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"Contents" [2007] ELECD 267; in Westkamp, Guido (ed), "Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007)

Book Title: Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property

Editor(s): Westkamp, Guido

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845427757

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors vii
Foreword Michael Blakeney ix

PART I TECHNOLOGY, MARKET FREEDOM AND THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN

1 The confusing case of Mr Smith ­ Herchel Smith as litigant 3
Jeremy Phillips
2 Auditing intellectual property rights by public research institutes 14
Michael Blakeney
3 Some initial thoughts on copyright, human rights and market
freedom 35
Uma Suthersanen
4 Changing mechanisms in copyright's ontology ­ Structure,
reasoning and the fate of the public domain 54
Guido Westkamp
5 The structure of control ­ Communication systems and
copyright law 73
John Cahir
6 Circumventing the idea/expression dichotomy: The use of
copyright, technology and contract to deny access to ideas 88
Noam Shemtov
7 The pharmaceutical industry, the evolution of patent law and
the public interest: A brief history 109
Graham Dutfield
8 Seabirds, series and sonar: Claiming registered rights 160
Alison Firth
9 Post sale effects of a trade mark: Conceptual necessity or a gift
to trade mark proprietors? 176
Spyros Maniatis

PART II INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

10 Intellectual property rights as strategic weapon: Domestic and
international trade considerations 191
Gary Lea

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11 Intellectual property law and political transformation:
Post-socialist reform in Central and Eastern Europe 203
Mira Sundara Rajan
12 Lessons from negotiating an amendment to the TRIPS
Agreement: Compulsory licensing and access to medicines 222
Duncan Matthews
13 The international protection of geographical indications
yesterday, today and tomorrow 250
Gail Evans and Michael Blakeney

PART III TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY AND
RESOURCES

14 Knowledge ...