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2008

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Beyond Microsoft: Intellectual Property, Peer Production And The Law's Concern With Market Dominance, 18 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 291 (2008), Daryl Lim Jan 2008

Beyond Microsoft: Intellectual Property, Peer Production And The Law's Concern With Market Dominance, 18 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 291 (2008), Daryl Lim

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Is Fame All There Is? - Beating Global Monopolists At Their Own Marketing Game, 40 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 123 (2008), Doris E. Long Jan 2008

Is Fame All There Is? - Beating Global Monopolists At Their Own Marketing Game, 40 Geo. Wash. Int'l L. Rev. 123 (2008), Doris E. Long

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In the global economy of the twenty-first century, "coca-colanization" has become a painful economic reality for developing nations. With new branding strategies and a legal protection regime that favors the famous marks of global monopolists, local businesses are not only losing market share, they are also losing their ability to compete in a new environment where leveraged marks often have little relevance to the actual value of the products or services for local consumers. To counter these trends, and add rationality to the global trademark regime, developing countries must develop new strategies and a conscious policy that not only values …