Intellectual Property - Omnipresent, Distracting, Irrelevant?

Informationen zum Autor William Cornish is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Cambridge. Klappentext Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are increasingly significant elements of economic policy: they are vital to developed countries in an age of global trade. This book focuses on the major dilemmas that currently enmesh the subject: the omnipresent spread of IPRs across some recent technologies, the distraction caused by rights that achieve little of their intended purpose, and the seeming irrelevance of IPRs in the face of new technologies such as the internet. Zusammenfassung Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are increasingly significant elements of economic policy: they are vital to developed countries in an age of global trade. Today's new technologies, stemming from the digital and biotechnological revolutions are creating new problems. This book focuses on the major dilemmas that currently enmesh the subject. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Inventing 2: Creating 3: Branding

Product details

• Authors: William Cornish, Cornish William
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2004
• EAN: 9780199263073
• ISBN: 978-0-19-926307-3
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 225 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Clarendon Law Lectures
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; England, Wales, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, intellectual property law, International Trade, International trade and commerce, Wales / Cymru