Access to Information and Knowledge

Access to Information and Knowledge
Author: Dana Beldiman
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2013-12-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1783470488

Massive quantities of information are required to fuel the innovation process in a knowledge-based economy; a requirement that is in tension with intellectual property (IP) laws. Against this backdrop, leading thinkers in the IP arena explore the Šacce

MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : The Strategic Imperative

MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : The Strategic Imperative
Author: VINOD V. SOPLE
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2016-06-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8120352653

The book, now in its fifth edition, offers a comprehensive treatment of Intellectual Property concepts and their applications in Indian industry. It provides a strategic framework for IP management, leading to competitive advantage for a business enterprise. Besides explaining the conceptual framework and practices of IP management, the book discusses IP as a strategic tool, its commercial exploitation and strategies for risk management of IP. Web-based material comprising chapter-wise PowerPoint Presentations (PPTs) and Multiple Choice Questions is available at www.phindia.com/sople. This book is primarily intended as a text for postgraduate students of management, students of engineering and those who are pursuing certificate, postgraduate diploma or degree courses in IPR. In addition, professionals and corporate decision-makers should find the text valuable.NEW TO THE FIFTH EDITION • A new chapter has been introduced on Filing Patent Applications. • Numerous sections such as clinical research regulations, planned purification, combination therapy, alternate delivery, trade dress trademark protection, trademark caution notice, comparative advertising and trademark violation, contributory and vicarious infringement, two statutes for farmers’ rights, incremental innovation, piracy in fashion design, patentable or not patentable biotech inventions have now been incorporated in the respective chapters. • More cases/caselets have been introduced in the present edition. KEY FEATURES • Discusses IPs such as Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Designs, Semiconductor Circuit Layouts and Geographical Indications, etc. • Practices issues of IPRs in Cyber Space, Fashion Design, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industry. • Classifies systems in practice for various IPs. • Provides IPRs legal provision in Indian context. • Includes a comprehensive glossary of important terms. • Encloses CD-ROM containing Intellectual Property Rights’ laws in India as per the latest amendments.

Working Knowledge

Working Knowledge
Author: Catherine L. Fisk
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2009-11-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0807899062

Skilled workers of the early nineteenth century enjoyed a degree of professional independence because workplace knowledge and technical skill were their "property," or at least their attribute. In most sectors of today's economy, however, it is a foundational and widely accepted truth that businesses retain legal ownership of employee-generated intellectual property. In Working Knowledge, Catherine Fisk chronicles the legal and social transformations that led to the transfer of ownership of employee innovation from labor to management. This deeply contested development was won at the expense of workers' entrepreneurial independence and ultimately, Fisk argues, economic democracy. By reviewing judicial decisions and legal scholarship on all aspects of employee-generated intellectual property and combing the archives of major nineteenth-century intellectual property-producing companies--including DuPont, Rand McNally, and the American Tobacco Company--Fisk makes a highly technical area of law accessible to general readers while also addressing scholarly deficiencies in the histories of labor, intellectual property, and the business of technology.

The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property

The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property
Author: Matthew David
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1362
Release: 2014-11-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1473914396

This Handbook brings together scholars from around the world in addressing the global significance of, controversies over and alternatives to intellectual property (IP) today. It brings together over fifty of the leading authors in this field across the spectrum of academic disciplines, from law, economics, geography, sociology, politics and anthropology. This volume addresses the full spectrum of IP issues including copyright, patent, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as parallel rights and novel applications. In addition to addressing the role of IP in an increasingly information based and globalized economy and culture, it also challenges the utility and viability of IP today and addresses a range of alternative futures.

MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Author: VINOD V. SOPLE
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2012-07-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 8120346459

The book presents a comprehensive treatment of Intellectual Property concepts and its applications in Indian industry. Now, in its Third Edition, it includes a new chapter on Valuation of Intellectual Property and numerous cases/caselets in most of the chapters. It provides a strategic framework for IP management, leading to competitive advantage for a business enterprise. Besides explaining the conceptual framework and practices of IP management, the book discusses IP as a strategic tool, its commercial exploitation and strategies for risk management of IP. Web-based material comprising chapter-wise PowerPoint Presentations (PPTs) and multiple choice questions is available at www.phindia.com/sople This book is primarily intended as a text for postgraduate students of management, students of engineering and those who are pursuing certificate, postgraduate diploma or degree courses in IPR. In addition, professionals and corporate decision-makers should find the text very valuable. KEY FEATURES : Discusses IPs such as Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Designs, Semiconductor Circuit Layouts and Geographical Indications, etc. Treats IPRs and Cyber Space and Pharmaceutical sector in separate chapters. Classifies systems in practice for various IPs. Provides IPRs legal provision in Indian context. Includes a comprehensive glossary of important terms.

