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| Title: | How IPRs, like Nature, Abhor a Vacuum, and What Can Happen When They Fill it - Lacunae and Overlaps in Intellectual Property |
| Authors: | Cook, Trevor |
| Keywords: | Intellectual property
IPR
Copyright
Design
Patent
Computer program
Pharmaceuticals
Confidential information
Regulatory data protection |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | From time to time some activities which many believe
are already or should be, protected by intellectual property, prove in fact not
readily to be the subject of any particular IPR. In contrast a particular
activity may sometimes be the subject of multiple overlapping IPRs. The former
situation can produce responses such as attempts to stretch existing IPRs
beyond what might be thought to be their natural limits, or suggestions for the
introduction of new IPRs. The latter situation can involve attempts to draw
boundaries as between IPRs to minimise overlap between them. This paper
examines various examples of such situations, including those of computer
programs and pharmaceuticals, and considers what one can learn from them. |
| Page(s): | 296-304 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print) |
| Source: | JIPR Vol.17(4) [July 2012]
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