文档介绍：Economics of Intellectual Property Rights
- some practical considerations
and real-life examples
Starting point
• Lawyer’s perspective:
– Utilisation of IP within business
– Legal certainty and risk avoidance
– Enforcement of IP rights
Themes Covered
• Recent trends in IP management – IP Lawyer’s
view
• A very short introduction to certain IP rights
• Introduction of a new right: Database right within
EU
• Licensing of IP in the field of information
technology
• Enforcement – practical problems
Recent Trends in IP Management
• plexity of IP rights
• Continuous change in IP rights
• EU harmonization affecting the field
• Dramatic increase in interest for IP
– not merely new industries
• prehensive view on IP protection
– earlier: product-specific protection sought
– now: protection of the business of pany
Recent Trends in IP Management
• The whole field of IP (not only patents) regarded
as strategic tools
• More aggressive enforcement of IP rights
• Point of view of different industries very different
(for example pharma, IT, media)
– in any analysis different industries should be
analysed separately
Recent Trends in IP Management
• Creative solutions to defacto protect
”unportectable” aspects of knowhow
•Also:
– impact on valuation panies
– Securization of IP
– Effect of IAS (international Accounting
Standards)
A very short introduction to certain aspects of
Copyright
• Copyright and related rights
– copyright (very international)
– Performer's right (international)
– Producer’s rights (international)
– Database right (EU)
– Catalogue right (Nordic countries)
– Right for a photograph
Copyright – protected subject matter?
• Literary or artistic work
–texts
–picture
–music
– Computer program
– database
– Cinematographic work
– multimedia
–Etc.
Copyright – protected subject matter?
• What is not protected:
–information
– knowledge
– idea
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