BOUNDARIES 1. What to Protect, and How? Unfair Competition, Intellectual Property, or Protection Sui Generis Annette Kur 2. Interfaces between Trade Mark Protection and Unfair Competition Law – Confusion About Confusion and Misconceptions about Misappropriation? Ansgar Ohly 3. Personality Rights, Unfair Competition and Extended Causes of Action Guido Westkamp PART II: CONVERGENCES I: PERSONA, PUBLICITY AND MARKET CONTROL RIGHTS IN COMPARISON 4. Personality Endorsement and Character Merchandising: A Sparkle of Unfair Competition in English Law Spyros Maniatis 5. Rights of Publicity in the United States From Edison to Elvis to Paris (and Every 15 Minutes in Between) Gary Rinkerman 6. Celebrities, Advertisement and Commercial Exploitation ‘Publicity Rights’ in German Law Kerstin Schmitt PART III: CONVERGENCES II: INVESTMENT IN COMPETITION 7. Ambush Marketing: Examining the Development of an Event Organizer Right of Association Seth Ericsson 8. Commercialising Privacy and Privatising the Commercial: The Difficulties Arising from the Protection of Privacy via Breach of Confidence Tanya Aplin 9. Protection of the First Mover Advantage – Regulation Against Imitation of the Product Configuration in Japan Yoshiyuki Tamura 10. The Use of Trade Marks in Keyword Advertising: Developments in CJEU and National Jurisprudence Nicole van der Laan PART IV: INVESTMENT PROTECTION AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST: COMPETITION AND (COMMERCIAL) SPEECH 11. The United Kingdom’s Public Interest ‘Defence’ and European Union Copyright Law Jonathan Griffiths 12. Public Domain at the Interface of Trade Mark and Unfair Competition Law – The Case of Referential Use of Trade Marks Nari Lee 13. Image Rights in Civil Law Systems: Four Questions and Three Systems Antoon Quaedvlieg Index

    10 in stock

    £126.00

  • The Law and Theory of Trade Secrecy

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Law and Theory of Trade Secrecy

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook marks a major shift in innovation studies, moving the focus of attention from the standard intellectual property regimes of copyright, patent, and trademark, to an exploration of trade secrecy and the laws governing know-how, tacit knowledge, and confidential relationships.Trade Review‘Rochelle Dreyfuss and Kathy Strandburg have assembled a star-studded cast of contributors for this new and welcome volume. Good academic works about trade secret law have been about as elusive as trade secrets themselves. This volume offers a wonderful contribution to the literature, and will certainly inspire much-needed further research in the area, both in the U.S. and elsewhere.’ -- Mark Janis, Indiana University, US‘Trade secret law is often seen as the “Cinderella” of intellectual property law, at least by scholars. But it is hugely important. This volume shows why. Trade secret law provides a window into so many areas of legal thought, and implicates a wide array of public policies. The editors have brought together a diverse set of challenging contributions, which highlight this breadth. Drawing on theory, history, and doctrine, collectively they comprise one of the most wide-ranging and provocative treatments of the field. The volume not only is essential reading for scholars tackling the role of trade secrets in our economy, but also offers important insights for anyone interested in intellectual property law more generally.’ -- Graeme B. Dinwoodie, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Rochelle C. Dreyfuss and Katherine J. Strandburg PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Trade Secrecy in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory Jeanne C. Fromer 2. The Restatements, the Uniform Act and the Status of American Trade Secret Law Robert Denicola 3. Trade Secrecy, Innovation and the Requirement of Reasonable Secrecy Precautions Robert G. Bone 4. Trade Secrecy and Common Law Confidentiality: The Problem of Multiple Regimes Charles Tait Graves 5. The Surprising Virtues of Treating Trade Secrets as IP Rights Mark A. Lemley 6. Trade Secrets as Intellectual Property Rights: A Disgraceful Upgrading – Notes on an Italian ‘Reform’ Gustavo Ghidini and Valeria Falce 7. Trade Secret Law and Information Development Incentives Michael Risch PART II: SECRECY AND SHARING 8. How Trade Secrecy Law Generates a Natural Semicommons of Innovative Know-how Jerome H. Reichman 9. Open Innovation and the Private-collective Model for Innovation Incentives Eric von Hippel and Georg von Krogh 10. Open Secrets Michael J. Madison 11. Uncorking Trade Secrets: Sparking the Interaction between Trade Secrecy and Open Biotechnology Geertrui Van Overwalle PART III: IMPACT ON OTHER PUBLIC POLICY ARENAS 12. First Amendment Defenses in Trade Secrecy Cases Pamela Samuelson 13. Trade Secrets and the ‘Philosophy’ of Copyright: A Case of Culture Crash Diane Leenheer Zimmerman 14. Trade Secrets and Antitrust Law Harry First 15. The Troubling Consequences of Trade Secret Protection of Search Engine Rankings Frank Pasquale 16. The Impact of Trade Secrecy on Public Transparency David S. Levine 17. Trade Secrets and Information Access in Environmental Law Mary L. Lyndon 18. Data Secrecy in the Age of Regulatory Exclusivity Rebecca S. Eisenberg PART IV: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES 19. Trade Secrets and Traditional Knowledge: Strengthening International Protection of Indigenous Innovation Doris Estelle Long 20. The Limits of Trade Secret Law: Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement and the Uniform Trade Secrets Act on which it is Based Sharon K. Sandeen 21. Test Data Protection: Rights Conferred Under the TRIPS Agreement and Some Effects of TRIPS-plus Standards Carlos M. Correa Index

