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A Era Pós-Napster, Ivo T. Gico Dec 2000

A Era Pós-Napster, Ivo T. Gico

Ivo Teixeira Gico Jr.

O artigo analisa questões referentes à divugação não autorizada de obras artísticas pela internet e os problemas enfrentados pela indústria fonográfica, contrastando o direito ao acesso à informação, controle e seu papel fundamental na construção de uma democracia. The article examines issues relating to unauthorized disclosure of artistic works on the Internet and the problems faced by the music industry, opposed by the access to information rights, control and its fundamental role in the building of a democracy.

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Trips And Domestic Control: Implications For Developing Countries, Janewa Osei Tutu Dec 2000

Trips And Domestic Control: Implications For Developing Countries, Janewa Osei Tutu

J. Janewa Osei-Tutu

This paper examines the impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) on domestic control. The paper explains why intellectual property became part of the global trade agenda. The author considers arguments both for and against stronger global protection for intellectual property rights. Through analysis of the World Trade Organization (WTO) cases on the TRIPS Agreement, the author argues that the TRIPS Agreement has effectively removed from WTO Member states control over their intellectual property regimes. The author focuses on the negative impact that a rigid application of the TRIPS Agreement is likely to have …

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Protection Of Traditional Knowledge, Srividhya Ragavan Dec 2000

Protection Of Traditional Knowledge, Srividhya Ragavan

Srividhya Ragavan

No abstract provided.

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Patent Amendments In India In The Wake Of Trips, Srividhya Ragavan Dec 2000

Patent Amendments In India In The Wake Of Trips, Srividhya Ragavan

Srividhya Ragavan

No abstract provided.

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Encyclopedia Of Production And Manufacturing Management, Paul Swamidass Dec 1999

Encyclopedia Of Production And Manufacturing Management, Paul Swamidass

Paul Swamidass

The Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management (1048 pages) is a specialized encyclopedia developed to serve as a basic reference resource for the practitioner, researcher, and student. Because of its specialized focus, this one-volume work is able to cover the entire field of production and manufacturing management. It contains factual and conceptual information for fundamental understanding while serving as a starting point for a deeper researched investigation. The material is state-of-the-art, covering the field of operations management and its exciting recent developments. These developments are covered extensively in this volume.

The downloadable file here has 54 pages which include, the …

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'Vigilant Protection' Of The Olympic Brand - Too Fast, Too High, Too Strong?, Neil J. Foster Dec 1999

'Vigilant Protection' Of The Olympic Brand - Too Fast, Too High, Too Strong?, Neil J. Foster

Neil J Foster

Discusses some cases where "over-zealous" protection of the "Olympics" brand may have been contrary to the public interest.

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How Can Whelan V. Jaslow And Lotus V. Borland Both Be Right? Re-Examining The Economics Of Computer Software Reuse, Michael Risch Dec 1998

How Can Whelan V. Jaslow And Lotus V. Borland Both Be Right? Re-Examining The Economics Of Computer Software Reuse, Michael Risch

Michael Risch

The basic economic goal of copyright law is to balance an author's incentive to create with his or her ability to build on prior work in order to maximize social wealth. This balance is extremely important for computer software. On the one hand, software is often expensive to create and companies therefore need protection in order to recoup their investment. On the other hand, software is often expensive to create and companies can save costs by reusing pre-existing work. Quite often, the same companies that want to protect their software also want to use pre-existing work. As a result of …

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Legitimacy And Authority In Internet Coordination: A Domain Name Case Study, Joseph P. Liu Dec 1998

Legitimacy And Authority In Internet Coordination: A Domain Name Case Study, Joseph P. Liu

Joseph P. Liu

The process of crafting and promulgating technical standards for the internet is often hailed as a prime example of how coordinated activity can take place on a distributed network with little central authority or formal “law.”  Often overlooked, however, is the fact that the internet’s technical standard-setting process rests on a number of highly contingent assumptions, assumptions that do not apply in other areas of internet governance.  This paper explores the limits of this dominant standard-setting approach to internet coordination, using the current controversy over internet domain names as a case study.  Such a case study reveals that existing attempts …

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The Uncopyrightability Of Jokes, Allen Madison Dec 1997

The Uncopyrightability Of Jokes, Allen Madison

Allen Madison

This paper explains two foundational copyright doctrines, the scenes a faire doctrine and the merger doctrine. It illustrates the limiting effect these doctrines have on copyright protection for jokes.

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The Danger Of Bootstrap Formalism In Copyright, Alfred C. Yen Dec 1997

The Danger Of Bootstrap Formalism In Copyright, Alfred C. Yen

Alfred C. Yen

No abstract provided.

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Unilateral Refusal To Supply: An Agreement In Disguise?, Hans Henrik Lidgard Aug 1997

Unilateral Refusal To Supply: An Agreement In Disguise?, Hans Henrik Lidgard

Hans Henrik Lidgard

No abstract provided.

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Virtual Trade Dress: A Very Real Problem, Tom Bell Dec 1996

Virtual Trade Dress: A Very Real Problem, Tom Bell

Tom W. Bell

A tragedy looms for trade dress. Encouraged by bad case law and tempted by new technologies, trade dress threatens to assume a role properly reserved for other forms of intellectual property. Trade dress should aim primarily at protecting the public from confusing the features that identify goods and services. Current trends, however, risk expanding trade dress until it constitutes the very commodities that it once merely identified. Superficially genuine but fundamentally artificial, this is virtual trade dress.

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Past As Prologue: Sobering Thoughts On Genetic Enthusiasm, Lori Andrews Dec 1996

Past As Prologue: Sobering Thoughts On Genetic Enthusiasm, Lori Andrews

Lori B. Andrews

No abstract provided.

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Entrepreneurship, Copyright, And Personal Home Pages, Alfred C. Yen Dec 1995

Entrepreneurship, Copyright, And Personal Home Pages, Alfred C. Yen

Alfred C. Yen

No abstract provided.

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Federal Jury Instructions And The Consequences Of A Successful Insanity Defense, Joseph P. Liu May 1993

Federal Jury Instructions And The Consequences Of A Successful Insanity Defense, Joseph P. Liu

Joseph P. Liu

This Note argues that trial judges should instruct jurors about the consequences of an insanity verdict, but that judges must strive to minimize the potentially prejudicial impact of such an instruction by explicitly instructing the jury not to consider this information in arriving at a verdict.

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The Legacy Of Feist: The Consequences Of A Weak Connection Between Copyright And The Economics Of Public Goods, Alfred C. Yen Dec 1990

The Legacy Of Feist: The Consequences Of A Weak Connection Between Copyright And The Economics Of Public Goods, Alfred C. Yen

Alfred C. Yen

No abstract provided.

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When Authors Won't Sell: Parody, Fair Use, And Efficiency In Copyright Law, Alfred C. Yen Dec 1990

When Authors Won't Sell: Parody, Fair Use, And Efficiency In Copyright Law, Alfred C. Yen

Alfred C. Yen

No abstract provided.

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