Intellectual property at the crossroads of trade / edited by Jan Rosen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosen, Jan.

Series:

ATRIP Intellectual Property Series

ATRIP intellectual property

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property.

License agreements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intellectual Property Law at the Crossroads of Trade focuses on the elements of intellectual property that impact on trade and competition. The book comprises thoughtful contributions on varying commercial aspects of IP, from parallel imports of pharmaceuticals to exhaustion of rights, and from trade in goods of cultural heritage to regulation of goods in transit. There is detailed discussion of licensing, including cross-border elements, online licensing, and the potential for harmonisation in Europe. This precedes a multi-layered analysis of the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement. This stim

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Part I IP Licensing, Exhaustion and Competition Law; 1. EU competition law and parallel trade in pharmaceuticals: lessons to be learned for WTO/TRIPS?; 2. Cross-border licensing in the absence of a choice of law: is there a way forward?; 3. Emerging escape clauses? Online exhaustion, consent and European copyright law; 4. An American tale: the unclear territorial application of the first sale rule in United States copyright law (and its impact on international trade)

5. The need to harmonize intellectual property licensing law: a European perspective6. Commercialization of genetic resources: leveraging ex situ genetic resources to shape downstream IP protection; 7. Managing online music rights in the European Digital Single Market: current scenarios and future prospects; Part II Aspects of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; 8. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and criminal enforcement of intellectual property: what consequences for the European Union?; 9. Two tales of a treaty revisited: the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

10. ACTA, internet service providers and the acquis communautaire11. ACTA and access to medicines in the perspective of theory of hard cases; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-93899-5

1-78195-339-2

OCLC:

823720322