Overview

In recent years, the global economy has undergone profound changes: information products and services are increasingly driving productivity and growth, using more diverse methods of distribution. Intellectual property (IP) transactions are a fundamental part of everyday global commerce, and in the absence of a common global understanding there is a growing need to develop common legal rules to guide and support contracting practices. This book provides a systematic, comparative, and transnational perspective on all major types of IP transactions, covering both contracts which deal exclusively with IP rights and other types of contracts which raise IP issues. Using national and local case law and legal sources as a starting point, it identifies standard legal issues, problems, and solutions which typically arise, and analyses them from the perspective of global and transnational policy. At a time when efforts are being made to bring coherence to diverse national IP laws and regulations, it sets out a comprehensive global soft law framework to govern IP transactions in the information age. This is an ambitious and rigorous exploration of a vital yet neglected area of IP law, and an invaluable resource for academics and policy-makers alike.

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Author:   de Werra
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
ISBN:  

9780199688302

ISBN 10:   0199688303
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   22 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Introduction II. Standard IP Contracts 2: Sale / assignment of IPR 3: License of IPR 4: Confidentiality agreements 5: Research and development agreements 6: Trademark coexistence agreements 7: Transfer of technology transactions 8: Pledge agreements / security interests over IPR 9: Transactions on Internet domain names III. Business Transactions with IP Elements 10: Franchising agreements 11: Agency and distribution agreements 12: Joint-ventures agreements 13: Employment agreements 14: Consulting agreements 15: Material transfer agreements 16: Endorsement agreement / sponsoring agreements 17: Government procurement contracts IV. Standard Issues in International IP Transactions 18: Antitrust law and policy 19: Choice of law clauses 20: Dispute resolution clauses V. Conclusion VI. Appendixes

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Jacques de Werra is Professor of Contract Law and Intellectual Property Law at the Law School of the University of Geneva, and a Faculty Fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

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