The ACTA and the Plurilateral Enforcement Agenda

The ACTA and the Plurilateral Enforcement Agenda
Author: Pedro Roffe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2015
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107070120

This book analyses the context and the content of ACTA and its relation with ongoing initiatives to improve enforcement of intellectual property.

TRIPS plus 20

TRIPS plus 20
Author: Hanns Ullrich
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2016-01-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3662481073

This book examines the impact and shortcomings of the TRIPS Agreement, which was signed in Marrakesh on 15 April 1994. Over the last 20 years, the framework conditions have changed fundamentally. New technologies have emerged, markets have expanded beyond national borders, some developing states have become global players, the terms of international competition have changed, and the intellectual property system faces increasing friction with public policies. The contributions to this book inquire into whether the TRIPS Agreement should still be seen only as part of an international trade regulation, or whether it needs to be understood – or even reconceptualized – as a framework regulation for the international protection of intellectual property. The purpose, therefore, is not to define the terms of an outright revision of the TRIPS Agreement but rather to discuss the framework conditions for an interpretative evolution that could make the Agreement better suited to the expectations and needs of today’s global economy.

Intellectual Property Law in South East Asia

Intellectual Property Law in South East Asia
Author: Christoph Antons
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1035308398

This timely book provides a comprehensive survey of recent developments in intellectual property (IP) law within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, written by experienced scholars and practitioners in the field.

Framing Intellectual Property Law in the 21st Century

Framing Intellectual Property Law in the 21st Century
Author: Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108577660

As knowledge production has become a more salient part of the economy, intellectual property laws have expanded. From a backwater of specialists in patent, copyright, and trademark law, intellectual property has become linked to trade through successive international agreements, and appreciated as key to both economic and cultural development. Furthermore, law has begun to engage the interest of economists, political theorists, and human rights advocates. However, because each discipline sees intellectual property in its own way, legal scholarship and practice have diverged, and the debate over intellectual property law has become fragmented. This book is aimed at bringing this diverse scholarship and practice together. It examines intellectual property through successive lenses (incentive theory, trade, development, culture, and human rights) and ends with a discussion of whether and how these fragmented views can be reconciled and integrated.

Research Handbook on Cross-border Enforcement of Intellectual Property

Research Handbook on Cross-border Enforcement of Intellectual Property
Author: Paul Torremans
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 901
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1781955808

The Research Handbook on Cross-border Enforcement of Intellectual Property systematically analyses the unique difficulties posed by cross-border intellectual property disputes in the modern world. The contributions to this book focus on the enf

The Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP

The Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP
Author: Kung-Chung Liu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2019-11-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509922784

The first part of this open access book sets out to re-examine some basic principles of trade negotiation, such as choosing the right representatives to negotiate and enhancing transparency as a cure to the public's distrust against trade talks. Moreover, it analyses how the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) might impact on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership's (RCEP) IP chapter and examines the possible norm setters of Asian IP. It then focuses on the People's Republic of China's (PRC) trade and IP strategy against the backdrop of the power games between the PRC, India and the US. The second part of the book reflects on issues related to investor–state dispute settlement and its relationship with IP, such as how to re-calibrate the balance in international investment arbitration, and whether compulsory license of IP constitutes expropriation in India, the PRC and select ASEAN countries. The third part of the book questions and strives to improve some of the proposed IP provisions of CPTPP and RCEP and to redefine some aspects of international IP norms, such as: pre-grant patent opposition and experimental use exception; patent term extension; patent linkage and data exclusivity for the pharmaceutical sector; plant variety protection; pre-established damages for copyright infringement; and the restructuring of copyright limitations in the public interest. The open access edition of this book is available under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia, School of Law, Singapore Management University.

The WIPO Internet Treaties at 25

The WIPO Internet Treaties at 25
Author: R. V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9811983909

The book explores the WIPO journey so far and looks at how relevant the treaties are in contemporary world after 25 years of their existence. It revisits the WIPO Diplomatic Conference, narrates briefly how the Internet Treaties came into being, describes all the developments germane to the Internet Treaties over the last twenty-five years and examines at length how well these treaties withstood the creative gales of destruction having a bearing on the production, distribution and consumption of digital content. The retrospective consists of two parts. The first part looks back at the conference, its course of events, its negotiation dynamics, the doctrinal differences and sharply conflicting economic interests underlying the stands taken by the main parties to negotiations and the national and transnational interest groups that sought to influence the negotiation process and outcomes. The second part reflects on the outcomes and assesses with the wisdom of hindsight, how appropriate the outcomes were and how well they withstood the passage of time. This second aspect is the main focus of this book. The retrospective is limited to the digital agenda of DipCon; but for the digital agenda, the DipCon is convened so soon and the Internet Treaties concluded so fast. The book provides rich material for researchers studying the WIPO journey and also the practitioners by throwing light on discussions that led to a treaty that has in general withstood the trials of time.

Copyright and Information Privacy

Copyright and Information Privacy
Author: Federica Giovanella
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2017-12-29
Genre: Conflict of laws
ISBN: 1785369369

Federica Giovanella examines the on-going conflict between copyright and informational privacy rights within the judicial system in this timely and intriguing book.

The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Property Law

The Oxford Handbook of Intellectual Property Law
Author: Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1025
Release: 2018
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198758456

A comprehensive overview of intellectual property law, this handbook will be a vital read for all invested in the field of IP law. Topics include the foundations of IP law; its emergence and development in various jurisdictions; its rules and principles; and current issues arising from the existence and operation of IP law in a political economy.