Access to Information and Knowledge

Edited by Dana Beldiman, Professor, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany and Professor-in-Residence, University of California Law San Francisco and Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, San Francisco, US

‘Technical communicators wishing to understand the complexities of intellectual property laws across political boundaries will find this collection of essays valuable. Certainly, this collection deserves a place in the company library for those companies who use intellectual property, but also those interested in international IP law.’

• Contents:PrefaceIntroduction Dana BeldimanPART I: ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 1. Public Sector Information as Open Data: Access, Re-Use and the Third Innovation ParadigmMarco Ricolfi 2. Licensing Research Data under Open Access Conditions under European LawLucie GuibaultPART II: THE CONCEPTUAL CONTOURS OF INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY LAWS FROM AN ACCESS PERSPECTIVE 3. Intellectual Property in the CathedralDan L. Burk4. Trademark Law and the Public DomainMartin Senftleben5. Patent Eligibility – the ‘Sick-Man’ of Patent LawErika Ellyne6. Exceptions, Limitations and Collective Management of Rights as Vehicles for Access to InformationJohan AxhamnPART III: EXPANDING THE DEBATE TO INCLUDE NEW STAKEHOLDERS 7. Synergetic Interaction Between Intellectual Property and Consumer Protection: A Pragmatic Proposal to Rebalance Incentives and AccessAndrea Stazi and Maximiliano Marzetti8. Framing and Explaining the Politicization of Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge SocietyIngrid SchneiderPART IV: ACCESS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA – FROM TRIPS TO COUNTRY CLUB TREATIES9. From Data to Wisdom: The Contribution of Intellectual Property Rights to the Knowledge Pyramid Roger Kampf10. The ACTA/TPP Country ClubsPeter K. Yu 11. Rethinking the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at International LevelChristophe Geiger