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The Knockoff Economy

How Imitation Sparks Innovation

by Kal Raustiala, Christopher Sprigman ...

From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation--and economic success. But are copyrights and patents always necessary? In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman provocatively argue that creativity can not ... Read more

$11.96 USD

From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation--and economic success. But are copyrights and patents always necessary? In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman provocatively argue that creativity can not
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The Little Book of Plagiarism

by Richard A. Posner ...

A concise, lively, and bracing exploration of an issue bedeviling our cultural landscape–plagiarism in literature, academia, music, art, and film–by one of our most influential and controversial legal scholars. Best-selling novelists J. K. Rowling and Dan Brown, popular historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, first novelist Kaavya Viswanathan: ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A concise, lively, and bracing exploration of an issue bedeviling our cultural landscape–plagiarism in literature, academia, music, art, and film–by one of our most influential and controversial legal scholars. Best-selling novelists J. K. Rowling and Dan Brown, popular historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose, Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, first novelist Kaavya Viswanathan:
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A Quiet Revolution

Growing Creative Commons in Aotearoa New Zealand

by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand ...

The past few years have seen a quiet, relatively well behaved, and entirely legal revolution in New Zealand Aotearoa: the growth of a thriving Commons of works made available under Creative Commons open copyright licences. A Quiet Revolution tells Kiwi stories as diverse as open source houses, teachers banding together to share resources, government departments making their data available for ... Read more

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The past few years have seen a quiet, relatively well behaved, and entirely legal revolution in New Zealand Aotearoa: the growth of a thriving Commons of works made available under Creative Commons open copyright licences. A Quiet Revolution tells Kiwi stories as diverse as open source houses, teachers banding together to share resources, government departments making their data available for
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Entrepreneur's Guide To Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets

by Gilbert Guide ...

Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Today, virtually all companies, artists, and innovators run the risk of losing their competititve edge-and big money-by not adequately safeguarding their intellectual property. Written by an expert in intellectual property law, this is the first book to address the full range of legal protections available-patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing-with innovative information
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Essentials of Intellectual Property

Law, Economics, and Strategy

by Alexander I. Poltorak, Paul J. Lerner ...

The definitive primer on intellectual property for business professionals, non-IP attorneys, entrepreneurs, and inventorsFull of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, the Second Edition of this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and case law in intellectual property ... Read more

$27.00 USD

The definitive primer on intellectual property for business professionals, non-IP attorneys, entrepreneurs, and inventorsFull of valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices, the Second Edition of this handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and case law in intellectual property
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Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain

Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain

by Robert Spoo ...

Series series Modernist Literature and Culture
The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism, but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth. A brash, business-savvy entrepreneur, Roth made a name--and a profit--for himself as the founding editor and owner of magazines that published selections from foreign writings--especially the risque parts--without permission. When he reprinted segments of James Joyce's ... Read more

$25.10 USD

The names of James Joyce and Ezra Pound ring out in the annals of literary modernism, but few recognize the name of Samuel Roth. A brash, business-savvy entrepreneur, Roth made a name--and a profit--for himself as the founding editor and owner of magazines that published selections from foreign writings--especially the risque parts--without permission. When he reprinted segments of James Joyce's
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Who Owns England?

How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

by Guy Shrubsole ...

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once ... Read more

$10.99 USD

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once
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Biocultural Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Protecting Culture and the Environment

Edited by Fabien Girard, Ingrid Hall, Christine Frison ...

Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected.With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this book ... Read more

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This volume presents a comprehensive overview of biocultural rights, examining how we can promote the role of indigenous peoples and local communities as environmental stewards and how we can ensure that their ways of life are protected.With Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs) or Community Protocols (CPs) being increasingly seen as a powerful way of tackling this immense challenge, this book
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Derecho de autor, nuevas tecnologias, cambios legales y mas cultura para todos

by Anna Mancini ...

La manera en que vemos a los autores, los libros y al mercado editorial, está fuertemente marcada por la historia. La tecnología ha evolucionado mucho más rápido que nuestras mentalidades. Las leyes de derechos de autor alrededor del mundo fueron creadas para los libros impresos, vendidos en territorios domésticos y no son adecuadas para el mundo virtual, donde los libros son intangibles y ... Read more

$8.99 USD

La manera en que vemos a los autores, los libros y al mercado editorial, está fuertemente marcada por la historia. La tecnología ha evolucionado mucho más rápido que nuestras mentalidades. Las leyes de derechos de autor alrededor del mundo fueron creadas para los libros impresos, vendidos en territorios domésticos y no son adecuadas para el mundo virtual, donde los libros son intangibles y
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Protecting Your Innovation: Forms of Intellectual Property

by John P Mc Manus ...

