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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Idea of Authorship in Copyright Applied Legal Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Intellectual Property Law and History
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Taylor & Francis Patenting Lives Life Patents Culture and Development Intellectual Property Theory Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Complex Copyright Mapping the Information Ecosystem
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge Handbook of Biodiversity and the Law
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human biological resources. Contributors include leading academics, policy-makers and practitioners reviewing a range of socio-legal issues concerning the relationships between humankind and the natural world. The Routledge Handbook of Biodiversity and the Law includes chapters on fundamental and cutting-edge issues, including discussion of major legal instruments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol. The book is divided into six distinct parts based around the major objectives which have emerged from legal frameworks concerned with protecting biodiversity. Following introductory chapters, Part II examines issues relating to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, with Part III focusing on access and benefit-sharing. Part Trade Review"The Handbook of Biodiversity and the Law, edited by Charles R. McManis and Burton Ong, is required reading for lawyers, scholars and policymakers for the most recent comprehensive scholarship on a broad spectrum of issues relating to biodiversity. In one single volume world renowned environmental law scholars examine cutting edge issues ranging from genetic resources, biosecurity, access and benefit sharing, synthetic biology, intellectual property, cultural heritage, conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity, indigenous peoples human rights and more. This will clearly become a 'must have' reference book." - Dr. Nilufer Oral, Law Faculty, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey"This book illuminates the complex set of legal issues surrounding biodiversity by examining them from a wide range of different perspectives. The editors are to be commended for the incredibly rich, varied, and informative scholarship that they have brought together in one volume." - Prof. Graeme B. Dinwoodie, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Biodiversity and the Law: Mapping the International Legal Terrain 2. Biodiversity and the Law in Brief Part II: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources 3. Biodiversity in International Environmental Law Through the UN Sustainable Development Goals 4. Biodiversity, Protected Areas and the Law 5. The International Legal Framework for the Protection of and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity 6. Biosecurity, Invasive Species and the Law 7. Biotechnology, Biodiversity and the Environment 8. Legal Responses in the United States to Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change 9. China’s Biodiversity Law 10. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Toward the Realization of Farmers’ Rights as a Means of Protecting and Enhancing Crop Genetic Diversity Part III: Access and Benefit-Sharing 11. Access to and Benefit-Sharing of Marine Genetic Resources Beyond National Jurisdiction: Developing a New Legally Binding Instrument 12. The Impact of Natural Products Discovery Programs on our Knowledge of the Flora of Madagascar 13. Regulatory Measures on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Biological and Genetic Resources: National and Regional Perspectives from the Philippines, Singapore and ASEAN 14. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Implementing Access and Benefit-Sharing Legislation in South Africa 15. De-Materialising Genetic Resources: Synthetic Biology, Intellectual Property and the ABS Bypass Part IV: Traditional Knowledge Protection 16. Traditional Knowledge: Lessons from the Past, Lessons for the Future 17. Bioprospecting and Traditional Knowledge in Australia 18. If we have never been Modern, they have never been Traditional: ‘Traditional Knowledge’, Biodiversity, and the Flawed ABS Paradigm 19. Where Custom is the Law: State and User Obligations to 'Take into Consideration' Customary Law Governing Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources Part V: Biodiversity and Intellectual Property Protection 20. Biodiversity, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property 21. Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security 22. Sisyphus Redivivus? The Work of WIPO on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge 23. Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of its Parts? A Critical Reflection on the WIPO IGC Part VI: The Ethics, Economics and Science-Policy Interface of Biodiversity Protection 24. Naturalizing Morality 25. Making Legal Use of the Valuation of Nature 26. Bounded Openness as the Modality for the Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism of the Nagoya Protocol 27. The IPBES, Biodiversity and the Law: Design, Functioning and Perspectives of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Furthest Goal
Book SynopsisThis important study brings together some of the best current research on Kaempfer (author of the History of Japan, also published by Curzon) for the first time and includes a close analysis of 6 key topics from the writing of the History to an interpretation of the interpreter himself.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction, B.M. Bodart-Bailey; Chapter 2 WritingThe History of Japan, B.M. Bodart-Bailey; Chapter 3 The Interpreter Interpreted, Paul van der Velde; Chapter 4 Forgotten Practices of the Past, Carmen Blacker; Chapter 5 The Plants that Carry His Name, Wolfgang Muntschick; Chapter 6 The History ofThe History, Derek Massarella; Chapter 7 Changing the Image, Jörg Schmeißer; Chapter 8 Epilogue, Derek Massarella;
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Cambridge University Press The Legal Protection of Databases 5 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 5
