TY - GEN N2 - Publisher's description: The intensification of globalization and the exponential growth of the creative economy have dramatically highlighted the importance of intellectual property (IP) to ensure freedom of competition and respect for honesty in trade. Additionally, the assets covered by IP are of crucial importance for social, technological, and economic development. This hugely valuable guide, written by specialists in the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and now in its updated and expanded second edition, pays particular attention to the subject of international cooperation in IP, including discussion of the principal multilateral treaties which deal with its protection, and to the role of IP in cultural, economic, and technological development. AB - Publisher's description: The intensification of globalization and the exponential growth of the creative economy have dramatically highlighted the importance of intellectual property (IP) to ensure freedom of competition and respect for honesty in trade. Additionally, the assets covered by IP are of crucial importance for social, technological, and economic development. This hugely valuable guide, written by specialists in the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and now in its updated and expanded second edition, pays particular attention to the subject of international cooperation in IP, including discussion of the principal multilateral treaties which deal with its protection, and to the role of IP in cultural, economic, and technological development. T1 - Introduction to Intellectual Property :Theory and Practice. AU - World Intellectual Property Organization ET - 2nd ed. CN - K1401 LA - eng ID - 27895 KW - Copyright KW - Intellectual property KW - Intellectual property (International law) KW - Trademarks KW - Patents KW - Industrial property KW - Trademarks KW - Geographical indications KW - Copyright KW - IP Enforcement KW - Intellectual property system KW - Industrial design KW - Economic and technological development KW - Intellectual property litigation KW - Intellectual property disputes KW - Intellectual property law KW - Intellectual property KW - International treaties and conventions KW - Traditional knowledge KW - Protection of intellectual property rights KW - Patents SN - 9789041160935 SN - 9789041186522 SN - 9789041160928 TI - Introduction to Intellectual Property :Theory and Practice. LK - http://www.kluweriplaw.com/book-toc?title=Introduction%20to%20Intellectual%20Property%3A%20Theory%20and%20Practice%20(Second%20Edition) UR - http://www.kluweriplaw.com/book-toc?title=Introduction%20to%20Intellectual%20Property%3A%20Theory%20and%20Practice%20(Second%20Edition) ER -