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Gambling On Goldilocks: Illinois Medical Malpractice Damage Caps And The Quest For "Just Right" Reform, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 917 (2012), Kristen Zaharski
Gambling On Goldilocks: Illinois Medical Malpractice Damage Caps And The Quest For "Just Right" Reform, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 917 (2012), Kristen Zaharski
UIC Law Review
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A New Institutional Economics Perspective On Trademarks: Rebuilding Post Conflict Zones In Sierra Leone And Croatia, 11 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 745 (2012), Roya Ghafele, Benjamin Gibert
A New Institutional Economics Perspective On Trademarks: Rebuilding Post Conflict Zones In Sierra Leone And Croatia, 11 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 745 (2012), Roya Ghafele, Benjamin Gibert
UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law
This paper evaluates the role of collective trademarks in enhancing the ability of tourism clusters to stimulate economic growth, local ownership and innovative governance. Illustrating how intellectual property (IP) law can be leveraged to achieve this, we offer a new economic rationale for trademarks in the context of tourism. Two post-conflict case studies of Sierra Leone and Croatia provide a crash test for this approach. By emphasizing the role of law, institutions and infrastructure in stimulating tourism in post-conflict zones, this paper echoes new institutional economics perspectives that highlight the impact of legal structure on development. Despite widespread acknowledgement of …