    5 in stock

    £53.15

  • Intellectual Property and Biotechnology

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property and Biotechnology

    4 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis book documents and evaluates the dramatic expansion of intellectual property law to accommodate various forms of biotechnology from micro-organisms, plants, and animals to human genes and stem cells. It makes a unique theoretical contribution to the controversial public debate over the commercialization of biological inventions.Trade Review'Dr Rimmer's book is a marvellous introduction to a crucial topic of our time. He writes engagingly, provocatively and always with good humour. A highly technical and complex area of law has been reduced to clear descriptions and searching analysis. Truly, this is an important book on an essential topic that will help define the ethics of a future that includes nothing less than the future of our species.' -- From the foreword by the Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG, the High Court of Australia'. . . the author has done an excellent job by explaining the subject in an open and accessible manner. This book is a timely and very thought-provoking analysis of patent law and biotechnology. . . The book is a unique theoretical contribution to the controversial public debate over commercialization of biological inventions. . . there is an extensive bibliography. . . a valuable resource for further reading. The book will be of prime interest to lawyers and patent attorneys, scientists and researchers, business managers and technology transfer specialists.' -- Journal of Intellectual Property Rights'Rimmer's book is highly recommended for anyone interested in the issues and debate related to biological inventions, regardless of which side the reader is on.' -- Stefan M. Miller, Journal of Commercial Biotechnology'. . . this book gives an excellent account of the most celebrated biotechnology cases from three continents, and for this alone is to be thoroughly recommended.' -- David Rogers, European Intellectual Property ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Anything Under the Sun: Patent Law and Micro-Organisms 2. Franklin Barley: Patent Law and Plant Breeders’ Rights 3. The Human Chimera Patent Initiative: Patent Law and Animals 4. The Storehouse of Knowledge: Patent Law, Scientific Discoveries and Products of Nature 5. The Book of Life: Patent Law and the Human Genome Project 6. The Dilettante’s Defence: Patent Law, Research Tools and Experimental Use 7. The Utah Saints: Patent Law and Genetic Testing 8. The Alchemy of Junk: Patent Law and Non-Coding DNA 9. Still Life with Stem Cells: Patent Law and Human Embryos Conclusion: Blue Sky Research: Patent Law and Frontier Technologies Bibliography Index

    4 in stock

    £48.40

  • Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution

    Book SynopsisThis book documents and evaluates the growing consumer revolution against digital copyright law, and makes a unique theoretical contribution to the debate surrounding this issue.Trade Review'A very helpful and accessible collection of contemporary issues in digital copyright law. . . Rimmer's book is quite possibly the most enjoyable and easy to read guide to selected issues of digital copyright law on the market today. . . Its core strength is undoubtedly its accessibility - it is a pleasure to read.' -- Martin Arthur Kuppers, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice'Matthew Rimmer's book provides much needed insight into the current status of digital copyright and its relationship to the general purchasing public. . . This book, which has a structure that flows with concinnity and concision, makes it easy to navigate some of the most complicated and controversial issues.' -- Lisa Wong, Osgoode Hall Law Journal'This engaging account of US copyright law (and copyright wars) is thorough and informative. Following a comprehensive and compelling introduction, encompassing a literature review and outline of the methodology and arguments to be adopted. . . His deep understanding of the subject matter, as well as his profound empathy with consumers, are evident throughout the work; the book will, no doubt, foster a similar interest in another generation of copyright law scholars.' -- Louise Buckingham, Copyright Reporter'Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution is a very important and timely book. . . and is a crucial vade mecum on the ever evolving "global maze of case law and copyright reform".' -- Colin Steele, Australian Library JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Dead Poets Society: The Copyright Term and the Public Domain 2. Remote Control: Time-shifting and Space-shifting 3. The Privateers of the Information Age: Copyright Law and Peer-to-peer Networks 4. The Grey Album: Copyright Law, Digital Sampling and Mash-ups 5. Grand Turismo in the High Court: Copyright Law and Technological Protection Measures 6. Agent Smith and the Matrix: Copyright Law and Intermediary Liability 7. Google: Search or Destroy? 8. Remix Culture: The Creative Commons and its Discontents Conclusion: A Consumer’s Manifesto, the Declaration of Innovation Independence Bibliography Index

