Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property Law: Essays in Honour of Annette Kur

The nature and content of intellectual property (IP) law are constantly evolving, and the transitions that occur are crucial to its ability to achieve its goals and provide a climate for investment in creativity, innovation, and brand differentiation. This volume explores whether coherence is desirable and assembles contributors from across IP and the globe to explore these questions.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 530 pages
Publication date: 07 July 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The nature and content of intellectual property (IP) law, which is heavily contingent on the state of technology and on social and market developments, have always been subject to ongoing transitions. How those transitions are effected and the shape they take is crucial to the ability of IP to achieve its stated goals and provide the necessary climate for investment in creativity, innovation, and brand differentiation. Yet, the need for change can run headlong into a desire for coherence. A search for coherence tests the limits of the concept of "intellectual property," is imperiled by overlaps between different IP regimes, and calls for a unifying normative theme. This volume assembles contributors from across IP and the globe to explore these questions, including whether coherence is desirable. It should be read by anyone interested in understanding the conceptual underpinnings of one of the most important and dynamic areas of the law.

The nature and content of intellectual property (IP) law, which is heavily contingent on the state of technology and on social and market developments, have always been subject to ongoing transitions.

How those transitions are effected and the shape they take is crucial to the ability of IP to achieve its stated goals and provide the necessary climate for investment in creativity, innovation, and brand differentiation.

Yet, the need for change can run headlong into a desire for coherence.

A search for coherence tests the limits of the concept of "intellectual property," is imperiled by overlaps between different IP regimes, and calls for a unifying normative theme.

This volume assembles contributors from across IP and the globe to explore these questions, including whether coherence is desirable.

It should be read by anyone interested in understanding the conceptual underpinnings of one of the most important and dynamic areas of the law.

Weight: 760g
Dimension: 151 x 228 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108723367