Over the last half century, as each new technology that facilitates private, noncommercial copying of copyrighted works has emerged, segments of the copyright-owning community have predicted destruction of their markets. Not only has this not happened, but in fact it has been quite difficult to...

The Essay is a contribution to the volume celebrating the 50th Anniversary of CEIPI. It considers the future to development of the international intellectual property system by looking at how intellectual property is framed in international debates. The Essay contemplates the role of economics,...

This article explores the negotiation history of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to clarify the changes, opportunities and potential road-blocks that this recent multinational instrument poses for copyright protection internationally. The...

The substantive boundaries of intellectual property rights are shifting rapidly (if not disintegrating) in the face of the demands of the digital environment, the increasing emphasis on “flexibilities” in multilateral treaty obligations to support sustainable development and access to...

Notice of intellectual property content, ownership, boundaries, scope of rights (and limitations), enforcement institutions, and remedial consequences plays a central role in resource planning and other economic and social functions. This chapter examines the function, design, and economic...

Licensing Intellectual Property rights generates revenue for the owners of such rights. Bundling IP rights in a single license can generate more revenue. Patent rights and trade secret rights are somewhat conflicting IP rights. Combined licenses issued for using both patent rights and trade...

This article discusses the potential impact of live streaming on the commercial sports industry and analyzes whether commercial sports enterprises have the legal power to stop live streaming of professional and collegiate sporting events. Part I of this article explores the history of live...

This paper is a short English version of my various articles on this topic published in Russian, in journals: "The business and the law" (Chozjaistvo i pravo) and "The patents and licenses" (Patenti i licenzii).As is known modern Russian revolution in the field of intellectual property...

It is a permanent question whether the traditional copyright law should recognize novelties and research activities and protect them as individual rights along with organizational achievements as intellectual property. As suggested by some scholars, conventional wisdom holds that patents...