    £38.90

  • Environmental Technologies Intellectual Property

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Technologies Intellectual Property

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis challenging book draws together legal, regulatory, geographic, industrial and professional perspectives and explores the role of technologies in addressing climate change through mitigation, adaptation and information gathering.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Low Carbon Futures for All? Strategic Options for Global Availability of Environmental Technologies Keith Culver 2. The Puzzling Persistence of the Intellectual Property Right/Climate Change Relationship Navraj Singh Ghaleigh 3. Failure is Not an Option: Enhancing the Use of Intellectual Property Tools to Secure Wider and More Equitable Access to Climate Change Technologies Jon P. Santamauro 4. Partnership and Sharing: Beyond Mainstream Mechanisms Anna Davies 5. Public–Private Partnerships for Wider and Equitable Access to Climate Technologies Elisa Morgera and Kati Kulovesi 6. Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Rights: A Modest Exercise in Thinking Outside the Box Krishna Ravi Srinivas 7. Access to Essential Environmental Technologies and Poor Communities: Why Human Rights Should be Prioritized Oche Onazi 8. Achieving Greater Access: A New Role for Established Legal Principles? Abbe E.L. Brown 9. The ‘New Normal’: Food, Climate Change and Intellectual Property Baskut Tuncak 10. Intellectual Property: Property Rights and the Public Interest James McLean 11. A View from Inside the Renewable Energy Industry Mervyn D. Jones 12. A Private Institutional Investment Perspective David A. McGrory Index

    1 in stock

    £115.00

  • Intellectual Property in Common Law and Civil Law

    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Intellectual Property in Common Law and Civil Law

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisDespite increasing worldwide harmonization of intellectual property, driven by US patent reform and numerous EU Directives, the common law and civil law traditions still exert powerful and divergent influences on certain features of national IP systems.Trade ReviewIntellectual Property in Common Law and Civil Law presents the perspectives of common as well as civil law, on global IP Law's most pertinent issues ranging from inventive step all the way to injunctive relief. Edited by Professor Takenaka, director of the University of Washington's renowned Center for Advanced Studies and Research on IP (CASRIP), the book assembles deep but easy to read essays by some of the world s leading IP scholars. In short, IP Law's most important issues from a global perspective; by the world's leading scholars, yet in a nutshell. Excellent!' --Christoph Ann, Technische Universität München, Germany'All in all, the book represents an interesting approach to the complex topic of international and comparative intellectual property rights.' --Christopher Heath, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition LawTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Towards a History of Patent Law Brad Sherman PART II: PATENTS 2. Ordre Public and Morality Issues in Patent Eligibility Joseph Straus 3. First-Inventor-to-File under the America Invents Act: A View of First-to-File Lawyer and a View of First-to-Invent Lawyer Toshiko Takenaka with Martin J. Adelman 4. The Inventive Step and Cooperative Harmonization Amy L. Landers 5. Equitable Doctrines in International Patent Laws Jan Krauß PART III: COPYRIGHT 6. Tradition and Change: The Past and Future of Authors’ Moral Rights Mira T. Sundara Rajan 7. Japan’s Copyright Law Revisions, Disruptive Innovation and User-generated Content Salil Mehra 8. The Dragon and the White Whale: Three Steps Test and Fair Use Frédéric Pollaud-Dulian 9. Fair Use: A Tale of Two Cities Sang Jo Jong PART IV: TRADEMARK AND UNFAIR COMPETITION 10. Passing Off and Unfair Competition Regimes Compared Mary LaFrance 11. Trade Dress Signe H. Naeve 12. A Comparative Analysis of the Protection of Geographical Indications in the European Union and the United States under Sui Generis and Trademark Systems Gail E. Evans PART V: ENFORCEMENT AND INFRINGEMENT REMEDIES 13. Extraterritorial Enforcement Marketa Trimble 14. Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases in the US, Germany and Japan: Recent Developments and Outlook Christoph Rademacher PART VI: LEGAL ASPECTS COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES OF IP 15. What the Treatment of Covenants Not to Compete Teaches About Intellectual Property and Competition Norms Shubha Ghosh 16. Employee Invention System: Comparative Law Perspective Toshiko Takenaka and Yves Reboul 17. Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights in the European Union Theo Bodewig PART VII: APPENDIX 18. The Patent Laws of Old Mario Franzosi Index

    3 in stock

    £139.00

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