Intellectual Property in Global Governance

Intellectual Property in Global Governance
Author: Chidi Oguamanam
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136659463

Intellectual Property in Global Governance critically examines the evolution of international intellectual property law-making from the build up to the TRIPS Agreement, through the TRIPS and post-TRIPS era. The book focuses on a number of thematic intellectual property issue linkages, exploring the formal and informal institutional interactions and multi-stakeholder holder intrigues implicated in the global governance of intellectual property. Using examples from bio-technology, bio-diversity, bio-prospecting and bio-piracy it investigates the shift or concentration in the focus of innovation from physical to life sciences and the ensuing changes in international intellectual property law making and their implications for intellectual property jurisprudence. It examines the character of the reception, resistance and various nuanced reactions to the changes brought about by the TRIPS Agreement, exploring the various institutional sites and patterns of such responses, as well as the escalation in the issue-linkages associated with the concept and impact of intellectual property law. Drawing upon multiple methodological approaches including law and legal theory; regime theory, globalization and global governance Chidi Oguamanam explores the intellectual property dynamics in the "Global Knowledge Economy" focusing on digitization and information revolution phenomenon and the concept of a post-industrial society. The book articulates an agenda for global governance of intellectual property law in the 21st century and speculates on the future of intellectual property in North-South relations.

Intellectual Property Issues in Nanotechnology

Intellectual Property Issues in Nanotechnology
Author: Chetan Keswani
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000091295

Intellectual Property Issues in Nanotechnology focuses on the integrated approach for sustained innovation in various areas of nanotechnology. The theme of this book draws to a great extent on the industrial and socio-legal implications of intellectual property rights for nanotechnology-based advances. The book takes a comprehensive look not only at the role of intellectual property rights in omics-based research but also at the ethical and intellectual standards and how these can be developed for sustained innovation. This book attempts to collate and organize information on current attitudes and policies in several emerging areas of nanotechnology. Adopting a unique approach, this book integrates science and business for an inside view of the industry. Peering behind the scenes, it provides a thorough analysis of the foundations of the present day industry for students and professionals alike.

Identifying, Measuring, and Valuing Knowledge-Based Intangible Assets: New Perspectives

Identifying, Measuring, and Valuing Knowledge-Based Intangible Assets: New Perspectives
Author: Vallejo-Alonso, Belen
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2010-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1609600568

"The main scope of the book is to highlight the importance of intangible resources in business management, evidenced in their measurement and financial valuation, and the need for a strategic analysis that enables them to be identified and then assessed"--Provided by publisher.

Intellectual Property Management

Intellectual Property Management
Author: Klaus Jennewein
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3790815993

Innovation is a source of competitive advantage. In other words, firms may leverage innovation to generate rents, at least temporarily. And this is intended to be a self-sustained business model: part of the rent extracted from the market may be re-invested into new technological developments which in turn permit additional innovations, thus regenerating the sources of rents. This is the positive loop of innovation. In this sense, business would be a permanent hunt for innovations, in search of rents. Yet, innovations need to be protected if firms want to benefit from rents over long periods of time. However, the strategic management literature tends to suggests that patents are a weak protection against aggressive imitators. Secrecy may help but we also know that technology ends up leaking in most cases. Speed in new developments to cut "time to market" may be another way of protecting the technological advance of the firm. But again, this may not be enough as start-ups may out-compete the established firm in the race for innovation. This is where Dr. Klaus Jennewein's key idea comes into the picture. The core of his thesis is that brand equity may be combined to technological protections such as patents to build a multi-layer, complex, intricate shield to protect the sources of rents against competitors and imitators.

Governing Intellectual Property Rights Within Publicly Funded Biobanks

Governing Intellectual Property Rights Within Publicly Funded Biobanks
Author: Rajam Neethu
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2019-06-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9403506229

Governing Intellectual Property Rights Within Publicly Funded Biobanks R. Neethu The boom in biobanks and health databases as research infrastructures have evoked various legal and ethical debates. Since then numerous new developments have emerged such as digitalization, big-data research and artificial intelligence which has important implications for biobank-based research and collaborations. This new paradigm offers new legal challenges for commercial involvement particularly within a publicly funded setting. In this innovative book, the author shows that securing maximum social benefit out of the knowledge emanating from the use of biobank resources lies in managing intellectual property inputs and outputs effectively in keeping with the values core to such research. Focusing on the challenges of involving intellectual property rights (IPRs) particularly in the precompetitive phase of biobank-based research, the book offers an extensive understanding of the role of different IPRs and identifies the gaps in the law and its implications for biobanks. The analysis covers important aspects in relation to biobanks such as: Digital integration and biomedical data storage; Ownership of biological samples; Commercialization and benefit sharing; Partnership models; Public sector research; Disposition of samples; Consent; Cross-border exchange; Trade secrecy; Privacy; Regulatory stewardship; Business strategies; Ethical considerations over biological resources; Patenting of inventions relating to personalized medicine; Ethical parameters within patent law; and Rights regarding genetic data and databases. The book includes observations, case studies and interviews conducted by the author. In conclusion, the author offers cogent recommendations for legal interoperability of IP rules and research practices designed to enhance the ability of biobanks to share, access and reuse data. This book is the first of its kind to explore the organizational and legislative choices for biobanks particularly while engaging in the protection of research results and technology transfer within a publicly funded setting. It will be of substantial interest to all stakeholders in biobanking, especially policymakers, biobankers and researchers working in the field of health law as well as for legal practitioners, academics and patient interest groups.