International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

About the Book

This book discusses the international protection of intellectual property rights in light of the expansion of electronic commerce. It contains ten chapters that deal respectively with the historical development of intellectual property law, the nature, purpose and scope of modern intellectual property rights, the challenge of the Internet, the regulation of electronic commerce, the conflict of law's implications for electronic commerce and intellectual property, the protection of copyright, trademarks and patents on digital networks and the impact of internationally harmonized IPRs on developing countries, in addition to a conclusion and proposals for reform.

About the Author

Legal advisor. Twenty years experience in the legal field. LLB. (Honour) (1985), LLM. (1995) and Ph. D. (2004).