Master of Laws in Intellectual Property - Post-Graduate Specialization Course on Intellectual Property - Collection of Research Papers 2009

Fair use of copyrighted works in the digital age; Collective management of copyright and related rights in music: a case study of the United Kingdom and Ghanaian system; Technological protection measures for digital works: a legal analysis; Fashion forward or fashion victim: intellectual property protection in the fashion industry; Economic implications of patent claim scope; The interface between intellectual property and competition law: is the refusal of a patentee to licence anti-competitive?; Patent ownership in view of technology transfer in government-sponsored research; Extraterritorial technology in a territorial regime: challenges after cardiac pacemakers v. St. jude medical; The legal aspects of technology transfer offices in Arab public-funded universities; The optimal scope of patent protection in common law and civil law countries; The Madrid protocol for trademark registration: would it be convenient for Bolivia?; A comparative study of well-known trademarks protection in Italy, Pakistan and Uzbekistan; Color and combination of colors as trademark; Can the owner of a mark registered for toy cars prohibit the manufacture and sale of toy cars which constitute naturalistic reproduction of real cars on which the owner's mark appears?; Analysis of the geographical indications (GIs) in the United States of America-Colombia FTA and choice of forum in adjudicating a geographical indication's dispute; Geographical indications: a review of GI protection in Switzerland; The patent rights enforcement in China; The protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the pharmaceutical market after patent expiration. An analysis of the reverse payment settlement in light of competition law; Interplay between IPRs and competition: case of information and communication technology standards (ICT) standards; Challenge(s) of access to patented technologies incorporated in information and communication technology standards: application of competition law and policy; IPRs infringement on trade exhibitions in China: in search of a practical solution; Access and benefit sharing sysem under Thai plant variety protection Act 1999; The public domain and traditional knowledge: friends or adversaries in the quest for development?; Creative commons of indigenous people: an appraisal of the public domain tensions and customary practices.