Intellectual Property, Private Rights, the Public Interest, and the Regulation of Creative Activity

Shubha Ghosh, Richard Gruner, Jay Kesan, Roberto Reis (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

277 Seiten

2010 | 2nd Revised edition
West Academic Press (Verlag)
978-0-314-26505-0 (ISBN)

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This book provides an overview of trademark, patent, and copyright doctrine and offers a foray into more advanced topics, such as digital rights management, international law, and state doctrinal developments in both civil and criminal law. Particularly unique is a final chapter that develops the """"new horizons"""" of intellectual property, covering topics like open source, intellectual property and development, intellectual property as a business asset, and competition policy. This casebook is targeted to a wide range of law students, including both those who are scientifically inclined and those who are interested in creativity and invention. The New edition expands on the strengths of the first edition. Chapters on copyright and trademark reorganized to make more readable and include more on digital rights management Covers recent IP issues in biotechnology, search engines, the Google book project and the Google vs. Viacom case. The role of economic incentive in copyright and patent law is more extensively discussed, including such contemporary ideas as the role of YouTube and the decision in Eldred.
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Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2010
Reihe/Serie	American Casebook Series
Verlagsort	Minnesota
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 254 mm
Gewicht	2223 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
ISBN-10	0-314-26505-8 / 0314265058
ISBN-13	978-0-314-26505-0 / 9780314265050
Zustand	Neuware