Emerging Challenges in Intellectual Property

Author: Kathy Bowrey; Michael Handler; Dianne Nicol
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195575125
Published In: June 2011
Format: Paperback , 208 pages
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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Chapters written by leading Intellectual Property (IP) experts
Covers twelve controversial areas of IP - perfect for a one-semester course
Serves as a great foundation for students who may wish to pursue further specialist study in IP law

This book provides an introduction to twelve current controversial areas of Intellectual Property, placing Australian concerns in an international context. Chapters consider the intersection of Intellectual Property and politics and philosophy, cultural rights, trade practices and marketing, medicine, biotechnology, agriculture, competition, trade and business practice.

Emerging Challenges in Intellectual Property is designed to provide an intellectual foundation to assist readers in developing their general knowledge and a sound overview of important issues, key writings and concepts. This enables readers to develop a more critical understanding of the current political and regulatory environment.

1.: Information Economy, Innovation and New Media (Kim Weatherall)
2.: Six Minutes to Midnight - Can Intellectual Property Save the World? (Peter Drahos)
3.: Indigenous Culture, Knowledge and Intellectual Property (Kathy Bowrey)
4.: Copyright and Freedom of Expression (David Lindsay)
5.: Copyright and the Creative Arts (Leanne Wiseman)
6.: Competing Discourses of 'Rights' and 'Harms' in Trade Mark Law (Jason Bosland & Megan Richardson)
7.: GI Blues: The Global Disagreement over Geographical Indications (Michael Handler & Robert Burrell)
8.: Are the Courts Solving the Emerging Challenges of Biotech Patents? (Dianne Nicol)
9.: Intellectual Property and Plants: Constitutive, Contingent and Complex (Jay Sanderson)
10.: IP & Competition (Jane Nielsen)
11.: Intellectual Property and International Trade (Chris Arup)
12.: Intellectual Property and Commercialisation (Adam Liberman)

Kathy Bowrey, Michael Handler, and Dianne Nicol

Kathy Bowrey, Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW, Sydney. Kathy's research is primarily in the areas of history and philosophy of IP, legal theory, copyright and new media, information technology law and the intersection of western legal categories and indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights.

Michael Handler, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of NSW, Sydney. Michael is the co-author of Australian Trade Mark Law (Oxford University Press, 2010). His research focuses on national and international aspects of trade mark law and the law of geographical indications, as well as consumer protection and international trade law.

Dianne Nicol, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart. Dianne's research is primarily in the area of patenting of new technologies, particularly biotechnology. She is interested in the legal issues associated with patentability, ownership and use of inventions, including collaborative and compulsory licensing. Her research also covers the social and ethical issues associated with the commercialisation of science.

Contributors:
Christopher Arup, Professor of Business Law, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University; Jason Bosland, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of NSW; Robert Burrell, Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland and Trade Marks Attorney, Trade Mark Central, Brisbane; Peter Drahos, Professor in Law and the Director of the Centre for the Governance of Knowledge and Development in the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet), College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University, Canberra, Chair in Intellectual Property at Queen Mary, University of London; Adam Liberman, Visiting Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of NSW; David Lindsay, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University; Jane Nielsen, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania; Megan Richardson, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne; Jay Sanderson, Lecturer, Law School, Griffith University; Kimberlee Weatherall, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University.; Leanne Wiseman, Associate Professor, Law School, Griffith University and Associate Director of ACIPA