Foreword
PART I: TECHNOLOGY, MARKET FREEDOM AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN - 1. The Confusing Case of Mr Smith – Herchel Smith as Litigant. 2. Auditing Intellectual Property Rights by Public Research Institutes. 3. Some Initial Thoughts on Copyright, Human Rights and Market Freedom. 4. Changing Mechanisms in Copyright’s Ontology – Structure, Reasoning and the Fate of the Public Domain. 5. The Structure of Control – Communication Systems and Copyright Law. 6. Circumventing the Idea/Expression Dichotomy: The Use of Copyright, Technology and Contract to Deny Access to Ideas. 7. The Pharmaceutical Industry, the Evolution of Patent Law and the Public Interest: A Brief History. 8. Seabirds, Series and Sonar: Claiming Registered Rights. 9. Post Sale Effects of a Trade Mark: Conceptual Necessity or a Gift to Trade Mark Proprietors?
PART II: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE - 10. Intellectual Property Rights as Strategic Weapon: Domestic and International Trade Considerations. 11. Intellectual Property Law and Political Transformation: Post-Socialist Reform in Central and Eastern Europe. 12. Lessons from Negotiating an Amendment to the TRIPs Agreement: Compulsory Licensing and Access to Medicines. 13. The International Protection of Geographical Indications Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
PART III: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES - 14. Knowledge and Other Values – Intellectual Property and the Limitations for Traditional Knowledge. 15. Checking the Lie of the Land: Current Trends in Bioprospecting Related Laws. 16. Avenues to Ensure Full Participation of Rural Communities in Access Authorisation Processes in Cameroon and South Africa. 17. NERICA, Food Security and Intellectual Property: From the Green to the Gene Revolution. 18. The Appropriation of American Indian Names and Images in Trade Marks – The Washington Redskins Case
Index