|
Showing 1 - 11 of
11 matches in All Departments
Counterfeit Goods and Organised Crime is an in-depth inquiry into
the fake goods trade and the involvement of organised crime groups.
In this seminal work, Michael Blakeney comprehensively analyses the
impact of counterfeiting on the principal industries affected by
it. It looks at international, national and regional counterfeit
legislation, organised crime groups and counterfeiting customs
control. Through an interdisciplinary analysis, Professor Blakeney
assesses the size of the counterfeit goods trade, its drivers, and
its impact on commerce, public order and health. The book includes
a broad range of case studies focusing on the areas most affected
by the counterfeit trade: medicines and pharmaceuticals; food,
wines and spirits; luxury goods; vehicle and aircraft parts; and
herbicides, fertilisers and pesticides. As counterfeiting is driven
by the search for profits, Professor Blakeney argues for
disincentivising organised crime groups via the legal confiscation
of the proceeds of crime. This innovative book’s examination of
the trade in international counterfeit products will interest
scholars, practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of
trademark law, customs and trade law, and crime and corruption
studies. It will also be invaluable for regulators and compliance
personnel, legal practitioners and industry representatives.
Encapsulating the most recent changes in the law, this second
edition of The Protection of Geographical Indications investigates
the European laws which regulate the way that geographical
indications can be used in the marketing of agricultural products,
food, wines and spirits. Key updates to this comprehensive second
edition include: A new chapter considering the protection of EU
geographical indications outside Europe, through bilateral trade
agreements, and of foreign geographical indications within the EU
New content exploring the impact of Brexit on the protection of UK
geographical indications Discussion of Regulation (EU)
No.1308/2013, supplemented by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)
2019/33 of 17 October 2018 and Commission Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/34 of 17 October 2018 Examination of a new Regulation
repealing Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, adopted on 13 March 2019 by
the European Parliament Analytical yet accessible, this second
edition will be a key resource for all IP practitioners advising or
working within the food and agriculture industries in the EU, and
for all those whose work involves geographical indications and
designations of origin. Policymakers in the UK will also find a
great deal of value in the discussion of Brexit and its
implications in relation to IP.
This timely book provides a comprehensive survey of recent
development in intellectual property (IP) law within the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, written
by experienced scholars and practitioners in the field. Divided
into three insightful parts, the book looks into recent IP
developments in individual countries, examining the relationship of
ASEAN as a group with the wider region in IP matters, as well as
providing comparative studies of copyright infringements, IP in
agriculture, IP enforcement, and pharmaceutical patenting in the
ASEAN countries. Chapters investigate further pressing topics such
as IP related to the innovation economy, covering all countries of
ASEAN, recently concluded bi- and multilateral agreements and ASEAN
IP negotiations with China and other trading partners. Providing
regional and international analysis of ASEAN IP law across multiple
sectors, this book will prove a valuable resource for IP
practitioners, legal academics and law students concerned with
Asian IP law and innovation. Students interested in the
intersection between IP law, economy and society, from disciplines
such as economics, business and political science, will also
benefit from this detailed read.
This three-volume collection comprises a selection of research
articles and papers on geographical indications by the leading
academics in this field. The collection examines the functions and
economic underpinnings of this form of product designation,
together with the various forms of legal protection of geographical
indications, both national and international. It contains a number
of contributions that examine the potential impacts of geographical
indications in developing countries, which explore this form of
marketing through case studies. With an original introduction by
the editor Michael Blakeney, these volumes are an excellent
reference for scholars and researchers in this field.
