β Scribed by Robert C. Bird, Subhash C. Jain
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The importance of intellectual property rights is now well established as a vital component in the success of firms and of nations. The diverse contributors to this volume, drawn from the fields of law, business and economics, clarify and analyze the problems and promise of IP policy from a global perspective. They discuss both developed and emerging nations and advance the understanding of this increasingly important topic.
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Tables......Page 9
Boxes......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 20
PART I Introduction......Page 22
1. The continuing challenge of global intellectual property rights......Page 24
PART II Developed nations in a global market......Page 36
2. Unifying the international law of business method and software patents......Page 38
3. Secondary liability for intellectual property law infringement in the international arena: framing the dialogue......Page 58
4. Coming attractions: opportunities and challenges in thwarting global movie piracy......Page 78
PART III India and China......Page 100
5. Protecting well known marks in China: challenges for foreign mark holders......Page 102
6. India: a study in patent-law effects......Page 119
7. Employee disclosures of trade secrets in China: prevention strategies......Page 135
8. The Indian patent matrix: issues in patent amendment 2005......Page 156
9. Intellectual property, foreign direct investment and the China exception......Page 174
PART IV Value capture and retention strategies......Page 196
10. Protecting unconventional trademarks in the European Union and the United States......Page 198
11. National IPR policies and multinational R&D strategies: an interactive perspective......Page 215
PART V Perspectives of emerging nations......Page 232
12. The vulnerability of middle developed countries to changes in foreign direct investment arising from intellectual property appropriation......Page 234
13. Intellectual property reform in developing countries: trade and investment dimensions......Page 257
14. A skepticβs view of intellectual property rights......Page 288
Index......Page 304
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