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Cambridge University Press Copyright and Multimedia Products A Comparative Analysis 3 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press Commercial Appropriatn Personality 4 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 4
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Cambridge University Press Making of Modern Intellectual Law 1 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 1
Book SynopsisOne of the common themes in recent public debate has been the law's inability to accommodate the new ways of creating, distributing and replicating intellectual products. In this book the authors argue that in order to understand many of the problems currently confronting the law, it is necessary to understand its past. This is its first detailed historical account. In this book the authors explore two related themes. First, they explain why intellectual property law came to take its now familiar shape with sub-categories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks. Secondly, the authors set out to explain how it is that the law grants property status to intangibles. In doing so they explore the rise and fall of creativity as an organising concept in intellectual property law, the mimetic nature of intellectual property law and the important role that the registration process plays in shaping intangible property.Trade Review'Whilst the book contains many historical details about various statutes, the authors are much more concerned with concepts, narratives and trends. Their real aim is to provide a better understanding of modern intellectual property law and the problems that are associated with it. … This is an excellent and much needed contribution to the study of intellectual property law. Far too often those working in this field are concerned solely with the day to day development of its object of protection and the need to protect various (new) forms of creation and innovation. This book provides the in depth analysis of the concepts that should shape the development of a coherent long-term strategy. ' Paul Torremans, University of Leicester'Bently and Sherman take a wide legal perspective and offer helpful readings and insights, although always acknowledging the fluidity of the themes and concepts they address. It is an ambitious project, persuasively executed. They make a convincing case for their argument that a sensitive appraisal and understanding of past narratives is essential if - as we must - we are to create the new narratives needed to meet new demands.' The Cambridge Law Journal'This is a very readable and thought provoking book which should be of interest to anyone concerned with the philosophical basis of intellectual property law and the reform of that law to accommodate the demands of twenty-first entry technology. The authors certainly make their point that to know where we are going, we need to know where we began.' Media & Arts Law ReviewTable of ContentsPart I. Towards a Property in Intangibles: 1. Property in mental labour; 2. The mentality of intangible property; Part II. The Emergence of a Modern Intellectual Property Law: 3. Designing the law; 4. Managing the legal boundaries; Part III. Towards an Intellectual Property Law: 5. Crystallization of the categories; 6. Completing the framework; 7. Explanations for the shape of intellectual property law; Part IV. Transformations in the Intellectual Property Law: 8. Changes in the framework; 9. From creation to object; 10. Closure and its consequences; 11. Remembering and forgetting; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press International Economic Law and National Autonomy
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Cambridge University Press Literary Copyright Reform in Early Victorian England
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Cambridge University Press Trade Marks and Brands
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Cambridge University Press Copyright and Piracy An Interdisciplinary Critique Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 13
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Cambridge University Press The Protection of Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge in International Law of Intellectual Property Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 12
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Cambridge University Press Software and Patents in Europe 9 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 9
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Cambridge University Press Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law
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Cambridge University Press Intellectual Property
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Cambridge University Press The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law 1 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 1
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Cambridge University Press Driving Innovation
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Cambridge University Press The Legal Protection of Databases 5 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 5
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Cambridge University Press Copyright and Multimedia Products A Comparative Analysis 3 Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press Intellectual Property
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Cambridge University Press Art as Plunder
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Cambridge University Press Owning Ideas
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Cambridge University Press Driving Innovation
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Cambridge University Press Against Intellectual Monopoly
