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Interested in climate change, patent policy, WIPO, or history of copyright? We have books for you!
With the prospect of summer holidays looming on the horizon and threatening to keep you away from IP matters for no less than a few days, publishers have come to the rescue with a number of new IP titles. JIPLP has received a constant stream of books over the last few months (a heartfelt thank you to all the publishers that provided their new books hot off the press) and has now received two further volumes that are ready to be reviewed. To volunteer for this rewarding task (at least in terms of IP knowledge and service to the IP community), please contact our managing editor, Sarah Harris (sarah.harris@oup.com), by Monday 20 June.
As always, if you are not already known to us, please attach a CV or tell us why you believe that you are qualified to review the book that you have asked to review. Reviewers will kindly be asked to complete their reviews within a short but reasonable time (normally, 60 days). Of course, reviewers get to keep the books!
Research Handbook on IP and Climate Change
Joshua D Sarnoff (ed.)
Edward Elgar
Written by a global group of leading scholars, this wide-ranging Research Handbook provides insightful analysis, useful historical perspective, and a point of reference on the controversial nexus of climate change law and policy, intellectual property law and policy, innovation policy, technology transfer, and trade.
The contributors provide a unique review of the scientific background, international treaties, and political and institutional contexts of climate change and intellectual property law. They further identify critical conflicts and differences of approach between developed and developing countries. Finally they put forward and analyse the relevant intellectual property law doctrines and policy options for funding, developing, disseminating, and regulating the required technologies and their associated activities and business practices.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/research-handbook-on-intellectual-property-and-climate-change
Patents for Development
Nefissa Chakroun
Edward Elgar
This book investigates whether it is possible to execute the disclosed technologies just by reading the patent application. Nefissa Chakroun argues that while TRIPS Agreement obliges inventors to disclose full and complete disclosure, patent information users lack the capacity to fully utilise such information for their economic development. The book offers a critical analysis of the disclosure requirements of the patent system as well as an in-depth examination of the ways in accessing and retrieving patent information. Chakroun articulates proposals for strengthening the disclosure and methods for enhancing retrieval and exploitation of the technological knowledge, including an integrated policy on how patent information could be better utilised for development.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/patents-for-development
WIPO: A reference guide
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Edward Elgar
Written by a leading WIPO commentator, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): A Reference Guide is the first comprehensive reference book to illuminate the nuts and bolts of WIPO governance. This practical guide offers a unique insight into how WIPO is governed, described in clear, readily accessible terms for policymakers, scholars and stakeholders. The Guide reviews the origins of WIPO and sets out its current functions and activities, presenting a framework for analysing WIPO’s complex governance system. The text is accompanied by a number of valuable appendices, including key documents that have to date not been readily available to the public.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-world-intellectual-property-organization-wipo
Research Handbook on the history of copyright law
Isabella Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (eds.)
Edward Elgar
There has been an explosion of interest in recent years regarding the origin and of intellectual property law. The study of copyright history, in particular, has grown remarkably in the last twenty years, with a flurry of activity in the last ten. This Handbook takes stock of the field of copyright history as it stands today, as well as examining potential developments in the future.
The contributions feature copyright and history experts from across the UK, Australia, the United States, France, Spain and Italy. Covering European, US and international copyright history and traversing from the 16th Century to the early 20th century, this book offers a broad survey of the field and a solid foundation for future research.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-history-of-copyright-law
As always, if you are not already known to us, please attach a CV or tell us why you believe that you are qualified to review the book that you have asked to review. Reviewers will kindly be asked to complete their reviews within a short but reasonable time (normally, 60 days). Of course, reviewers get to keep the books!
Joshua D Sarnoff (ed.)
Edward Elgar
Written by a global group of leading scholars, this wide-ranging Research Handbook provides insightful analysis, useful historical perspective, and a point of reference on the controversial nexus of climate change law and policy, intellectual property law and policy, innovation policy, technology transfer, and trade.
The contributors provide a unique review of the scientific background, international treaties, and political and institutional contexts of climate change and intellectual property law. They further identify critical conflicts and differences of approach between developed and developing countries. Finally they put forward and analyse the relevant intellectual property law doctrines and policy options for funding, developing, disseminating, and regulating the required technologies and their associated activities and business practices.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/research-handbook-on-intellectual-property-and-climate-change
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Patents for DevelopmentEdward Elgar
This book investigates whether it is possible to execute the disclosed technologies just by reading the patent application. Nefissa Chakroun argues that while TRIPS Agreement obliges inventors to disclose full and complete disclosure, patent information users lack the capacity to fully utilise such information for their economic development. The book offers a critical analysis of the disclosure requirements of the patent system as well as an in-depth examination of the ways in accessing and retrieving patent information. Chakroun articulates proposals for strengthening the disclosure and methods for enhancing retrieval and exploitation of the technological knowledge, including an integrated policy on how patent information could be better utilised for development.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/patents-for-development
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The following books are still looking for a reviewer! Could it be you?
