Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property Law Bruun Dinwoodie Levin Ohly

Transition and Coherence in Intellectual Property LawEssays in Honour of Annette Kur\nAuthor(s): Niklas Bruun, Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Marianne Levin, Ansgar Ohly\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108484602, 978-1108484602\nSynopsis\nThe nature and content of intellectual property (IP) law, which is heavily contingent on the state of technology and on social and market developments, has always been subject to ongoing transitions. How those transitions are effected and the shape they take is crucial to the ability of IP to achieve its stated goals and provide the necessary climate for investment in creativity, innovation and brand differentiation. Yet the need for change can run headlong into a desire for coherence. A search for coherence tests the limits of the concept of intellectual property, is imperiled by overlaps between different IP regimes, and calls for a unifying normative theme. This vol.