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International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy, Fifth Edition

Authors
  • Frederick M. Abbott
  • Thomas Cottier
  • Francis Gurry
  • Ryan B. Abbott
  • Mira Burri
  • Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
  • Maegan McCann
Series / Aspen Casebook Series
Teaching Materials
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Table of contents
Preface

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International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy, Fifth Edition provides a comprehensive analysis of the international intellectual property system across the spectrum of intellectual property (IP) rights and interests. It introduces the institutional architecture at the multilateral, regional/plurilateral, bilateral, and national levels. For each form of IP, it addresses the legal rules and illustrative jurisprudence with a focus on major jurisdictions, as well as economic and social welfare implications. It also considers the continuously growing importance of IP in a constantly changing technological environment, currently reflected in the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its deployment in creative and inventive activities. Each of the authors has played a role in the development and implementation of the international rules, and they bring their experience to bear in introducing students to the field.

New to the Fifth Edition:

  • New co-authors: Ryan B. Abbott, Mira Burri, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, and Maegan McCann, who bring additional expertise to the book
  • The latest developments in bilateral and regional agreements regulating intellectual property, including implementation of the EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court system and the EU intermediaries’ liability regime for copyright infringement
  • Important new judicial decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Google v. Oracle and Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, as well as decisions from EU and U.S. courts addressing identifiers for food products (Emmental and Gruyere cheeses)
  • Developments in AI in the context of content-creation, inventions, IP-registration and enforcement, as well as support or substitute for human decision-making
  • The expanding discourse on trade secret protection and its importance for international technology transfer
  • The phenomenon of the anti-suit injunction in international patent litigation
Benefits for instructors and students:
  • An approach to the international IP system that situates the rules within the broader context of international law and the public policy objectives that governments, industry, and interest groups are seeking to achieve
  • Case law from international dispute settlement bodies, as well as from national and regional courts and administrative authorities
  • Discussion of patent, trademark, copyright, design, trade secret, and geographical indication protection, as well as plant variety protection, the protection of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, and the role of open source and open innovation systems
  • An explanation of the European Union Unitary Patent system
  • Exploration of the increasingly important role of emerging market IP systems
  • Materials to help students understand the disputes between the United States and China involving IP, investment, and transfer of technology
  • Identification of important trends in the enforcement of IP
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About the authors
Thomas Cottier
Professor of European and International Economic Law
University of Berne

Education University of Berne Law School

Background Thomas Cottier, Managing Director of the World Trade Institute and the Institute of European and International Economic Law, is Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Bern. He co-directs the national research programme on trade law and policy (NCCR Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence) located at the WTI. He is an associate editor of several journals. He was a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, and also currently teaches at the Europa Institut Saarbrücken, Germany, and at Wuhan University, China.

He was a member of the Swiss National Research Council from 1997 to 2004 and served on the board of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) in Rome during the same period. He served the Baker McKenzie law firm as Of Counsel from 1998 to 2005. Prof. Cottier has a long-standing involvement in GATT/WTO activities. He served on the Swiss negotiating team of the Uruguay Round from 1986 to 1993, first as Chief Negotiator on dispute settlement and subsidies for Switzerland and subsequently as Chief Negotiator on TRIPs.

He held several positions in the Swiss External Economic Affairs Department and was the Deputy-Director General of the Swiss Intellectual Property Office. In addition to his conceptual work in the fields of services and intellectual property and legal counseling, he has also served as a member or chair of several GATT and WTO panels. Prof. Cottier has written and published on a wide range of trade and international law issues.

Francis Gurry
Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva

Education Ph.D., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1980 LL.M., University of Melbourne, Australia, 1976 LL.B., University of Melbourne, Australia, 1974

Background Mr. Francis Gurry was appointed Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Secretary-General of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) on October 30, 2008. Francis Gurry began his WIPO career in 1985, initially in the Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. He was instrumental in establishing the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in 1994 and subsequently in developing the highly successful Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

He served on the WIPO top management team from 1997, initially as Assistant Director General, then from 2003 as Deputy Director General with responsibility for patents and the PCT system, the Arbitration and Mediation Center, traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and genetic resources.

Before joining WIPO, Francis Gurry practiced as an attorney in Australia and taught law at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He holds law degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of numerous publications and articles on intellectual property issues in international journals. An Australian national, Francis Gurry speaks fluent English and French.

Product Information
Edition
Fifth Edition
Publication date
2024-02-01
Copyright Year
2024
Pages
980
Connected eBook + Hardcover
9781543857894
Looseleaf
9798886143720
Connected eBook (Digital Only)
9798886144475
eBook + Audiobook
9798894114651
eBook + Audiobook + Hardcover
9798894113814
Subject
Intellectual Property , International Law and Foreign Relations , Patent Law , Copyright Law , Trademark Law
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