Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity / edited by Cristiana Sappa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sappa, Cristiana, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in intellectual property.

Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property--Philosophy.

Intellectual property.

Right of property.

Social integration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (538 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

This insightful Research Handbook discusses how exclusive intellectual property rights can affect inclusivity within individual, community and business contexts. It employs urban and rural frameworks to provide a multidimensional view of contemporary inclusivity and its relationship with intellectual property.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Introduction: Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity

Part I The context of the connection between inclusivity and intellectual property

1. Re-thinking intellectual property law's promise of democratic inclusion

2. The legal treatment of nationality in the international intellectual property legal framework

3. Intellectual property, development, and inclusiveness: A postcolonial critique

Part II Do IPRs favor inclusivity of communities, minorities and individuals?

4. (Dis)favouring disparagement: How the Derogatory Clause in trademark law affects the inclusivity of communities and minorities under US law

5. The use of IPRs in religious communities

6. Potential biases in gender and gender orientation in the granting of US trademark registrations

7. Does copyright ease inclusivity of differently able individuals?

8. Do intellectual property rights affect sports activities?

9. Role of intellectual property rights in an inclusive smart city

10. Hostile design protection: Could design law help promote inclusivity in European cities?

11. Towards a more inclusive public domain

12. Copyright as anti-discrimination

Part III Do IPRs favor inclusivity of micro, SMEs and big business?

13. TCEs, IPRs protection and business inclusivity: The Sardinian example

14. Access to drugs, patents, and pandemic crisis: A tale of (non-)inclusivity

15. Patenting plants, plant variety protection and inclusion of plant breeders: Is it achievable?

16. The employee's right to learn

17. Platforms and copyright in creative industries: A tool for inclusivity?

18. Pluralism, freedom to conduct a business and the current charging schemes for re-using cultural heritage

19. PCT and inclusive utility model reform for open innovation.

20. From exclusivity to inclusion in the field of standard essential patents: How to make an inclusive entitlement inclusive

21. Compulsory licensing of intellectual property

22. Smart contracts, IPRs, inclusivity

23. From public to private enforcement: Inclusivity and copyright law

24. Insurance policies on IPRs: How contractual tools can ease inclusivity

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Sappa, Cristiana Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity

ISBN:

9781803927268