Papers 2008

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Seyed Kamran Bagheri

ARE OPEN INNOVATION COMPANIES CHALLENGED BY PATENT AND COMPETITION LAWS?

Igor Chirosca

OWNERSHIP OF WORKS OF FINE ART AND COPYRIGHT: HARMONY OR CONFLICT? OVERVIEW OF THE MOLDAVIAN COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION

Minh Chau Dao

NOVELTY AND NON-OBVIOUSNESS OF BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS UNDER EU AND US LAW

Robert M. DeWitty

PATENT ELIGIBILITY’S ‘COMMON STOCK’ THEORY

Mohamed Fouad Elhariry

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS PROTECTION: INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW AND NATIONAL APPLICATION

Baryalai Hakimi

COPYRIGHT SCOPE OF PROTECTION: SOME NOTES ABOUT THE SITUATION OF AUTHORS AND RESEARCHERS IN AFGHANISTAN

Michał Król and Jakub Menčl

THE PRINCIPLE OF EXHAUSTION OF COPYRIGHT IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

Ajay Kumar and Carl Skjöldebrand

OBVIOUSNESS CONSIDERATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL PATENTS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PATENT LAW OF THE US POST KSR v. TELEFLEX WITH EUROPE AND INDIA

Philda Maiga

A CONTRACTUAL SOLUTION TO ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING IN THE PATENTING OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE (PGRFA): THE ROLE OF MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENTS

Brenda Matanga

UTILIZATION OF COLLECTIVE AND CERTIFICATION MARKS BY SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. A CASE STUDY OF ZIMBABWE

Olesya Nalimova

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A COPYRIGHTABLE SUBJECT MATTER

Ola Ramadan and Star Othman

The Policy Options To Protect Smes Trademarks: Individual Trademark, Collective Trademark, Certification Trademark And Geographical Indications

Mohammad Y. A. Rawashdeh

RESOLUTION OF THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAMES AND TRADEMARKS IN THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN: A CASE STUDY

Ekaterina Shekhtman and Evgeniy Sesitsky

EXHAUSTION AND PARALLEL IMPORTATION IN THE FIELD OF TRADEMARKS

Poonam Jayant Singh

ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES: SUI GENERIS OPTIONS FOR PROTECTION

Gabriela Treso

PATENT DISCLOSURE OF ORIGIN FOR GENETIC RESOURCES: OPTIONS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Maytê Ximenes Ponte and Payal Pandya

WOULD GENUINE USE OF A COMMUNITY TRADEMARK IN A SINGLE MEMBER STATE SUFFICE TO MAINTAIN PROTECTION OF THE MARK IN THE WHOLE EUROPEAN UNION TERRITORY IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES?

Zhao Wenhua & Zhang Zhu

The Optimal Scope of Patent Protection in Common Law and Civil Law Countries