Essays about: "intellectual property rights: law and practice"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words intellectual property rights: law and practice.

  1. 6. Vietnam and the Piracy Problem - The implications of Vietnam's WTO membership and the enactment of TRIPs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Charlotte Akej; [2013]
    Keywords : Immaterialrätt; Intellectual Property Rights; Intellectual Property; Vietnam; WTO; TRIPS; Copyright; Upphovsrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : On January 11, 2007, Vietnam joined the WTO. A requirement for joining the WTO is the adoption of TRIPs, a multilateral agreement whose purpose is to provide effective and adequate protection for intellectual property rights, in order to minimize obstacles to international trade and promote global competition. READ MORE

  3. 7. A "fair balance" between intellectual property rights and other fundamental rights?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ieva Kisieliute; [2012]
    Keywords : EU law; intellectual property law; constitutional law; fundamental rights; balancing; copyright; entertainment industry; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Recent development of case law emphasises the need to strike a fair balance between intellectual property rights and other fundamental rights. In theory, balancing of various fundamental rights is not a new concept. READ MORE

  4. 8. ACTA – analysis of an emerging IPR enforcement regime

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Robertsson; [2011]
    Keywords : plurilateral; multilateral; international trade agreement; ACTA; enforcement of intellectual property rights; transparency; regime shifting; forum shifting; anti-counterfeiting trade agreement; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis scrutinizes and analyses ACTA, a recently finished international agreement on enforcement of intellectual property rights. The analysis is performed on both a micro and a macro level. On the micro level, the analysis concerns the substantive content and the incentives to enhance the protection on the level of individual provisions. READ MORE

  5. 9. Patent right and access to medicine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Cadian Cao; [2011]
    Keywords : Human rights; Intellectual property law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The reasons for the lack of access to essential medicines are manifold, but in many cases the high price of drugs is a barrier to needed medicines. The unaffordable prices of drugs are often the result of strong intellectual property protection. READ MORE

  6. 10. Conflict Or Flexibility? Pharmaceutical Patents, Access to Medicines and the Role of Compulsory Licences

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Björn Länsisyrjä; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : International law related to patents, on the one side, and human rights, on the other, both constitute interesting areas of law on their own. From time-to time the two distinct fields of international law intertwine. A tragic but highly relevant example is the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. READ MORE