The state of Terengganu has been long recognised as Malaysia’s national capital of brassware handicrafts. Here, traditional knowledge and wisdom are made manifest by skilled artisans who use local materials to create culturally distinctive products. These products and practices …
Os consumidores sempre manifestaram interesse em conhecer a origem dos serviços e produtos. Há muitos serviços e produtos colocados a disposição com baixos preços, logo são bem competitivos interna e externamente. Diferenciá-los colabora na sua valoração. A Indicação Geográfica …
Com o presente estudo pretendemos contribuir para a compreensão da responsabilidade civil dos administradores não-executivos nesta era tecnológica mais exigente. Especificamente, pretendemos analisar as possíveis implicações da aplicação da tecnologia descentralizada de registo …
Tohum tarımsal üretimin ilk maddesi ve gıda zincirinin ilk halkası olarak yaşamsal bir öneme sahip olmanın yanında, ilk keşfinden günümüze değin ehlileştirilip evcilleştirilen, ıslah edilip çeşitlendirilen, korunup saklanan ve kuşaktan kuşağa aktarılan tüm insanlığa ait biyoloji…
Fikri ve Sınai Mülkiyet Hakları, kişilerin ve ilgili kurumların haklarını ifade etmektedir. Bu haklar ulusal veya uluslararası kanunlarla koruma altına alınmıştır. Üretimde, ticari rekabette, toplumsal refah ve ticari kazançların oluşumunda bu haklardan faydalanma ve yönetme iht…
This dissertation used a historical research method to examine the rise of the centuries-long complex construct of intellectual property ownership through the lenses of American institutions of higher learning and the American legal system, the latter of which attributing its in…
This research explored the use of the combined interaction and interrelation of technology transfer, collaborative dynamic capacity, absorptive capacity, and intellectual property in producing developmental outcomes. Particularly, this research aimed at improving the capabilitie…
Law enforcement has established through various cases an existing connection between terrorist networks, organized crime, and the illicit market of counterfeit goods. Such connection poses a significant threat to global security. The legal community has responded to this dangero…
Why do very different states adopt remarkably similar intellectual property laws? From Australia to Zambia, France to Fiji, and the United States to Uzbekistan, countries around the world have to a large extent harmonized laws protecting intangible goods. Such harmonization is p…
The dissertation's thesis is that intellectual property right policies were not economic decisions but rather political decisions based on domestic and international special interests. Using an original dataset that measured the strength of intellectual property right laws and t…
After briefly examining the history of trade marks and establishing the theoretical framework of trade mark functions, an analysis from the perspective of semiotics is conducted, viewing the trade mark as a sign. This analysis serves as a tool for the suggestions and conclusions…
The music and film content providing industry asserts that unauthorised widespread Online Service Provider (OSP) enabled use of their works has played a large part in the factually evident decline in unit sales of the industry’s essential products such as CDs and DVDs, and has t…
The Moral Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights explores the various aspects of IPRs in which moral evaluation and claims play a role. According to R M Hare, moral concepts and reasoning are characterized by the universalization of prescriptions. Universalization links the …
This thesis examines the implementation, enforcement and evolution of IP laws and regulations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The period of interest includes the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty first century, with emphasis on the role …
This thesis examines the intersection between authors' moral rights and conflict-of-laws. The research question has been triggered by two important, interlinked factors. The first is that the currently applicable choice-of-law rules to moral rights are the same as those applicab…
Using a comparative methodology the thesis analyses the patentability of pharmaceutical and related inventions in the UK and South Africa. The viewpoint adopted is that of the industry actors, who are engaged in the conception through to the commercialisation of inventions, alth…
The reconciliation of patents within the Taiwanese Law of Things has received negligible attention from legal scholars. The primary reason for this is the hesitation, by courts and scholars alike, to construct a new property paradigm, referring instead to treat patents under the…
Thailand’s plant protection regime presents a unique sui generis plant protection system, which is used as a model by several developing nations. The current Thai Plant Variety Protection (PVP) law has attracted some criticism, and whether or not farmers and breeders actually be…
Geographers have investigated agri-foods, commodity chains, 'alternative' food networks, 'local' production, and multicultural cuisine. However, the relationship between food, place, boundaries, environmental determinism, and authenticity remains under-researched. This thesis se…