Series series 1
For many knowledge-intensive or technology-based start-up companies, the professional management of intellectual property (IP) is critically important. In fact, IP may be the main asset by which the value of a young company is determined and on which decisions to invest in the company are based – and so IP needs to be considered very early in the planning process. The Commercialising Intellectual ... Read more

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For many knowledge-intensive or technology-based start-up companies, the professional management of intellectual property (IP) is critically important. In fact, IP may be the main asset by which the value of a young company is determined and on which decisions to invest in the company are based – and so IP needs to be considered very early in the planning process. The Commercialising Intellectual
... Read more
Relocating the Law of Geographical Indications

by Dev Gangjee ...

Series Book 15 - Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
There is considerable variation in the nature, scope and institutional forms of legal protection for valuable geographical brands such as Champagne, Colombian coffee and Darjeeling tea. While regional products are increasingly important for producers, consumers and policy makers, the international legal regime under the TRIPS Agreement remains unclear. Adopting a historical approach, Dev Gangjee ... Read more

$39.14 USD

There is considerable variation in the nature, scope and institutional forms of legal protection for valuable geographical brands such as Champagne, Colombian coffee and Darjeeling tea. While regional products are increasingly important for producers, consumers and policy makers, the international legal regime under the TRIPS Agreement remains unclear. Adopting a historical approach, Dev Gangjee
... Read more
The Copyright Zone

A Legal Guide For Photographers and Artists In The Digital Age

by Jack Reznicki, Edward Greenberg ...

If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read, accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what is and isn’t copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model ... Read more

$53.09 USD

If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read, accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what is and isn’t copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model
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Copyright and Piracy

An Interdisciplinary Critique

Edited by Lionel Bently, Jennifer Davis, Jane C. Ginsburg ...

Series Book 13 - Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
An understanding of the changing nature of the law and practice of copyright infringement is a task too big for lawyers alone; it requires additional inputs from economists, historians, technologists, sociologists, cultural theorists and criminologists. Where is the boundary to be drawn between illegal imitation and legal inspiration? Would the answer be different for creators, artists and experts ... Read more

$132.11 USD

An understanding of the changing nature of the law and practice of copyright infringement is a task too big for lawyers alone; it requires additional inputs from economists, historians, technologists, sociologists, cultural theorists and criminologists. Where is the boundary to be drawn between illegal imitation and legal inspiration? Would the answer be different for creators, artists and experts
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Modernism and Copyright

Edited by Paul K. Saint-Amour ...

Series series Modernist Literature and Culture
How was modernism shaped, from its beginning, by intellectual property law? What role did the law's imperial and transatlantic asymmetries play in modernism's dissemination? How did various modernists exploit, reform, anoint, and evade copyright? And how is the study of modernism today being affected by expanding copyright regimes? Modernism and Copyright is the first book to take up these ... Read more

$26.72 USD

How was modernism shaped, from its beginning, by intellectual property law? What role did the law's imperial and transatlantic asymmetries play in modernism's dissemination? How did various modernists exploit, reform, anoint, and evade copyright? And how is the study of modernism today being affected by expanding copyright regimes? Modernism and Copyright is the first book to take up these
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A Practitioner's Guide to European Patent Law

For National Practice and the Unified Patent Court

by Paul England ...

Written by a team of lawyers with long-standing experience in patent litigation in Europe, this book is a comprehensive and practical guide to European patent law, highlighting the areas of consistency and difference between the most influential European patent law jurisdictions: the European Patent Office (EPO), England & Wales, France, Germany and the Netherlands.It is frequently the case that ... Read more

$116.63 USD

Written by a team of lawyers with long-standing experience in patent litigation in Europe, this book is a comprehensive and practical guide to European patent law, highlighting the areas of consistency and difference between the most influential European patent law jurisdictions: the European Patent Office (EPO), England & Wales, France, Germany and the Netherlands.It is frequently the case that
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Patently Outdated

Patents in the Post-industrial Economy, The Case for Service Patents

by Nuno Pires de Carvalho ...

An economy of services largely dominates our world today, but no patent system is available to support it. All signs point increasingly to evidence that in almost all countries-and as enshrined in the TRIPS Agreement-patent rules and procedures are seriously handicapped in their incapacity to respond to current economic reality. Many inventions today are made without any materiality, yet they are ... Read more

$149.99 USD

An economy of services largely dominates our world today, but no patent system is available to support it. All signs point increasingly to evidence that in almost all countries-and as enshrined in the TRIPS Agreement-patent rules and procedures are seriously handicapped in their incapacity to respond to current economic reality. Many inventions today are made without any materiality, yet they are
... Read more
Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Edited by Peter Chrocziel ...

Inevitably, every marketed product or service can always be located at the intersection of intellectual property law and competition law, a nexus rife with potential problems throughout the 'life' of an intellectual property (IP) right. This important book is the first to focus in depth on this intersection in the European context, masterfully elucidating the consequences for IP rights owners from ... Read more

$140.99 USD

Inevitably, every marketed product or service can always be located at the intersection of intellectual property law and competition law, a nexus rife with potential problems throughout the 'life' of an intellectual property (IP) right. This important book is the first to focus in depth on this intersection in the European context, masterfully elucidating the consequences for IP rights owners from
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Introduction to Belgian Law

Edited by Marc Kruithof ...

