Intellectual Property: Omnipresent, Distracting, Irrelevant? (Clarendon Law Lectures)

Intellectual Property Rights (iprs) Are Increasingly Significant Elements Of Economic Policy - They Are Vital To Developed Countries In An Age Of Global Trade. In This Text, William Cornish Focuses Upon The Major Dilemmas That Currently Enmesh The Subject. Table Of Legislation -- 1. Inventing -- 'intellectual Property' -- 'inventing' -- Patents: Basic Elements -- Medical Patents -- Exclusive Rights To Explore -- Biotechnology And Genetics -- Genetics And Patent Theory -- Contributions To Advances In Genetic Medicine -- Towards Medical Applications -- Compulsory Licensing And Crown Use -- Rules Of Competition -- Inhibitions On Research, As Distinct From Commercialization -- Who Determines Patent Policy? -- Second-tier Protection: Petty Patents And Database Rights -- 2. Creating -- Copyright And Patents -- An Asset For Authors? -- Digitized Works: The Threat -- Installing Copyright Discipline: The Conquest Of Napster -- Answers Within The Technology -- Legitimate Material -- Unlicensed Provision Of Copyright Material -- Permissible Uses Of Copyright Material: Substantial Taking, Exceptions, And Limitations -- Will Copyright Become Irrelevant? -- Copyright As A Protective Wrapper -- 3. Branding -- Trademark Registers -- Rights Depending On Trading -- The Merits Of Branding -- Registration As A Fetter For Others -- Registration And Proof Of Reputation -- Proportional Geometry -- Functions: What Should Be Protected And Why -- What Does Function Analysis Achieve? -- Investment And Advertising As 'functions' -- When To Draw The Line -- Trade Reputation And Registration -- Cumulation And Convergence. William Cornish. Series Statement On Jacket. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.