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"Acknowledgements" [2009] ELECD 431; in Arup, Christopher; van Caenegem, William (eds), "Intellectual Property Policy Reform" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009)

Book Title: Intellectual Property Policy Reform

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

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848441637

Section Title: Acknowledgements

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Acknowledgements
This book grew from an idea we had when researching worker mobility and
knowledge transfer. We felt there was much thoughtful work being done
concerning the reform of intellectual property law generally. The collection we
proposed would draw attention to the kind of reforms that in fact are worth
considering, taking account of the changing context ­ that in fact are already
being tried whether the orthodoxy has accommodated them as yet or not.
The contributors willingly responded to an invitation and came to a work-
shop at Bond University on the Gold Coast, with little more than the promise
of a sunny sky outside the window of the Faculty of Law's new resource
centre. One came via videolink from early morning Dublin. Everything went
smoothly (except for a lost wallet) because we were able to rely on Cherie
Daye's peerless organisation of the workshop. Then, we were much obliged to
the contributors, our colleagues, for the timely and professional way they
reworked their papers and responded to the requests of the editors. At this
point, we were fortunate to obtain the assistance of Ginny O'Grady, who has
done the copy editing at Monash so thoroughly and sensitively. In completing
the volume, we should also like to thank Luke Adams, Nep Elverd and Joanne
Betteridge at Edward Elgar for the confidence they have shown in the project.
We acknowledge the crucial financial assistance that our Faculties, the Faculty
of Business and Economics at Monash and the Faculty ...