Joseph Conrad's novella, Heart of Darkness, has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in highly controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism.
Shortlisted for the 2008 Young Authors Inner Temple Book PrizeThis new book provides a comprehensive overview of the topic of patent claim interpretation in the UK and in three other select jurisdictions.
Seit der Urhebervertragsrechtsreform von 2002 in Deutschland ist die gesetzliche Sicherung einer angemessenen vertraglichen Vergütung des Urhebers zentrales Ziel des Gesetzes.
This book is an invaluable and practical guide to the European Union plant variety protection system under Council Regulation (EC) 2100/94 and how it enables breeders from all corners of the world to protect new varieties of plants in the European Union with a tailor-made intellectual property right.
Competing Sovereignties provides a critique of the concept of sovereignty in modernity in light of claims to determine the content of law at the international, national and local levels.
Intellectual Property Issues in Life Sciences: Disputes and Controversies highlights emerging legal, social, and regulatory issues pertaining to various areas of life sciences.
Update yourself on the latest developments in intellectual property regulation and practices As the 2019 supplement to the Fifth Edition of Intellectual Property, Valuation, Exploitation, and Infringement Damages, this handbook covers changes made to laws and industry practices within the last year since the current edition's release.
This book analyses animal creativity in order to unsettle the dominant assumptions that underpin current ideas of authorship and ownership in intellectual property.
This comprehensive international and comparative account reconceptualises the public domain, providing new insights into copyright and copyright law reform.
In an era when knowledge can travel with astonishing speed, the need for analysis of intellectual property (IP) law-and its focus on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and issues of copyright-has never been greater.
The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies, 2nd Edition comprises contemporary texts by key authors and artists who are active in the interdisciplinary field of remix studies.
Owned provides a legal analysis of the legal, social, and technological developments that have driven an erosion of property rights in the digital context.
FROM PATENT TO PROFIT Patents and patent strategies are increasingly pertinent to the success of information age businesses, from affecting valuations to gaining tax advantages to increasing the starting price per share when taking a company public.
Readings in Law and Popular Culture is the first book to bring together high quality research, with an emphasis on context, from key researchers working at the cutting-edge of both law and cultural disciplines.
When first written into the Constitution, intellectual property aimed to facilitate "e;progress of science and the useful arts"e; by granting rights to authors and inventors.
When thousands marched through ice and snow against a copyright treaty, their cries for free speech on the Internet shot to the heart of the European Union and forced a political U-turn.
Examines how contemporary relations between indigenous and Western nations are shaped by the dynamics of power, the politics of property, and the apologetics of law.
Examines the pharmaceutical industry to expose how higher-priced drugs receive favorable treatment and patients are channeled toward the most expensive medicines.
Considering the steady increase in intellectual property rights in the last century, does it make sense to speak of 'user's rights' and can limitations on intellectual liberty be justified from a rights-based perspective?
Africa is rising: with double-digit growth figures in many countries, its growing middle and upper class, the continent represents an untapped, dynamic, fast-moving and competitive market that businesses can scarcely ignore.
Update yourself on the latest developments in intellectual property regulation and practices As the 2019 supplement to the Fifth Edition of Intellectual Property, Valuation, Exploitation, and Infringement Damages, this handbook covers changes made to laws and industry practices within the last year since the current edition's release.