The essays in this book provide up-to-date information on developments in global intellectual property law and policy and their impact on regional economic and cultural development. The first two parts of the book give broad coverage to the protection of relative newcomers to the field of international intellectual property: cultural heritage and geographical indications. The third part deals with issues of enforcement which have become a major point of interest since the substantive intellectual property rules were put in place. Particular emphasis is given to enforcement systems in Asia, and to the subject matter of criminal enforcement that in many parts of the world is considered an important tool of effective protection. The book also examines the issue of multiple protection and overprotection, now a growing issue in intellectual property law.
Author(s): Christopher Heath, Anselm Kamperman Sanders
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 356
Half Title Page......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 15
List of Contributors......Page 17
A. Introduction......Page 21
B. “Open Sources”: Feudal Times......Page 23
C. Modern Times......Page 28
D. Conclusion......Page 54
A. International Efforts to Harmonise Legal Approaches to Folklore and Traditional Knowledge Protection......Page 57
B. The Diversity of Approaches: Folklore and Traditional Knowledge Protection in Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia......Page 58
C. The National Approaches in Detail......Page 64
D. Conclusion......Page 70
A. Introduction......Page 73
B. Basic Questions on the Structure of a Collecting Society......Page 76
C. Minimum Contents of the Articles of Incorporation or Statutes of Association......Page 83
D. Further Rules on the Organisation, Activity, Membership, and Users......Page 84
E. State Control and Legal Remedies in the Case of Conflicts......Page 86
A. Introduction......Page 91
B. Background......Page 92
C. Maori Concerns with Intellectual Property......Page 96
D. Maori Aims......Page 105
E. Trade Marks Act 2002 – Traditional Words/Images as Trade Marks......Page 107
F. Other Tools Available for Indigenous IP Rights......Page 111
G. Future – Where Are We Headed?......Page 113
B. International Agreements......Page 117
C. Bilateral Treaties......Page 141
D. Regional Agreements on Geographical Indications – Europe......Page 145
B. The Protection of Geographical Indications Prior to TRIPS......Page 153
C. The Protection of Geographical Indications Under TRIPS......Page 155
D. GIs or Certification Marks......Page 157
E. The Scope of Protection – Deceptive Use or “Expressive” Use......Page 158
F. Lowering the Costs of the GI system......Page 163
G. Conclusion......Page 165
B. Trade Marks Containing a Geographical Indication.......Page 169
C. Conflicts Between Marks and Geographical Indications......Page 172
D. The Budweiser Case in Portugal......Page 175
A. The Definition of “Software”......Page 181
B. Technical Issues Involved......Page 182
C. The Legal Perspective: Object and Scope of Protection of the Possible Exclusive Rights......Page 184
D. The Copyright Approach to Software Protection......Page 185
E. The Patent Approach to Software Protection......Page 186
F. The Recent Draft Directive on the Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions......Page 192
G. The Competition Issues......Page 194
H. The “Cumulation” of Rights......Page 197
I. Conclusion......Page 198
B. Design Protection......Page 201
C. Copyright Protection......Page 207
D Three-dimensional Marks......Page 216
E. Slavish Imitation......Page 227
F. Conclusion......Page 232
A. Introduction......Page 235
B. Why a Copyright Exceptions Interface Is Necessary......Page 236
C. Copyright’s Promotion of Innovation-Driven Competition: A Rationale for the ‘Copyright Exceptions Interface’......Page 239
D. Legislative attempts on the ‘Copyright Interface”......Page 244
E. The EC Software Directive: A Model Precedent......Page 250
F. Conclusion......Page 256
A. Commodification of Information and the Depletion of the Commons......Page 265
B. The EC Database Directive......Page 267
D. Contract Law......Page 270
E. Technical Protection Mechanisms......Page 271
G. The IPR Anti-trust Dichotomy......Page 273
H. Abuse of a Dominant Position......Page 274
I. Refusal to License or Supply......Page 277
J. In Conclusion......Page 285
A. Introduction......Page 287
B. Developing the Technology Protection System......Page 289
C. Technical Details of the Technology ProtectionSystem......Page 292
D. Implications of the Technology Protection System......Page 296
E. Cost Benefit Analysis......Page 298
F. Historical Parallels – Hybridisation......Page 303
G. Technology Protection Systems and Intellectual Property......Page 305
H. Conclusion......Page 309
A. Enforcement – A Key Current Issue......Page 311
B. Infringement Proceedings – The Most Common Form of Legal Action in Industrial Property......Page 315
C. Characteristics of Patent Infringement Proceedings......Page 316
D. Requirements for an Efficient Procedure......Page 321
A. Introduction......Page 323
B. Definitions and Framework......Page 324
C. Regional Piracy Levels......Page 330
D. Regional Enforcement Action......Page 334
E. Conclusion – Strengths and Weaknesses of Public Intellectual Property Enforcement......Page 340
F. References......Page 341
A. In General......Page 343
B. Recent Developments......Page 344
C. Detection and Investigation of Infringements......Page 353
D. Enforcing IP Rights in Hong Kong......Page 355