Book SynopsisThis book examines patents and copyrights. It argues that these are not necessary for innovation and are detrimental to the common good, rather than beneficial. Unlike competing titles, the book has broad coverage of both copyrights and patents and is designed for a general audience, focusing on simple examples.Trade Review'One should bear a heavy burden of proof to enjoy a monopoly. Boldrin and Levine have dramatically increased that burden for those who enjoy intellectual monopoly. All economists, lawyers, judges, and policymakers should read this book.' W. A. Brock, University of Wisconsin, Madison'Boldrin and Levine, highly respected economic theorists, have produced a lively and readable book for the intelligent layman. In it, they challenge conventional wisdom about patents and argue that we would be better off without them. The book will open a fresh debate on the policy on intellectual property protection.' Boyan Jovanovic, New York University'There is a growing and important skepticism about the fundamental rules we have used to regulate access to information and innovation. This beautifully written and compelling argument takes the lead in that skeptical charge.' Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School'For centuries, intellectual property rights have been viewed as essential to innovation. Now Boldrin and Levine, two top-flight economists, propose that the entire IPR system be scrapped. Their arguments will generate controversy but deserve serious examination.' Eric Maskin, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton'This is an important and needed book. The case made by Boldrin and Levine against giving excessive monopoly rights to intellectual property is a convincing one. Monopoly in intellectual property impedes the development of useful knowledge. I think they make the case that granting these monopoly rights slows innovation.' Edward C. Prescott, University of Minnesota'Boldrin and Levine present a powerful argument that intellectual property rights as they have evolved are detrimental to efficient economic organization.' Douglass C. North, Washington University in St Louis'How have we come to view ideas as if they have some physical existence that we can lock up behind a set of property rights laws akin to, but remarkably different from, those we use to protect our physical property? This is the central question in Against Intellectual Monopoly by Michele Boldrin and David Levine. The answer they come to is startling: except in a few rare cases, intellectual property protection does more economic harm than good and ought to be eliminated. The technology of digital computers and the Internet, as Boldrin and Levine show again and again, has exposed long-standing moral shortcomings of current intellectual property laws in a particularly stark way.' Stephen Spear, Carnegie Mellon University'This thought-provoking book should be read not only by academics interested in intellectual property, innovation, growth and the dynamics of markets, but also by policymakers and the general public.' Martin Peitz, University of MannheimTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Creation under consumption; 3. Innovation under competition; 4. The evil of intellectual monopoly; 5. The devil in Disney; 6. How competition works; 7. Defenses of intellectual monopoly; 8. Does intellectual monopoly increase innovation?; 9. The pharmaceutical industry; 10. The bad, the good, and the ugly.
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Cambridge University Press Perspectives on Commercializing Innovation
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Cambridge University Press Trade Marks and Brands An Interdisciplinary Critique Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press Piracy and the State The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights in China
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Cambridge University Press Understanding the Law of Assignment
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Cambridge University Press Intellectual Property Licensing and Transactions
Book SynopsisIntellectual property transactions underlie large segments of the global economy, from pharmaceuticals to computing, entertainment to digital content. This first-of-its-kind resource combines practical contract drafting and negotiation skills with substantive legal doctrine in the rapidly growing area of intellectual property transactions and licensing. Though primarily designed for classroom use, it is also a must-have legal reference work for every lawyer involved in the technology, biopharma, entertainment, media or financial services industries. It includes practical drafting models and explanations of key contractual provisions such as field of use, exclusivity, milestones, royalties, termination, indemnification and liability, and combines these with discussion of the latest cases interpreting these provisions. Numerous legal doctrines that affect the enforcement of IP agreements are also covered. An instructor''s manual for this book is currently being developed. If you are inteTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Introduction to Intellectual Property Licensing: 1. The Business of Licensing; 2. Ownership and Assignment of Intellectual Property; 3. The Nature of an Intellectual Property License; 4. Implied Licenses and Unwritten Transactions; 5. Confidentiality and Pre-License Negotiations; Part II. License Building Blocks: 6. License Grant and Scope; 7. Exclusive Licenses; 8. Financial Terms; 9. Development, Allocation and Management of IP; 10. Representations, Warranties and Indemnification; 11. Litigation-Related Clauses: Enforcement, Settlement and Dispute Resolution; 12. Term, Termination and Breach; 13. Other Licensing Terms: The 'Boilerplate'; Part III. Industry and Context Specific Licensing Topics: 14. Academic Technology Transfer; 15. Trademark and Franchise Licensing; 16. Music Licensing; 17. Consumer and Online Licensing; 18. Software, Data and the Cloud; 19. Public Licenses: Open Source, Creative Commons and IP Pledges; 20. Technical Standards: Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (Frand ) Licensing; Part IV. Advanced Licensing Topics: 21. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Issues; 22. Estoppel and No Challenge Clauses; 23. First Sale and Exhaustion; 24. Intellectual Property Misuse; 25. Antitrust and Competition Issues; 26. Intellectual Property Pools and Aggregation.
