Intellectual Property Law

Edith Penrose is best known for The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, originally published in 1959, but she made major contributions in other field...

This book employs scholarly analysis to ground practical tools for applying the EU Trade Mark law (EUTM) functionality refusal grounds to address b...

Examining the harmonisation of Intellectual Property policy, law and administration in Africa, this book evaluates the effectiveness of efforts to ...

Current advancements in civil rights and environmental activism emphasize the crucial importance of making environmental information widely availab...

This open access book explores the intertwined histories of mapmaking and copyright law in Britain from the early modern period up to World War 1, ...

Since the release of the first edition of this commentary, quite a few important changes have taken place in the realm of EU trade mark law. Most o...

This volume reproduces writings, social teachings, testimonies and reports of figures as diverse as Karl Marx, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens and Mar...

In many places around the world, the freedom to simply care for one another is under attack by the powerful, and acts of solidarity are being made ...

This comprehensive volume examines the international framework concerned with the protection of copyright and neighbouring rights. The focal point ...

The first comprehensive textbook covering all aspects of the economics of innovation and the role of intellectual property in encouraging or discou...

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States provides a timely overview and thorough analysis of intellectual property right...

Lessons, resources, and annotated answer keys for instructors at all levels in teaching copyright law. The teaching of copyright and related conce...

While intellectual property rights are mostly studied in isolation, in practice the legal categories created to protect these rights provide only p...

With reference to China, this book examines the course of international patent rights harmonisation; its characteristics as well as impediments. It...

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environm...

This title was first published in 2000: European Intellectual Property is a survey and discussion of the impact of the economic principles of the E...

This book analyzes U.S. federal cases on the copyright protection of computer software programs, to examine the role of communication in legal deci...

The data economy is a term used by many, but properly understood by few. Even more so the concept of big data. Both terms embody the notion of a di...

In this deep dive into the Jamaican music world filled with the voices of creators, producers, and consumers, Larisa Kingston MannDJ, media law exp...

The relationship between intellectual property and food affects the production and availability of food by regulating dealings in products, process...

Savvy managers no longer look at contracts and the law reactively but use them proactively to reduce their costs, minimize their risks, secure key ...

Two of the objectives of the Chinese Copyright Law are to protect the copyright of authors to their literary and artistic works and encourage the c...

This book examines the relationship between intellectual property in pharmaceuticals and access to medicines from a human rights perspective, with ...

This book provides an analysis of the legal and policy dimensions of open access to research, education and public sector information with a focus ...

Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concis...

This book is a research guide and bibliography of Parliamentary material, including the Old Scottish Parliament and the Old Irish Parliament, relat...

This book describes the need of copyright protection for multimedia objects and develops an invisible image watermarking scheme to serve the purpos...

Piracy and Intellectual Property in Latin America is the first sustained effort to present an alternative framework for understanding piracy and co...

This title was first published in 2001. The D-Notice system is a voluntary arrangement between the government and the media whereby the media agree...

This title was first published in 2001. The D-Notice system is a voluntary arrangement between the government and the media whereby the media agree...

This title was first published in 2000. European Intellectual Property is a survey and discussion of the impact of the economic principles of the E...

Billions of minutes a month are spent globally on social media. This raises not only serious legal issues, but also has a clear impact on everyday ...

What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and cultural heritage? The digital age ...

Taking a global viewpoint, this volume addresses issues arising from recent developments in the enduring and topical debates over Genetically Modif...

In order for the information society to realise its full potential, personal data has to be disclosed, used and often shared. This book explores th...

The story of the commercialization of biology by a pioneer in biotechnology patenting Shortly after the emergence of genetic engineering in the 19...

Patentees file applications in more and more countries every year, with nearly four million PCT applications filed since the Patent Cooperation Tre...