Intellectual Property: Private Rights, the Public Interest, and the Regulation of Creative Activity - Couverture rigide

Ghosh, Shubha; Gruner, Richard; Kesan, Jay; Reis, Roberto

 
9780314265050: Intellectual Property: Private Rights, the Public Interest, and the Regulation of Creative Activity
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0314265058 ISBN 13 : 9780314265050
Editeur : West Academic Press, 2010

Synopsis

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. For more information and additional teaching materials, visit the companion site .

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Éditeur
West Academic Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0314265058
ISBN 13 
9780314265050
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
277
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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