Introduction to Legal Means for Protecting Intellectual Property
Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results
ISBN: 978-1-78635-238-5, eISBN: 978-1-78635-237-8
Publication date: 2 August 2016
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the five main modes of intellectual property (IP) protection – patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and designs – available in the United States, the European Union, and Japan. After describing the purposes of and principal differences among the five types of IP protection and outlining the advantages of each form, the chapter provides country- and region-specific information. The authors highlight the aspects of IP law in which international harmonization has, or has not yet, occurred, and offer insights into the relative advantages of various national and regional IP protection systems.
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Citation
Rector, A.M., Sandefur, B., Ceccagnoli, M., Clendenin, M. and Hallenborg, L. (2016), "Introduction to Legal Means for Protecting Intellectual Property", Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 87-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-473620160000026004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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