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Intellectual property : omnipresent, distracting, irrelevant? / William Cornish.
2004
F 13 COR.I
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Title
Intellectual property : omnipresent, distracting, irrelevant? / William Cornish.
Description
xi, 114 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN
0199263078
9780199263073 alk. paper
9780191582172 electronic book
0191582174 electronic book
9780191718694
0191718696
9780199263073 alk. paper
9780191582172 electronic book
0191582174 electronic book
9780191718694
0191718696
Alternate Call Number
F 13 COR.I
Summary
"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 astounding new technologies, stemming from the digital and biotechological revolutions are creating new problems. William Cornish focusses upon 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. What IPRs are good for, and what they should achieve depends upon the law which defines them.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Table of legislation
1. Inventing
'Intellectual property'
'Inventing'
Patents: basic elements
Medical patents
Exclusive rights to explore
Biotechnology and genetics
Genetics and patent theory
Contributions to advances in genetic medicine
Towards medical applications
Compulsory licensing and crown use
Rules of competition
Inhibitions on research, as distinct from commercialization
Who determines patent policy?
Second-tier protection: petty patents and database rights
2. Creating
Copyright and patents
An asset for authors?
Digitized works: the threat
Installing copyright discipline: the conquest of Napster
Answers within the technology
Legitimate material
Unlicensed provision of copyright material
Permissible uses of copyright material: substantial taking, exceptions, and limitations
Will copyright become irrelevant?
Copyright as a protective wrapper
3. Branding
Trademark registers
Rights depending on trading
The merits of branding
Registration as a fetter for others
Registration and proof of reputation
Proportional geometry
Functions: what should be protected and why
What does function analysis achieve?
Investment and advertising as 'functions'
When to draw the line
Trade reputation and registration
Cumulation and convergence.
1. Inventing
'Intellectual property'
'Inventing'
Patents: basic elements
Medical patents
Exclusive rights to explore
Biotechnology and genetics
Genetics and patent theory
Contributions to advances in genetic medicine
Towards medical applications
Compulsory licensing and crown use
Rules of competition
Inhibitions on research, as distinct from commercialization
Who determines patent policy?
Second-tier protection: petty patents and database rights
2. Creating
Copyright and patents
An asset for authors?
Digitized works: the threat
Installing copyright discipline: the conquest of Napster
Answers within the technology
Legitimate material
Unlicensed provision of copyright material
Permissible uses of copyright material: substantial taking, exceptions, and limitations
Will copyright become irrelevant?
Copyright as a protective wrapper
3. Branding
Trademark registers
Rights depending on trading
The merits of branding
Registration as a fetter for others
Registration and proof of reputation
Proportional geometry
Functions: what should be protected and why
What does function analysis achieve?
Investment and advertising as 'functions'
When to draw the line
Trade reputation and registration
Cumulation and convergence.
Series
Series
Clarendon Law Lectures.
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Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Language
English
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Review
"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 astounding new technologies, stemming from the digital and biotechological revolutions are creating new problems. William Cornish focusses upon 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. What IPRs are good for, and what they should achieve depends upon the law which defines them.