The explosion in intellectual capital coincides with a growing understanding of the importance of human capital to the firm. Managing the Legal Nexus Between Intellectual Property and Employees: Domestic and Global Contexts highlights some of the most critical contemporary issues occurring at the intersection of intellectual property law, employment law, and global trade. In addition to the legal dimensions, the book tackles issues of strategy and decision-making for businesses. The contributors discuss the use of employment contracts to protect intellectual property, ownership of intellectual property created by employees, officer liability issues relating to infringement, post-employment confidentiality and non-compete agreements, and inadvertent or deliberate misappropriation of trade secrets. The discussion of key topics in intellectual property law in the US and abroad makes this a valuable resource for both academics and practitioners worldwide. Business managers, government employees, and intellectual property owners will appreciate its timely and cutting-edge analysis.
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Introduction Part I: Public Policy Considerations 1. The Individual Liability of Corporate Officers under Patent and Copyright Law 2. Employee-Created Health Care Innovation at a Crossroads 3. Contracts for Knowledge Protection across a Global Workforce Part II: Workplace Ramifications 4. Certification Marks as Private Employment Regulation 5. The Intersection of Smartphone Technology and Fair Labor Standards Part III: Global Intersections 6. Employee Misappropriation: Using Section 337 to Combat Trade Secret Theft 7. Reducing the Risk of Cross-Border Trade Secret Misappropriation 8. Who Owns Employee Works? Pitfalls in a Globally Distributed Work Environment 9. Patent Grant-Back Clauses in International License Agreements: A Survey and Ethical Analysis 10. Political, Economic, and Public Policy Constraints on the Use of Human Resource Practices to Protect Intellectual Property in China and the United States Index