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Cambridge University Press American Patent Law
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Cambridge University Press American Patent Law
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Cambridge University Press A Critical Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
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Cambridge University Press 5G and Beyond
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Cambridge University Press Intellectual Property COVID19 and the Next Pandemic
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
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Cambridge University Press Personal Genome Medicine
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Cambridge University Press Personal Genome Medicine
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Cambridge University Press Silicon Valley Bank
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Cambridge University Press Fashion and Intellectual Property
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Cambridge University Press Public Rights
Book SynopsisWhat can users do with works without obtaining the permission of a copyright owner? This book explains the many ways in which copyright laws allow such uses, and how they differ between countries. The copyright public domain is re-interpreted as an important source of human creativity and autonomy.Trade Review'Greenleaf and Lindsay's insightful, original and comprehensive examination of the breadth of the public domain is an exceptional achievement. A must-read for anyone concerned with copyright, creativity, and cultural heritage.' Michael Geist, University of Ottawa'The seminal work on copyright's public domain. Both comprehensive and compelling, all future scholarship must start here. A genuine tour-de-force.' Ronan Deazley, Queen's University Belfast'In this thoughtful and important account, Greenleaf and Lindsay map the corners of the public domain, explore its underlying values, and chart a course for its future. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone who seeks to have a nuanced and in-depth understanding of the public domain.' Sara Bannerman, Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University, Canada 'Their book sets a new gold standard in the legal analysis of the public domain in intellectual property law. A replication of its program in the areas of patent and trademark law is highly desirable.' Alexander Peukert, SpringerTable of ContentsForeword; Preface and acknowledgements; Table of international agreements; Part I. What Is the Copyright Public Domain?: 1. The copyright public domain - a new approach; 2. A definition of the copyright public domain; 3. Categories of public rights; Part II. Constraints and Supports, Global and National: 4. The global public domain – limits imposed by international law; 5. The global public domain - exceptions and enforcement; 6. National public domains - supports and constraints; Part III. Public Domains: Categories: 7. Works outside copyright protection - part I; 8. Works outside copyright protection - part II; 9. Works where copyright has expired; 10. Non-infringing uses of protected works; 11. Copyright exceptions and limitations - comparative approaches; 12. Copyright exceptions and limitations - categories; 13. Compulsory licensing - variations; 14. Compulsory licensing - subject areas; 15. Voluntary licensing creating public rights; 16. The de facto public domain - internet-enabled public rights; Part IV. Conclusions: 17. Reform agendas for the public domain; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Copyright Class Struggle