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Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Edward Elgar
Written by a leading WIPO commentator, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): A Reference Guide is the first comprehensive reference book to illuminate the nuts and bolts of WIPO governance. This practical guide offers a unique insight into how WIPO is governed, described in clear, readily accessible terms for policymakers, scholars and stakeholders. The Guide reviews the origins of WIPO and sets out its current functions and activities, presenting a framework for analysing WIPO’s complex governance system. The text is accompanied by a number of valuable appendices, including key documents that have to date not been readily available to the public.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-world-intellectual-property-organization-wipo
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Research Handbook on the history of copyright lawIsabella Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (eds.)
Edward Elgar
There has been an explosion of interest in recent years regarding the origin and of intellectual property law. The study of copyright history, in particular, has grown remarkably in the last twenty years, with a flurry of activity in the last ten. This Handbook takes stock of the field of copyright history as it stands today, as well as examining potential developments in the future.
The contributions feature copyright and history experts from across the UK, Australia, the United States, France, Spain and Italy. Covering European, US and international copyright history and traversing from the 16th Century to the early 20th century, this book offers a broad survey of the field and a solid foundation for future research.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-history-of-copyright-law
JIPLP Special Edition on IP in Africa - Call for articles
JIPLP is issuing a call for articles for an upcoming special issue of the journal, dedicated to intellectual property perspectives from Africa. The special issue will be curated and edited by our consulting editor Marius Schneider, who has recently posted a call for articles on our LinkedIn page (if you are not yet a member, we would be happy to welcome you on our carefully moderated and ever-growing group, where you can find out about our latest initiatives and take part in informal IP-related discussions and debates - to join us, just click here).
We hope that many of you will consider contributing to our special issue, helping readers from other jurisdictions familiarise with IP in the African context, its challenges, successes and peculiarities.
JIPLP Editor Marius Schneider calls for articles for a special edition of the Journal on IP in Africa which is due to be published in early 2017.
Africa – a continent of great dynamics and abundant creativity – is home to some of the fasted growing economies worldwide. The peer-reviewed Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice has a wide readership in Africa and so it has been decided to have a special issue on IP related subjects with a special focus on Africa.
The special issue seeks to cover all areas of IP. Pan-African articles are welcomed and it would be great to have articles on subjects of concern for Africa, such as access to medicine; traditional knowledge; good governance, the rule of law and IP; or plant variety rights. We do also welcome proposals on other subjects. The articles should be approximately three to six thousand words long (although there is some flexibility) and in perfect English (if necessary authors are requested to call on a professional proof reader). Final articles must be submitted by 30 October 2016.
Volunteers are invited to contact Marius by e-mail under office@ipvocateafrica.com to submit proposed subjects. Please do not yet write any articles without the approval of the Editor.
More books for review
JIPLP has some new books ready to be reviewed by our readers. If you would like to volunteer to review one of them, please contact our managing editor, Sarah Harris (sarah.harris@oup.com), by Friday 3 June. If you are not already known to us, please attach a CV or tell us why you believe that you are qualified to review the book that you have asked to review. Just a reminder that reviewers will kindly be asked to complete their reviews within a short but reasonable time (normally, 60 days). Of course, reviewers get to keep the books!
Deadline: Friday 3 June.
The books available for review are the following:
WIPO: A reference guide
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Edward Elgar
Written by a leading WIPO commentator, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): A Reference Guide is the first comprehensive reference book to illuminate the nuts and bolts of WIPO governance. This practical guide offers a unique insight into how WIPO is governed, described in clear, readily accessible terms for policymakers, scholars and stakeholders. The Guide reviews the origins of WIPO and sets out its current functions and activities, presenting a framework for analysing WIPO’s complex governance system. The text is accompanied by a number of valuable appendices, including key documents that have to date not been readily available to the public.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-world-intellectual-property-organization-wipo
Research Handbook on the history of copyright law
Isabella Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (eds.)
Edward Elgar
There has been an explosion of interest in recent years regarding the origin and of intellectual property law. The study of copyright history, in particular, has grown remarkably in the last twenty years, with a flurry of activity in the last ten. This Handbook takes stock of the field of copyright history as it stands today, as well as examining potential developments in the future.
