In a sophisticated defense of intellectual property, Merges draws on Kant, Locke, and Rawls to explain how IP rights are based on a solid ethical foundation and make sense for a just society. He also calls for appropriate boundaries: IP rights are real, but they come with real limits.
After your casebook, Casenote Legal Briefs will be your most important reference source for the entire semester. It is the most popular legal briefs series available, with over 130 titles, and is relied on by thousands of students for its expert case summaries, comprehensive analysis of concurrences and dissents, as well as of the majority opinion in the briefs. Casenotes Features: Keyed to specific casebooks by title/author Most current briefs available Redesigned for greater student accessibility Sample brief with element descriptions called out Redesigned chapter opener provides rule of law and page number for each brief Quick Course Outline chart included with major titles Revised glossary in dictionary format
This second edition takes account of the important changes that have swept the field since the end of the Cold War, including the rapid growth and change in commercial space-launch services, increasingly important issues of international trade in space-related goods and services, the expansion of space-based communications services, and the move to rethink—and perhaps rewrite—the Moon Treaty. Charting the legal and political outlines of the last frontier, the volume offers extensive excerpts from major works in the field of space law to provide a sense of the many different interests and schools of thought that are shaping space policy.
As companies and organisations increasingly operate across national boundaries, so the incentive to understand how to acquire, deploy and protect IP rights in multiple national jurisdictions has rapidly increased. Transnational Intellectual Property Law meets the need for a book that introduces contemporary intellectual property as it is practiced in today’s global context. Focusing on three major IP regimes – the United States, Europe and China – the unique transnational approach of this textbook will help law students and lawyers across the world understand not only how IP operates in different national contexts, but also how to coordinate IP protection across numerous national jurisdictions. International IP treaties are also covered, but in the context of an overall emphasis on transnational coordination of legal rights and strategies.
Among the first casebooks in the field, Software and Internet Law presents clear and incisive writing, milestone cases and legislation, and questions and problems that reflect the authors' extensive knowledge and classroom experience. Technical terms are defined in context to make the text accessible for students and professors with minimal background in technology, the software industry, or the Internet. Always ahead of the curve, the Fourth Edition adds coverage and commentary on developing law, such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Safe Harbor, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and the Stored Communications Act. Hard-wired features of Software and Internet Law include: consistent focus on how lawyers service the software industry and the Internet broad coverage of all aspects of U.S. software and internet law;with a focus on intellectual property, licensing, and cyberlaw The Fourth Edition responds to this fast-changing field with coverage of : the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Safe Harbor the Electronic Communications Privacy Act the Stored Communications Act Hot News; Misappropriation Civil Uses of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The intellectual property laws change nearly every year. To keep your Intellectual Property course up to date, rely on this comprehensive 2009 Case and Statutory Supplement to provide the latest legislative and international developments in all areas of Intellectual Property. Up-to-date developments in case law, including: Changes in patentable subject matter, obviousness, and the law of willfulness New developments in digital copyright Updated treatment of trademark use The first cases interpreting the Trademark Dilution Revision Act Updating Patent Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law: The Copyright Act The Lanham Act International Agreements Legislative Developments
How Today's Leading Corporations Use Mergers & Acquisitions as a Competitive Weapon Mergers and acquisitions are designed to build market leadership and create long-term valuein theory, anyway. M&A from Planning to Integration provides complete guidelines for ensuring these optimistic theories become reality, and outlines a systematic plan for developing, implementing, and monitoring a successful M&A deal. Examples from companies including Cisco Systems, GE, Microsoft, and others reveal M&A strategies that have worked in the real world, illustrate the book's concepts in action, and help you apply those concepts and strategies to your own company. Covering each step, from identifying a promising target to managing the post-merger transition, this comprehensive book details: Six pre-deal techniques for boosting the odds of a successful merger Methods for performing due diligence to ensure appropriate legal and tax structures Strategies to confront and overcome legacy issues during the integration process Is your company ready to pursue a strategic acquisition? Do you currently find yourself the target of a potential acquirer? Let M&A from Planning to Integration provide you with the tools you need to successfully guide your organization through both sides of the M&A equation. In 1970, Ted Turner merges his father's small-time billboard company with the publicly traded operator of an Atlanta television station. Turner uses this new access to the capital markets to build cable television pioneer Turner Broadcasting In 1996, Quaker Oats pays $1.7 billion for specialty beverage producer Snapple. A little more than two years later, debilitating losses and miscalculations force Quaker to sell Snapple for $300 millionless than 20 percent of what they had paid How can acquiring companies experience the success of Ted Turner, while avoiding the disaster of Quaker Oats' Snapple acquisition? M&A from Planning to Integration provides in-depth analysis and guidance for each stage of the M&A transaction. This step-by-step guide to "doing the deal" is built around the authors' innovative M&A Strategy Guide, a walkthrough of a typical negotiation, which features unique tools including: The Acquisition ScorecardAn objective, empirical process that gives potential acquirers a broad understanding of the overall health of an enterprise The Acquisition Feedback LoopTechniques for the acquiring company to establish an ongoing learning program, and apply previous M&A lessons to future acquisitions Valuable, practical appendixesA sample confidentiality agreement, due diligence checklist, strategies for valuation and protection of a company's intellectual propertyincluding patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secretsand more Mergers and acquisitions are among the business world's most dramatic, attention-grabbing operations. But behind each flashy headline lies a stark reality: The devil is in the details, and the success or failure of any M&A depends on effective execution of the deal's numerous finer points. Let M&A from Planning to Integration introduce you to the multiple factors that signal the potential for a successful deal, as it provides you with hands-on guidelines for addressing the particulars and building shareholder value with every merger or acquisition.
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