About the Book
International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy
Second Edition
Frederick Abbott
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Thomas Cottier
Director of the World Trade Institute, Berne
Francis Gurry
World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva
2011. 800 pages. ISBN 13: 978-0-7355-9966-6. With Teacher's Manual.
About the Book
A comprehensive introduction to the global system regulating the field of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on how the treatment of IP affects a broad range of social and political interests.
Features:
- An informative look at the roles of various multilateral organizations in the regulation of intellectual property rights, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), and how organizations regulating important subject matter fields, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO), are involved
- Balanced coverage of both the technical aspects of IP practice, and the context in which decisions are made and carried out
- Discussion and analysis of regional organizations, such as the European Union (EU), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO),
- A guide to the network of multilateral and regional trade agreements within the intellectual property rights system, including the mechanisms for their implementation
- An emphasis on the importance of technology developments in IP, with explicit discussion of how the international IP system may be adapting to pressures for change
- Dynamic pedagogy that includes author-written text, engaging cases, excerpts from treaties and scholarship, notes, questions, and problems
- Case decisions representing different national, regional, and multilateral courts and dispute settlement bodies that illustrate the application of legal principles
- A comprehensive Teacher’s Manual that provides detailed teaching notes, several sample syllabi, and sample final exam questions and answers
Updated throughout, the Second Edition offers new coverage of:
- The push by IP owners for stronger enforcement measures—and the push back, as reflected in:
- The China-Enforcement case at the WTO
- Seizure of generic pharmaceuticals in transit by EU customs authorities based on alleged patent infringement
- Initiation of WTO dispute settlement consultations by India and Brazil
- Proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union to address jurisdiction over "external transit" and counterfeit trademark goods
- Negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the proposed strengthening of border measures and the role of the TRIPS Council
- Progress on the Work Program of the WIPO Development Agenda
- Developments in Europe
- Entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty for the European Union: changes to the allocation of IP competences between the EU and its Member States
- The Neverending Story of the Community Patent: will it finally bear fruit?
- Developments in the United States
- Costco v. Omega (on the parallel import of copyrighted works)
- Bilski v. Kappos (on business method patents)
- AMP v. USPTO (on the patentability of genetic information from an international perspective)
- The evolving IP landscape in China and India
- The evolving role of IP in addressing Climate Change
