Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
Contemporary Issues in Pharmaceutical Patent Law: Setting the Framework and Exploring Policy Options
1st Edition
Edited
By Bryan Mercurio, Daria Kim
January 08, 2018
This collection reflects on contemporary and contentious issues in international rulemaking in regards to pharmaceutical patent law. With chapters from both well-established and rising scholars, the collection contributes to the understanding of the regulatory framework governing pharmaceutical ...
Protecting Intellectual Property in the Arabian Peninsula: The GCC states, Jordan and Yemen
1st Edition
By David Price, Alhanoof AlDebasi
September 18, 2017
This work examines the endeavours of the Arabian Peninsula States – namely the Gulf Cooperation Council member States of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as Jordan and Yemen as prospective GCC members – in establishing national intellectual property protection ...
The Object of Copyright: A Conceptual History of Originals and Copies in Literature, Art and Design
1st Edition
By Stina Teilmann-Lock
May 25, 2017
Recent years have seen a number of pressing developments in copyright law: there has been an enormous increase in the range and type of work accorded protection; the concept of the ‘original work’ has entered into national copyright acts; and intangible entities are now entitled to protection by ...
Well-Known Trade Marks: A Comparative Study of Japan and the EU
1st Edition
By Hiroko Onishi
February 07, 2017
This book considers the effectiveness of well-known trade mark protection at an international level. It particularly considers EU trade mark law from Japanese perspectives, and provides a practical and critical overview of trade mark law in Japan, including the historical development of the law and...
Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge in the Global Economy: Translating Geographical Indications for Development
1st Edition
By Teshager W. Dagne
July 27, 2016
Arising from recent developments at the international level, many developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities are considering using geographical indications (GIs) to protect traditional knowledge, and to promote trade and overall economic development. Despite the considerable ...
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Property Protection: Cultural Signifiers in the Caribbean and the Americas
1st Edition
By Sharon Le Gall
March 03, 2016
International developments since the mid-1990s have signalled an awareness of the importance and validity of traditional knowledge and cultural property. The adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the establishment of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property ...
Copyright Industries and the Impact of Creative Destruction: Copyright Expansion and the Publishing Industry
1st Edition
By Jiabo Liu
October 12, 2015
This book examines the relationship between the legal extension of copyright duration as an enduring means of copyright protection and the growth of the UK book publishing industry as a typical creative industry reliant on copyright. The book draws on Schumpeter’s theory of creative destruction to ...
The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: The Limits of Analysis
1st Edition
By Niva Elkin-Koren, Eli Salzberger
October 12, 2015
This book explores the economic analysis of intellectual property law, with a special emphasis on the Law and Economics of informational goods in light of the past decade’s technological revolution. In recent years there has been massive growth in the Law and Economics literature focusing on ...
Health Technologies and International Intellectual Property Law: A Precautionary Approach
1st Edition
By Phoebe Li
July 16, 2015
The global transmission of infectious diseases has fuelled the need for a more developed legal framework in international public health to provide prompt and specific guidance during a large-scale emergency. This book develops a means for States to take advantage of the flexibilities of compulsory ...
Private Copying
1st Edition
By Stavroula Karapapa
March 13, 2014
This book offers an original analysis of private copying and determines its actual scope as an area of end-user freedom. The basis of this examination is Article 5(2)(b) of the Copyright Directive. Despite the fact that copying for private and non-commercial use is permitted by virtue of this ...
A Politics of Patent Law: Crafting the Participatory Patent Bargain
1st Edition
By Kali Murray
February 25, 2014
There has been much written on the impact of international treaties like the Trade Related Aspects on Intellectual Property (TRIPS), which laments the failure of patent systems to respond to the interests of a diverse set of non-profit, public interest, and non-corporate entities. This book ...
Intellectual Property Overlaps: Theory, Strategies, and Solutions
1st Edition
By Robert Tomkowicz
April 12, 2013
Intellectual property rights and their overlaps are considered in light of rights purposes, relying on the concept of a balance of rights as the measuring rod for assessment of the consequences resulting from the exercise of overlapping rights. Identifying the complex interface between different ...