Research Catalog

Title

Intellectual property and ethics / edited by Lionel Bently and Spyros M. Maniatis.

Publication

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bently, Lionel, 1964-
• Maniatis, Spyros M.
• Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London). I.P. Unit

Description

xxii, 239 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

The essays collected in this volume cover a wide range of ethical theories and draw on a variety of issues in intellectual property law. There are a number of substantial contributions on such topics ranging from the justification of intellectual property rights and the ethical underpinnings of familiar legal concepts, to the ethical dimensions of the encounter between intellectual property law and new geographies, spaces and cultures.

Series Statement

Perspectives on intellectual property series ; v. 4

Uniform Title

Perspectives on intellectual property series v. 4.

Subject

• Intellectual property > Moral and ethical aspects
• Intellectual property
• Intellectual Property
• Ethics

Note

• "In association with the I.P. Unit, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ethical boundaries and internet cultures / Kathy Bowrey -- No other law? : author-ity, property and aboriginal art / Anne Barron -- Patenting human genetic information : is nothing sacred? / Baljit Dhadda -- The question of patenting life / Brad Sherman and Lionel Bently -- A few thoughts on copyright law and the subject of writing / Victor Tadras -- Equal treatment for artists under coyright law and the E.U.'s Droit de suite / Simon Hughes -- A case study in cultural imperialism : the imposition of copyright on China by the West / Robert Burrell -- Unfair competition and ethics / Anselm Kamperman Sanders.

ISBN

042162440X

OCLC

• 39027897
• SCSB-10241844

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library