This introduction, now in its second completely revised and upgraded edition, is the ideal overview of Belgian law for foreign lawyers. It identifies the basic legal sources, institutions and concepts of Belgian law. It offers an up to date, state of the art systematic and critical rendition of the principal branches of the law as practised, and it provides the necessary historical background and ... Read more

$169.99 USD

This introduction, now in its second completely revised and upgraded edition, is the ideal overview of Belgian law for foreign lawyers. It identifies the basic legal sources, institutions and concepts of Belgian law. It offers an up to date, state of the art systematic and critical rendition of the principal branches of the law as practised, and it provides the necessary historical background and
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Case For Patents, The

by Daniel F Spulber ...

The Case for Patents offers an affirmative case for the many economic benefits of the patent system and shows how patents provide incentives for invention, innovation, and technological change. The discussion highlights the many contributions of patents to economic growth and development. The Case for Patents helps restore balance to public policy debates by recognizing the important contributions ... Read more

$25.64 USD

The Case for Patents offers an affirmative case for the many economic benefits of the patent system and shows how patents provide incentives for invention, innovation, and technological change. The discussion highlights the many contributions of patents to economic growth and development. The Case for Patents helps restore balance to public policy debates by recognizing the important contributions
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Implementing ISO 27001 Simplified

Full Fledged Information on Implementing End-to-End Information Security with Real Time Statistical Data and Analysis

by Dr. Deepak D Kalambkar ...

In this book, users will get to know about the ISO 27001 and how to implement the required policies and procedures to acquire this certification. Real policies and procedures have been used as examples with step by step explanations about the process which includes implementing group polices in windows server. And lastly, the book also includes details about how to conduct an Internal Audit and ... Read more

$2.69 USD

In this book, users will get to know about the ISO 27001 and how to implement the required policies and procedures to acquire this certification. Real policies and procedures have been used as examples with step by step explanations about the process which includes implementing group polices in windows server. And lastly, the book also includes details about how to conduct an Internal Audit and
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Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention 2021 Edition

Edited by Laurence Lai ...

The book, Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention, is a commentary on the European Patent Convention and a bestseller in European patent law. The 2021 edition of this preeminent work the only regularly updated authoritative article-by-article commentary in English on the European Patent Convention (EPC), its implementing regulations, and associated case law provides the complete text of the ... Read more

$98.99 USD

The book, Visser's Annotated European Patent Convention, is a commentary on the European Patent Convention and a bestseller in European patent law. The 2021 edition of this preeminent work the only regularly updated authoritative article-by-article commentary in English on the European Patent Convention (EPC), its implementing regulations, and associated case law provides the complete text of the
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Introductory Guide to Artificial Intelligence for Legal Professionals

Edited by Juan Pavon ...

The availability of very large data sets and the increase in computing power to process them has led to a renewed intensity in corporate and governmental use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This groundbreaking book, the first devoted entirely to the growing presence of AI in the legal profession, responds to the necessity of building up a discipline that due to its novelty requires ... Read more

$43.99 USD

The availability of very large data sets and the increase in computing power to process them has led to a renewed intensity in corporate and governmental use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This groundbreaking book, the first devoted entirely to the growing presence of AI in the legal profession, responds to the necessity of building up a discipline that due to its novelty requires
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Mining Ideas For Diamonds: Comparing China And Us Ip Practices From Invention Selection To Patent Monetization

by Tao Zhang, Jingui Fang ...

In 2015, China and the U.S. were among the top three countries in terms of the number of international PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patents filed, together making up 40% of the global share, reported the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Not surprisingly, there is a huge international desire within the business, legal and technical communities to better understand the Intellectual ... Read more

$12.86 USD

In 2015, China and the U.S. were among the top three countries in terms of the number of international PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patents filed, together making up 40% of the global share, reported the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).Not surprisingly, there is a huge international desire within the business, legal and technical communities to better understand the Intellectual
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Profiting from Industry 4.0

The road to future value in manfuacturing

by Marcos Kauffman ...

A digital manufacturer's guide to gaining a tech advantage and taking a commercial lead with Industry 4.0Manufacturing is in the midst of a revolution. Whole supply chains are becoming visible. Innovation is speeding up and becoming more open. Data is being shared and value is being created in real time. Potentially, performance can be transformed and new markets created, either by existing ... Read more

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A digital manufacturer's guide to gaining a tech advantage and taking a commercial lead with Industry 4.0Manufacturing is in the midst of a revolution. Whole supply chains are becoming visible. Innovation is speeding up and becoming more open. Data is being shared and value is being created in real time. Potentially, performance can be transformed and new markets created, either by existing
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