Book SynopsisEarning an income in our time often involves ownership of or control over creative assets. Employing the law and philosophy of economics, this illuminating book explores the legal controversies that emerge when authors, singers, filmmakers, and social media barons leverage their rights into major paydays. It explores how players in the entertainment and technology sectors articulate claims to an ever-increasing amount of copyright-protected media. It then analyzes efforts to reform copyright law, in the contexts of 1) increasing the rights of creators and sellers, and 2) allocating these rights after employment and labor disputes, constitutional challenges to intellectual property law, efforts to legalize online mashups and remixes, and changes to the amount of streaming royalties paid to actors and musicians. This work should be read by anyone interested in how copyright law - and its potential reform - shapes the ownership of ideas in the social media age.Trade Review'Travis has provided an engaging, fast-paced argument, setting out examples of how copyright has favoured one group over another … What makes this book interesting and worth reading is this creation of small stories and grand narratives around the nature and scope of copyright.' Phillip Johnson, European Intellectual Property ReviewTable of Contents1. On owning ideas in our time; Part I. IP Disparities: 2. Authors as hired hands; 3. Independent invention and its discontents; Part II. IP Liberties: 4. Hollywood's copyright exemptions?; 5. The Beijing consensus; Part III. Pirate's Dilemmas: 6. The inquisitorial internet; 7. Why we can't build universal digital libraries; 8. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Copyright and Collective Authorship
Book SynopsisAs technology makes it easier for people to work together, large-scale collaboration is becoming increasingly prevalent. In this context, the question of how to determine authorship and hence ownership - of copyright in collaborative works is an important question to which current copyright law fails to provide a coherent or consistent answer. In Copyright and Collective Authorship, Daniela Simone engages with the problem of how to determine the authorship of highly collaborative works. Employing insights from the ways in which collaborators understand and regulate issues of authorship, the book argues that a recalibration of copyright law is necessary, proposing an inclusive and contextual approach to joint authorship that is true to the legal concept of authorship but is also more aligned with creative reality.Trade Review'Cited by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Kogan v Martin [2019] EWCA 1645.''Dr Daniela Simone identifies root causes of the deficiencies in the law's treatment of (joint) authorship, and provides an admirable roadmap and analytical framework to orient the judiciary and all others concerned about ascertaining who should be the authors of collective works … A must-read for anyone interested in the interaction between law and the creative process. This book made me think differently about copyright law and what it promotes and values when it comes to (not) recognizing those who contribute to the creation of works.' Pascale Chapdelaine, Intellectual Property Journal'By and large, the book makes a compelling case for taking collaborative creativity seriously in the long-lasting process of the modernisation of copyright law … also a valuable input for further evidence-based research on the effectiveness of co-authorship rules at national, supranational and international level.' Giulia Priora, European Intellectual Property ReviewTable of Contents1. Copyright law and collective authorship; 2. Authorship and joint authorship; 3. Wikipedia; 4. Australian Indigenous art; 5. Scientific collaborations; 6. Film; 7. Characteristics of collective authorship and the role of copyright law; 8. An inclusive, contextual approach to the joint authorship test.
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West Academic Publishing The Law of Design Design Patent Trademark
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive survey of design protection, one of the hottest fields of intellectual property. The casebook is user-friendly and accessible to students of any experience level, including students with no prior knowledge of intellectual property. The casebook takes a practical approach to the study of design protection by including numerous real-world problems.
