Intellectual Property and Information Wealth : Issues and Practices in the Digital Age (Vol. 2)
edited by Peter K. Yu.
- Westport : Praeger, 2007.
- 504 p.
- (Praeger Perspectives) .
Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Nonobviousness : looking back and looking ahead Chapter 2. Nonobviousness as an exercise in gap measuring Chapter 3. The risks of early commercialization of an invention : the on-sale bar to patentability Chapter 4. Patent protection under the modern doctrine of equivalents and implied disclaimer doctrines Chapter 5. When the same patent means different things in different jurisdictions : a comparative analysis of patent interpretation Chapter 6. The research exemption to patent infringement : the delicate balance between current and future technical progress Chapter 7. Patent misuse : from inception to modern case law Chapter 8. Patent infringement remedies Chapter 9. Lessons for patent policy from empirical research on patent litigation Chapter 10. Taking stock of the U.S. patent system Chapter 11. Seed wars : controversies over access to and control of plant genetic resource Chapter 12. The intended and unintended consequences of the Bayh-Dole Act Chapter 13. Reassessing the anticommons debate in light of biotechnology patent trends Chapter 14. A global controversy : the role of morality in biotechnology patent law Chapter 15. Human gene patenting and its implications for medical research Chapter 16. Software patents : the evolution of the useful arts Chapter 17. The Cinderella of intellectual property law : trade secrets Chapter 18. Intellectual property financing : the intersection of intellectual property and secured transactions Chapter 19. Patent donations and tax policy This Book Contains Four Volumes.