The contributions feature copyright and history experts from across the UK, Australia, the United States, France, Spain and Italy. Covering European, US and international copyright history and traversing from the 16th Century to the early 20th century, this book offers a broad survey of the field and a solid foundation for future research.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-history-of-copyright-law
Antitrust and patent law
Alan Devlin
OUP
This book explores the acquisition and use of patents under the law of the world's two most important antitrust regimes: the United States and the European Union. It examines antitrust rules governing technology transfer, standard-essential technologies, patent aggregation, open and closed systems, coercive licensing terms that amount to misuse, evergreening tactics in the pharmaceutical industry like 'paying for delay', and patentee immunity in suing for infringement. To contextualize that analysis, the book explores the theoretical relationship between patents and competition law, addresses the U.S. 'patent crisis', the move towards unitary patents in Europe, and differences between the US and EU competition regimes. Further, the book explores idiosyncrasies governing the core antitrust questions of market definition, market power, and anticompetitive conduct in the patent setting. In doing so, the book allows those who practice, enforce, teach, or study competition law to understand the subtleties of this fascinating subject.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/antitrust-and-patent-law-9780198728979?cc=gb&lang=en&
Trade mark law in Europe (3rd ed)
Trade Marks in Europe is a comprehensive guide to European trade mark law following the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the case law of the General Court. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the trade mark system, including detailed and critical discussion of forthcoming changes, as well as an in-depth look at the life of a trade mark up to enforcement. It considers the conditions for maintaining a registration, the protection and enforcement of trade marks, and the interface between trade mark law and other areas of practice. Finally, it offers detailed and insightful analysis of current developments, challenges, and opportunities. This is complemented by an international and comparative approach which selectively considers the contemporary jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the United States and general US practice, as well as national jurisprudence in areas not yet covered by the CJEU.
Saisie-Contrefa̤on - The French measure for gathering evidence of infringement of IP rights РTrilingual edition (German, English, French)
Deadline: Friday 3 June.
The books available for review are the following:
Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Edward Elgar
Written by a leading WIPO commentator, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): A Reference Guide is the first comprehensive reference book to illuminate the nuts and bolts of WIPO governance. This practical guide offers a unique insight into how WIPO is governed, described in clear, readily accessible terms for policymakers, scholars and stakeholders. The Guide reviews the origins of WIPO and sets out its current functions and activities, presenting a framework for analysing WIPO’s complex governance system. The text is accompanied by a number of valuable appendices, including key documents that have to date not been readily available to the public.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-world-intellectual-property-organization-wipo
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Research Handbook on the history of copyright lawIsabella Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui (eds.)
Edward Elgar
There has been an explosion of interest in recent years regarding the origin and of intellectual property law. The study of copyright history, in particular, has grown remarkably in the last twenty years, with a flurry of activity in the last ten. This Handbook takes stock of the field of copyright history as it stands today, as well as examining potential developments in the future.
The contributions feature copyright and history experts from across the UK, Australia, the United States, France, Spain and Italy. Covering European, US and international copyright history and traversing from the 16th Century to the early 20th century, this book offers a broad survey of the field and a solid foundation for future research.
http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/the-history-of-copyright-law
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Antitrust and patent lawAlan Devlin
OUP
This book explores the acquisition and use of patents under the law of the world's two most important antitrust regimes: the United States and the European Union. It examines antitrust rules governing technology transfer, standard-essential technologies, patent aggregation, open and closed systems, coercive licensing terms that amount to misuse, evergreening tactics in the pharmaceutical industry like 'paying for delay', and patentee immunity in suing for infringement. To contextualize that analysis, the book explores the theoretical relationship between patents and competition law, addresses the U.S. 'patent crisis', the move towards unitary patents in Europe, and differences between the US and EU competition regimes. Further, the book explores idiosyncrasies governing the core antitrust questions of market definition, market power, and anticompetitive conduct in the patent setting. In doing so, the book allows those who practice, enforce, teach, or study competition law to understand the subtleties of this fascinating subject.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/antitrust-and-patent-law-9780198728979?cc=gb&lang=en&
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Trade mark law in Europe (3rd ed)
Alexander von Mühlendahl, Dimitris Botis, Spyros Maniatis, and Imogen Wiseman
OUP
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The following book is still in search of a reviewer. It is the perfect summer read for an IP practitioner willing to explore the complex, but fascinating, world of saisie-contrefaçon in the context of French IP law.
Saisie-Contrefa̤on - The French measure for gathering evidence of infringement of IP rights РTrilingual edition (German, English, French)
Pierre Véron (ed)
Dalloz
Specific to the intellectual property domain, the search and seizure procedure, saisie-contrefaçon, makes easy the search, descriptions and in some cases the actual seizure of allegedly infringing products. This powerful measure, specific to French law, is a priceless evidentiary tool for innovators and creators. This reference book studies all aspects of saisie-contrefaçon in detail: the rights allowing it, its limitations, outcomes and causes for invalidation. Written by practicing lawyers specializing in intellectual property, it contains numerous references to case law, abundant in this domain where many court cases are won or lost depending on how the saisie-contrefaçon is handled.
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