The TRIPS Agreement (for trade-related intellectual property
rights) provides for the general protection of geographical
indications (GIs) of product origin, including for example the
special protection of wines and spirits and for the creation of a
multilateral register for wines. The African Group of countries has
been in the forefront of countries agitating in the World Trade
Organization TRIPS Council for the extension of this special
protection and of the multilateral register to industries which are
of interest to developing countries, primarily agriculture. The
so-called "extension question" is the central feature of the Doha
Development Agenda at both the WTO and World Intellectual Property
Organization. This book provides some empirical evidence and
applied legal and economic reasoning to this debate. It provides
both a general review of the key issues and a series of case
studies from six Anglophone and four Francophone countries in
Africa. These focus on major agricultural commodities such as
coffee, cotton, cocoa and tea, as well as more specific and local
products such as Argan oil and Oku white honey.
Global food insecurity is a growing issue. At a time when the
world's population is increasing and agricultural production is
challenged by climate change, it is estimated that around a third
of the food produced globally is lost or wasted. This book examines
the problem of food loss and waste (FLW) and the policies that
could be enacted to remedy this fundamental global concern. Michael
Blakeney provides a well-rounded view of FLW from production to
plate. He begins by examining the problems associated with defining
and measuring food waste, arguing that more reliable data on FLW is
key to the creation of effective FLW reduction policies. He goes on
to address the drivers of FLW, the environmental impacts of FLW and
the moral and ethical considerations that are linked to the issue.
Food Loss and Waste concludes with a critical assessment of FLW
reduction strategies across the food supply chain. Providing the
first comprehensive assessment of FLW and its remedies, this book
will be of great interest to scholars working in the fields of food
security, agricultural law and policy and rural economics. Policy
makers involved in food policy and security will also find this a
valuable resource as it identifies and analyses FLW policies on an
international scale.
The TRIPS Agreement (for trade-related intellectual property
rights) provides for the general protection of geographical
indications (GIs) of product origin, including for example the
special protection of wines and spirits and for the creation of a
multilateral register for wines. The African Group of countries has
been in the forefront of countries agitating in the World Trade
Organization TRIPS Council for the extension of this special
protection and of the multilateral register to industries which are
of interest to developing countries, primarily agriculture. The
so-called "extension question" is the central feature of the Doha
Development Agenda at both the WTO and World Intellectual Property
Organization. This book provides some empirical evidence and
applied legal and economic reasoning to this debate. It provides
both a general review of the key issues and a series of case
studies from six Anglophone and four Francophone countries in
Africa. These focus on major agricultural commodities such as
coffee, cotton, cocoa and tea, as well as more specific and local
products such as Argan oil and Oku white honey.
This important book is the first detailed analytical treatment of
the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and its impact on
intellectual property enforcement. The ACTA had been formulated to
deal with the burgeoning growth in the trade in counterfeit and
pirate products which was estimated to have increased ten-fold
since the promulgation of the TRIPS Agreement in 1994. The book
clarifies how the ACTA supplements the enforcement provisions of
the TRIPS Agreement, namely by: expanding the reach of border
protection to infringing goods in transit; providing greater detail
of the implementation of civil enforcement and; providing for the
confiscation of the proceeds of intellectual property crimes. As
the book illustrates, a significant additional innovation is the
introduction of provisions dealing with enforcement of intellectual
property rights in the digital environment. This book will strongly
appeal to intellectual property rights policy makers, legal
practitioners, academics and students.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play an important role in the
struggle for food security and encouraging agricultural research
and development. This book examines these roles as well as the
international relationship between IPRs, agricultural
biotechnology, access to biological resources, food security and
globalization, paying particular attention to proposals for the
protection of Farmers' Rights, traditional knowledge, GM crops and
the impact of competition laws. It proposes a number of
recommendations for action in deploying IPRs in order to reach
greater food security globally.
Among the important elements of the problem (and its potential
solutions) discussed in this book are the following:
- the strong influence of legal culture in the different Asian
countries;
- the limits of IP harmonisation in Europe;
- the importance of understanding the political and cultural
perceptions that prevail in the various Asian countries;
- the non-uniform approach of different Asian countries due in part
to bilateral free trade agreements; and
- the experience of patent office cooperation and its potential as
a model for smaller countries.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Sound Of Freedom
Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, …
DVD
R325
R218
Discovery Miles 2 180
|