Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: Essays in Honour of William R. Cornish

by Edited by David Vaver , Lionel Bently

• ISBN13: 9780521173414
• ISBN10: 0521173418
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Intellectual property law is a subject of increasing economic importance and the focus of a great deal of legislative activity at an international and regional level. This collection brings together contributions from some of the most distinquished scholars in this exciting and controversial field, covering the full extent of intellectual property laws, that is, patents, copyright, trade marks and related rights. the contributions examine some of the most pressing practical and theoretical concerns which intellectual property lawyers face.

Table of Contents

General Intellectual Property

International intellectual property jurisprudence after trips

Harmony and unity of European intellectual property protection

A few thoughts on the English legal system from the viewpoint of a late lamented and sympathetic German (who also made music with Bill Cornish)

Intellectual property in a peripheral jurisdiction: a matter of policy?

Patents and Plant Protection

Creating the community patent and its court

Patents - what's invention got to do with it?

Common and civil law approaches to patent claim interpretation: 'fence posts' and 'sign posts'

Indirect patent infringement in Israel - judge-made law Judge

Genomics and the food industry: outlook from an intellectual property perspective

From 'outmoded impediment' to global player: the evolution of plant variety rights

Trade Marks and Unfair Competition

Dilution of a trade mark: European and United States law compared

Unfair competition: is it time for European harmonization?

Passing off and slavish imitation under Polish law

Confidentiality, patents and restraint of trade

Copyright, Moral and Neighbouring Rights

The Berne Convention: the continued relevance of an ancient text

The (new) right of 'making available' to the public

Private copying licence and levy schemes: resolving the paradox of civilian and common law approaches

Paternalism and autonomy in copyright contracts

Criminality and copyright

Towards new forms of neighbouring rights within the European Union

List of Prof

Cornish's publications

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