Innovation, Incentive and Reward: Intellectual Property Law and Policy Hume Papers on Public Policy 5.3

The protection of intellectual property - patents, copyright and trade marks - is generally regarded as a high policy priority in the UK and the European Union. This book asks why this should be so.

About the author

Hector MacQueen has been a member of the Edinburgh Law School since 1979. Appointed to the Chair of Private Law in 1994, he was Dean of the Law School 1999-2003, and Dean of Research and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science in the University 2004-2008. He is currently a Scottish Law Commissioner. He is the author of many books and articles on Scots law and its historical development in comparative perspective, and of key textbooks such as The Scottish Legal System (5th edition) (2013), Unjustified Enrichment Law Basics (3rd edition) (2013), and Studying Scots Law 4th edition (2012).

Summary

The protection of intellectual property - patents, copyright and trade marks - is generally regarded as a high policy priority in the UK and the European Union. This book asks why this should be so.

Product details

• Authors: Macqueen, Brian G. Main, Hector L Macqueen, Brian G Main, Hector MacQueen, Hector L. MacQueen
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2019
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education
• EAN: 9780748610747
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-1074-7
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions (packing): 13.8 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 218 g
• Series: Hume Papers on Public Policy E; Hume Papers on Public Policy; Hume Papers on Public Policy; Hume Papers on Public Policy E
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General; LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Politics / Current Events