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Intellectual Property, Asian Philosophy And The Yin-Yang School, Peter K. Yu
Intellectual Property, Asian Philosophy And The Yin-Yang School, Peter K. Yu
Peter K. Yu
As an introduction to a special issue on intellectual property philosophy, this article focuses on insights from Asian thought. Such a focus is needed not only to provide balance within this special issue, which includes articles focusing primarily on Western philosophy, but also to highlight the compatibility between Asian philosophy and the notion of intellectual property rights. More importantly, this article aims to demonstrate that Asian philosophy may suggest new ways to address the ongoing and highly complex intellectual property challenges confronting emerging economies and the digital environment.
This article begins by providing a brief discussion of the many different …
The More Copyright Laws Change, The More Digital Challenges Stay The Same, Peter K. Yu
The More Copyright Laws Change, The More Digital Challenges Stay The Same, Peter K. Yu
Peter K. Yu
This essay was a contribution to the Liber Amicorum for Professor Jan Rosén of Stockholm University, a former president of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP). Drawing on Professor Rosén's scholarship, the essay shows how today's judges, legislators, policymakers and commentators continue to address questions that copyright and media law scholars have explored in the past decades.
Specifically, this essay focuses on two topics. The first topic concerns the exhaustion of distribution rights in computer software and other digital works, including regional exhaustion within the European Union. The second topic covers the …