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WW Norton & Co Who Owns This Sentence
Book SynopsisA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 So Far A fascinating and original history of an idea that now controls and monetizes almost everything we do.Trade Review"Lively, opinionated, and ultra-timely." -- Louis Menand - The New Yorker"David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu’s surprisingly sprightly history Who Owns This Sentence? arrives with uncanny timing.... [B]y encouraging contemplation beyond specific pieces of what is now bleakly known as ‘content,’ the book succeeds. Let’s hope excerpts are hot out of the XeroxTM machine and being collated for college classrooms across the country." -- Alexandra Jacobs - New York Times"Thorough and engaging.... [A] welcome and timely addition to our understanding of this complex issue." -- Mahvani Sunder - Washington Post"In short, punchy chapters and witty prose, a lawyer and a literature professor untangle the history of how intellectual property has come to be protected—and who wins and loses in the bargain." -- New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice"[Bellos and Montagu are] witty and learned.... [A] robust and readable polemic-history." -- Boyd Tonkin - Financial Times"As this thoughtful book shows, copyright law has been revised and rewritten according to changing needs. The authors are right that we need a ‘broad debate.’" -- Dominic Green - Wall Street Journal"A surprisingly accessible recounting of the major twists and turns—and there are many!—surrounding this topic [copyright].... Well worth a read for anyone interested in history, publishing, or philosophy." -- Mariko Hewer - Washington Independent Review of Books"Fascinating.... Bellos and Montagu have extracted an enormous amount of fun out of their subject, and have sauced sardonic and playful prose with buckets full of meticulously argued bile." -- Simon Ings, The Telegraph (UK), 5-star review"A fascinating new look at the patchwork chaos called copyright." -- Anne Margaret Daniel, Spectator (UK)"The field of copyright has been full of dramatic turns, as a new book, Who Owns This Sentence?, recounts." -- The Economist"By turns painstaking and playful, Bellos and Montagu reveal the patchwork of laws, norms, and assumptions that have transformed ideas into property. Copyright is no longer just about authors and the right to benefit from their work, but about big business and even bigger profits. Theirs is a compelling call to address the privatization of the global imagination." -- Emily Drabinski, President, American Library Association"The story of copyright has many moving parts: history, literature, economics, politics, policy, and technology. Each element gets a closeup in this expertly told story of the evolution of copyright. In a time when billions of words are used to train AI models, this engaging and instructive book tells how different eras and countries have struggled with the challenge of defining ownership of texts." -- James T. Hamilton, Hearst Professor of Communication, Stanford University"Bellos and Montagu’s astonishingly capacious narrative is a gripping detective story, a flamboyant intellectual history, and a passionate manifesto for creative freedom, all rolled into one. You’ll never think about copyright in the same way again." -- Fara Dabhoiwala, historian and senior research scholar, Princeton University"We often think of copyright as a form of justice, a means of ensuring that creators rather than pirates of works receive whatever compensation is on offer. This witty, informed and timely book urgently invites us to think otherwise. Copyright, the authors tell us, ‘means more than it ever did before.’ It takes in books, films, sheet music, computer programs and many other inventions, and yet it in the end ‘it is an edifice of words.’ This detailed history makes very lively reading, and also encourages action, since we could, if we wished, use different words." -- Michael Wood, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Princeton University"In this madcap history from Plato to Donald Duck, from feudal Europe to Facebook, David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu have written the definitive account of where copyright came from and why it looks the way it does. Who Owns This Sentence? belongs on the bookshelf of every creator, producer, policymaker, and consumer." -- Jason Mazzone, Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Illinois"A gimlet-eyed analysis of a system that protects a corporate status quo at the expense of independent invention." -- Kirkus Reviews
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University of Massachusetts Press Negotiating Culture: Heritage, Ownership, and
Book SynopsisRival claims of ownership or control over various aspects of culture are a regular feature of our twenty-first-century world. Such debates are shaping disciplines as diverse as anthropology and archaeology, art history and museum studies, linguistics and genetics.This provocative collection of essays a series of case studies in cultural ownership by scholars from a range of fields explores issues of cultural heritage and intellectual property in a variety of contexts, from contests over tangible artefacts as well as more abstract forms of culture such as language and oral traditions to current studies of DNA and genes that combine nature and culture, and even new, nonproprietary models for the sharing of digital technologies. Each chapter sets the debate in its historical and disciplinary context and suggests how the approaches to these issues are changing or should change. One of the most innovative aspects of the volume is the way each author recognises the social dimensions of group ownership and demonstrates the need for negotiation and new models. The collection as a whole thus challenges the reader to reevaluate traditional ways of thinking about cultural ownership and to examine the broader social contexts within which negotiation over the ownership of culture is taking place. In addition to Laetitia La Follette, contributors include David Bollier, Stephen Clingman, Susan DiGiacomo, Oriol Pi-Sunyer, Margaret Speas, Banu Subramaniam, Joe Watkins, and H. Martin Wobst.
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