Intellectual property law and human rights edited by Paul L.C. Torremans
Book of week 36
9789041158369
C 142.1 Tor 2015
Wolters Kluwer
As human rights issues continue to arise in an intellectual property context, this well-established cornerstone work in the debate has kept pace with developments and trends in this nexus of legal issues. Now, in an expanded and updated third edition, well-known authorities in both intellectual property law and human rights law present in-depth analysis and discussion of the essential issues, centred on the relations between intellectual property and freedom of expression and the fundamental right to privacy in an intellectual property environment. Topics new to this edition include the following:
- nanotechnology and intellectual property rights and human rights;
- the issue of plain packaging;
- copyright and online communication;
- gene patents and human rights;
- investment in brands and basic rights and free competition rules in the EU; and
- fair use, transformative use, and the U.S. First Amendment.
In the years to come, more and more lawyers will be confronted with issues involving the interaction of intellectual property and human rights. Practitioners, academics, and policymakers in both fields will continue to recognize and use this preeminent resource as a springboard to the future development of this crucial area of legal theory and practice.
