Arup, Christopher; van Caenegem, William --- "Intellectual Property Policy Reform" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009) [2009] ELECD 428

Editor(s): Arup, Christopher; van Caenegem, William

Title: Intellectual Property Policy Reform

Sub-title: Fostering Innovation and Development

Topics: Intellectual Property Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 July 2009

Number of pages: 336

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848441637

EISBN: 9781848449039

Abstract/Description:

This state-of-the-art study argues that reforms to intellectual property (IP) should be based on the ways IP is interacting with new technologies, business models, work patterns and social mores. It identifies emerging IP reform proposals and experiments, indicating first how more rigor and independence can be built into the grant of IP rights so that genuine innovations are recognized.

The original contributions illustrate how IP rights can be utilised, through open source licensing systems and private transfers, to disseminate knowledge. Reforms are recommended. The discussion takes in patents, copyright, trade secrets and relational obligations, considering the design of legislative directives, default principles, administrative practices, contractual terms and license specifications.

Providing contemporary empirical studies and covering public administration, collective and open approaches, and regulation of private transactions, this comprehensive book will prove a stimulating read for academics and students of law, business and management and development studies. Government policy makers and regulators as well as IP managers and advocates will also find much to provoke thought.