Author: Laurina Zhang Abstract: Digitization has impacted firm profitability in many media industries by lowering the cost of copying and sharing creative works. I examine the impact of digital rights management (DRM) – a...
Read MoreAuthor: Kimberlee Weatherall. Abstract: This paper analyses certain key provisions of the leaked 16 May 2014 text of the TPP IP Chapter – mostly, the ones people haven’t been talking about: particularly the trade mark, designs,...
Read MoreAuthor: Carlos Correa Abstract: The steady increase in patent applications and grants that is taking place in developed and some developing countries (notably in China) is sometimes hailed as evidence of the strength of global...
Read MoreProf. Raquel Xalabarder Chair of Intellectual Property Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Click here for the full paper (PDF) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In February 2014, the Spanish Government proposed a bill to amend the Spanish...
Read MoreAuthor: Dan L. Burk Abstract: Copyright law is largely a response to new media: from the printing press through radio, photocopiers, and digital computers, changes in copyright reflect the increased public availability of...
Read MoreAuthors: Vibhanshu Abhishek, Rahul Telang, and Yi Zhang Abstract: Advances in technology have enabled producers of entertainment goods to reach customers in innovative ways. However, new technologies also make it easier for...
Read MoreExcerpt from the 2014 Trade and Development Report: Global Governance and Policy Space for Development, published yesterday by the UN Conference on Trade and Development. From pages 80 to 86: Successful development experiences...
Read MoreAuthors: Niva Elkin-Koren and Orit Fischman Afori Abstract: Exceptions and limitations to the rights of copyright owners aim to promote copyright goals in a rapidly changing world. Policymakers are often faced with the choice...
Read MoreAuthor: Deepa Varadarajan Publication: Fordham Law Review, Vol. 83 (2014 Forthcoming) Abstract: Trade secret law arose to help companies protect confidential information (e.g., the Coca-Cola formula) from competitors seeking to...
Read MoreAuthors: Rahul Telang and Joel Waldfogel Abstract: While copyright research in the decade following Napster focused mostly on whether file sharing undermines demand, research has more recently asked how piracy and other aspects...
Read MoreEli Dourado, Ian Robinson, Mercatus Center, George Mason University. August 2014. Abstract: In the past two years, a spate of misleading reports on intellectual property has sought to convince policymakers and the public that...
Read MoreAuthor: Dan Burk Abstract: Patent law has long harbored the concept of “inventing around,” under which competitors to a patent holder may be expected, and even encouraged, to design their technologies so as to skirt the...
Read MoreAuthor: Catherine Tucker Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the statistical relation between levels of patent litigation and venture capital (“VC”) investment in the U.S. We find that VC investment, a...
Read MoreKey data on prices, regulatory status, tariffs and the intellectual property situation World Health Organization, Link Peter Beyer and Joseph Perriëns This paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income...
Read MoreAuthor: Brian Love, Santa Clara University School of Law Abstract: Studies of the costs and benefits of university patent ownership have, to date, focused on life sciences technology. Increasingly, however, many of the most...
Read MoreKey data on prices, regulatory status, tariffs and the intellectual property situation [World Health Organization] OVERVIEW: The paper provides information on the prices paid by 20 middle-income countries for adult and...
Read MoreReposted description from the CREATe launch announcement CREATe Working Paper 5/14 Steven James Watson, Daniel John Zizzo and Piers Fleming (2014) Using systematic reviewing techniques drawn from the medical sciences, a team of...
Read MoreAuthor: Christopher Jon Sprigman Abstract: Not too long ago, conventional wisdom in the copyright field condemned copyright formalities as unnecessary and pernicious, and celebrated their removal from American law. Recently,...
Read MoreJoe McNamee European Digital Rights Our latest booklet is now online! The document looks at the extent to which “voluntary” law enforcement measures by online companies are serving to undermine long-established fundamental...
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