Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual Property Rights
ISBN-10
0415330874
ISBN-13
9780415330879
Series
Intellectual Property Rights
Category
Law
Pages
2000
Language
English
Published
2005-12-15
Publisher
Psychology Press
Author
David Vaver

Description

Countries with innovative local industries almost invariably have laws to foster innovation by regulating the copying of inventions, identifying symbols, and creative expressions. These laws encompass four separate and distinct types of intangible property - namely, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, which collectively are referred to as 'intellectual property.' Intellectual property shares many of the characteristics associated with real and personal property. For example, intellectual property is an asset, and as such it can be bought, sold, licensed, exchanged, or gratuitously given away like any other form of property. Further, the intellectual property owner has the right to prevent the unauthorized use or sale of the property. The most noticeable difference between intellectual property and other forms of property, however, is that intellectual property is intangible, that is, it cannot be defined or identified by its own physical parameters. It must be expressed in some discernible way to be protectable. All four types of intellectual property are protected on a national basis. will vary from country to country. There are, however, similarities between national legal arrangements. Moreover, the current worldwide trend is toward harmonizing the national laws. This four-volume collection covers all aspects of intellectual property rights. While the backbone of the collection is made up of law journal articles, it also includes contributions from other disciplines, such as politics and business and management. This is an international collection of English-language articles.

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