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INTRODUCTION
What Is Intellectual Property?
I. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Why Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Matters
A Short Guide to International IPR Treaties
Intellectual Property Training and Technical Assistance Programs
Jordan Benefits From Intellectual Property Reforms
A Message From Jackie Chan: "Fakes Cost More"
Taking Action: How Countries Are Fighting IPR Crime
The U.S. Approach: Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, and Folklore
II. LAWS IN EVOLUTION
The Challenge of Copyright in the Digital Age
What Is "Fair Use"?
The Importance of the Public Domain
Roundtable: Enforcement, a Priority for All Countries
New Tools for Fighting Optical Disc Piracy
III. ISSUES BY INDUSTRY
A Trade Association at Work
Intellectual Property Rights and the Pharmaceutical Industry
The Cost of Developing a New Drug
Malaria: Partnering to Find a Cure
Protecting Trademarks on the Internet
IV. SOURCES
Glossary of IP Terms
Sources of Information on IP
Additional Readings on IP
Kids' Corner: Educational Materials for Children and Young Adults
 

(Posted January 2006)
 
ADDITIONAL READINGS ON
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Alikhan, Shahid and Raghunath Mashelkar
Intellectual Property and Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century
The Hague; New York: Kluwer Law International, 2004.

Anderson, Robert D. (ed)
Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge Based Economy
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 1998.

Callan, Bndicte
Pirates on the High Seas: The United States and Global Intellectual Property Rights
New York: Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 1998.

Cook, Curtis W.
Patents, Profits and Power: How Intellectual Property Rules the Global Economy
London: Kogan Page, 2002.

The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infrastructure
Washington, D.C.: National Academy, 2000.

Elias, Stephen and Richard Stim
Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
Berkeley, California: Nolo Press, 2003.

Field, Thomas G.
Introduction to Intellectual Property: Cases and Materials
Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic, 2003.

Glick, Mark A., Lara A. Reymann, Richard Hoffmann
Intellectual Property Damages: Guidelines and Analysis
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley, 2003.

Goldstein, Paul
Copyright's Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox
Stanford, California: Stanford University, 2003.

Granstrand, Ove (ed)
Economics, Law, and Intellectual Property: Seeking Strategies for Research and Teaching in a Developing Field
Boston, Massachusetts : Kluwer Academic, 2003.

Halbert, Debora J.
Resisting Intellectual Property Law
New York: Routledge, 2005.

Harris, Lesley Ellen
Digital Property
Ontario, Canada: McGraw Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1998.

Hawke, Constance S.
Computer and Internet Use on Campus: A Legal Guide to Issues of Intellectual Property, Free Speech, and Privacy
San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

Herrington, Wayne W. and George W. Thompson
Intellectual Property Rights and United States International Trade Laws
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana, 2002.

Hurley, Deborah and Hal Varian (eds)
Internet Publishing and Beyond: The Economics of Digital Information and Intellectual Property (publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project)
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1998.

Idris, Kamil
Intellectual Property: A Power Tool for Economic Growth
Geneva, Switzerland: World Intellectual Property Organization, 2002.

King, J. Ralph, Andrew D. Dorisio, and Michael S. Hargis
Intellectual Property
3rd ed. Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky, College of Law, Office of Continuing Legal Education, 2002.

Koepsell, David R.
The Ontology of Cyberspace: Philosophy, Law, and the Future of Intellectual Property
Chicago, Illinois: One Court, 2000.

Landes, William M. and Richard A. Posner
The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2003.

Lessig, Lawrence
Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity
New York: Penguin, 2004.

Letterman, G. Gregory
Basics of International Intellectual Property
Ardsley, New York: Transnational, 2001.

Lindsey, Marc
Copyright Law on Campus
Pullman, Washington: Washington State University, 2003.

Marlin-Bennett, Renee
Knowledge Power: Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy
Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2004.

Matsuura, Jeffrey H.
Managing Intellectual Assets in the Digital Age
Boston, Massachusettts: Artech House, 2003.

Matthews, Duncan
Globalising Intellectual Property Rights: The TRIPs Agreement
London and New York: Routledge, 2002.

McCarthy, J. Thomas, Roger E. Schechter, and David J. Franklyn
McCarthy's Desk Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property
3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: The Bureau of National Affairs, 2004.

McManis, Charles R.
Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition in a Nutshell
5th ed. St. Paul, Minnesota: Thomson/West, 2004.

Merges, Robert P., Peter S. Menell, and Mark A. Lemley
Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age
3rd ed. New York: Aspen, 2003.

Moore, Adam D. Intellectual Property and Information Control: Philosophic Foundations and Contemporary Issues
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, 2004.

Nimmer, Melville B. et al.
Cases and Materials on Copyright
5th ed. New York: Matthew Bender & Company, 1998.

O'Connor, Edward F.
Intellectual Property Law and Litigation
2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, 2003.

Peloso, Jennifer (ed)
Intellectual Property
New York: H.W. Wilson, 2003.

Perelman, Michael
Steal This Idea: Intellectual Property Rights and the Corporate Confiscation of Creativity
New York: Palgrave, 2002.

Poltorak, Alexander and Paul Lerner
Essentials of Intellectual Property
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002.

Poynder, Richard (ed)
Caught in a Web: Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
London; Washington, D.C.: Denwent/Thomson Scientific, 2001.

Rahnasto, Ilkka
Intellectual Property Rights, External Effects, and Anti-Trust Law: Leveraging IPRs in the Communications Industry
Oxford; New York: Oxford University, 2003.

Razgaitis, Richard
Valuation and Pricing of Technology-Based Intellectual Property
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2003.

Ryan, Michael P.
Knowledge Diplomacy: Global Competition and the Politics of Intellectual Property
Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1998.

Saint-Amour, Paul K.
The Copyrights: Intellectual Property and the Literary Imagination
Ithaca, New York: Cornell, 2003.

Schechter, Roger E. and John R. Thomas
Intellectual Property: The Law of Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks
St. Paul, Minnesota: Thomson/West, 2003.

Sell, Susan K.
Private Power, Public Law: The Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights
Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York: Cambridge University, 2003.

Thierer, Adam and Wayne Crews (eds)
Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property in the Information Age
Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2002.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Copyright Laws and Treaties of the World. Looseleaf volume with supplements
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs, 1956.

U.S. General Accounting Office
Intellectual Property: Deposits of Biological Materials in Support of Certain Patent Applications
Washington, D.C.: GAO, 2000.

Wilson, Lee
The Trademark Guide
New York: Allworth Press, 1998.

Winner, Ellen P. and Aaron W. Denberg (eds)
International Trademark Treaties With Commentary
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana, 2004.


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