The Global Regime for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights offers a comprehensive description of the international norms and bodies dealing with the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The book analyzes multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral treaties, and their national implementation, along with civil, border and criminal enforcement. The book also explores the interface between the enforcement of intellectual property rights and the norms regulating international trade, competition and human rights, as well as the conceptual and systemic aspects of enforcement, while illustrating the importance of these rights with examples in litigation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Foundations of Intellectual Property Enforcement 1. Intellectual Property Enforcement, from Concept to Practice 2. Intellectual Property Enforcement and Human Rights 3. The Economics of Intellectual Property Enforcement Part II: The International Architecture for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 4. International Normative Architecture for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 5. International Bodies for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 6. Transplantation of the Law as a Technique to Foster New Enforcement Regulations Part III: Civil Enforcement 7. Measures for the Preservation of Evidence 8. Interim Injunctions 9. The Award of Damages Part IV: Border Measures 10. The Global Regime on Border Measures 11. Border Measures and Free Trade 12. Border Measures and Human Rights Part V: Criminal Enforcement 13. The Global Regime on Criminal Enforcement 14. Criminal Enforcement and Human Rights Epilogue Bibliography Index