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to shed light on the state of the art of copyright in the UK and to flesh out the idea of 'legal hysteresis'. I support …
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J. LEGAL STUDIES 449 (1992), along with an introduction to that article for students, entitled "Copyright as Tort …'s Mirror Image". Both involve comparisons between statutory intellectual property law and common law doctrines. "Copyright as … Tort's Mirror" uses personal injury law to introduce students to copyright, making a link between the doctrines through the …
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copyright of the work, credit and pre-existing work issues. However, despite the above mentioned issues which this paper deal … picture was a product of an author and whether it could be granted protection under the Copyright Clause. This paper conclude …
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US copyright law deserves credit for encouraging an outpouring of original expressive works, bequeathing us a rich … cultural heritage. But the copyright regime has grown too big and too powerful. We need to pursue a new direction in copyright … reform: toward freedom. We can best improve copyright by limiting its power, repairing its foundations, and opening up ways …
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We analyze the effect of patent thickets on entry into technology areas by firms in the UK. We present a model that describes incentives to enter technology areas characterized by varying technological opportunity, complexity of technology, and the potential for hold‐up in patent thickets. We...
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This survey of recent developments includes reports on the new Rotterdam Rules intended to govern claims of damage or loss for goods carried by sea under bills of lading and new Institute Cargo Clauses for use in policies of marine insurance. Reports are also offered on the cases of Transfield...
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This article investigates the not-so-obvious reasons for which the financial mechanism of asset securitization is so poorly relied on in such developed civil law jurisdictions as France and Germany. Analysis is focused on several constituent elements of this mechanism: a possibility to construct...
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In 2009, President Barak Obama allocated $8 billion in stimulus funding for high speed rail projects across the United States. One year later, in 2010, an additional $2.5 billion was distributed to corridors with High Speed Rail Projects. Even though the most recent congressional budget...
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Julian Juergensmeyer is best known for his work on funding of infrastructure, but his seminal treatise on Agricultural Law raises the question of whether the infrastructure left unbuilt can best fulfill some planning goals. The relationship between infrastructure and planning has been studied in...
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