INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NATURAL RESOURCES: MALAYSIAN LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

Standards and intellectual property rights: an economic and legal perspective

The authors are concerned with the reconciliation of private rights that intellectual property rights (IPRs) represent with the public benefit deriving from properly developed technical standards. One of the key difficulties in achieving this aim is that IPRs are increasingly perceived as conflicting with other norms; in particular, the relationship between intellectual property law and competi...

Intellectual Property Rights in China: Evolving Business and Legal Frameworks

Writing and Publishing Textbooks and Students' Rights from the Perspective of Islam and Intellectual Property Rights

The right to education, as a basic human right, is essential for all members of society, and its realization requires special facilities and tools. Textbooks are considered to be the most important tool that should be provided to learners and students in an appropriate and standard and comprehensive manner, without discrimination and not for profit. The aim of this study was to determine the st...

Marin Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction is a Subject in Intellectual Property Rights

The discovery of marine genetic resources has led to increase of the number of international maritime patent claims .Given the unique characteristics of these organisms, the genetic resources derived from these organisms have great potential in the medical field and for research and development in the fields of antioxidants, fungal treatments, AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, malaria And antibiotics...

Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights

We study the determinants of patent suits and their outcomes over the period 1978-1999 by linking detailed information from the U.S. patent office, the federal court system, and industry sources. The probability of being involved in a suit is very heterogeneous, being much higher for valuable patents and for patents owned by individuals and smaller firms. Thus the patent system generates incent...