International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy 3rd ed

International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy features a comprehensive introduction to the global system regulating the field of intellectual property rights, including how the treatment of IP may affect a broad range of social and political interests. The updated third edition includes discussion of important jurisprudential developments, including recent EU Court of Justice decisions clarifying permissible acts in relation to copyrighted computer software, Indian Supreme Court case law involving patentability standards, and US Supreme Court decisions adopting international exhaustion for copyright.

Key New Features

• Inclusion of important jurisprudential developments, including recent EU Court of Justice decisions clarifying permissible acts in relation to copyrighted computer software and restricting enforcement of intellectual property rights in relation to goods in transit; Indian Supreme Court case law involving patentability standards, and; US Supreme Court decisions adopting international exhaustion for copyright, and limiting patentability of genetic materials and information found in nature.
• Explains the new European Union Patent System, as well as the new EU IP border measures regulation
• Describes developments relating to investment and trade disputes involving patents and trademark
• Reviews ongoing regional and plurilateral trade and investment negotiating efforts that potentially change intellectual property norms and enforcement obligations