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2003

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

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The Role Of Intellectual Property Rights In Negotiating And Planning A Research Joint Venture, Kurt M. Saunders Jan 2003

The Role Of Intellectual Property Rights In Negotiating And Planning A Research Joint Venture, Kurt M. Saunders

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

This Article considers the role of intellectual property rights in research joint ventures. Professor Saunders begins by outlining the various advantages of pursuing research in a joint venture business form, including the sharing of expertise and investment costs. The author identifies and elucidates the intellectual property issues, as well as related licensing and antitrust implications, that arise in the joint venture context. Most notably, Saunders articulates the different intellectual property concerns that surface at each separate stage-from negotiation and planning, to termination of the collaboration.


Comments On Cyber Copyright Disputes In The People's Republic Of China: Maintaining The Status Quo While Expanding The Doctrine Of Profit-Making Purposes, Wei Yanliang, Feng Xiaoqing Jan 2003

Comments On Cyber Copyright Disputes In The People's Republic Of China: Maintaining The Status Quo While Expanding The Doctrine Of Profit-Making Purposes, Wei Yanliang, Feng Xiaoqing

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

This Article addresses the status of cyber copyright disputes in the People's Republic of China with an inside view of the government's influence and control over copyrighted works. Examining cyber copyright case law, the authors seek to answer the question of whether China's 2001 Copyright Law will lead to an increase in royalty payments under a fair distribution system. The need for equitable, consistent enforcement is pressing, as the proliferation of copyrighted material through mobile phone and Internet use is rapidly increasing. In China, all current-affairs news first flows through state-run news organizations. Thus, in order to post the news, …