Intellectual property concepts embodied in international treaties and national laws date back to the eighteenth century. Many fundamental concepts (originality in copyright law; confusion in trademark law; novelty or ...

This paper argues that international copyright treaties, such as the WTO TRIPS Agreement, should no longer be developed as sets of minimum standards with a standardized exception filter, namely the three-step test, but ...

Issues discussed: Consumer electronics and rights management: file-sharing, MP3, Pod casting, station-ripping, streaming and other digital services; music, video and TV programs on mobile telephones, such as the UMTS ...

Issues discussed: The agenda of the music industry and content providers. Towards catalogues of music on line. Consequences and impact of the new online music destination, offering ad-supported legal downloads of audio and ...

Issues discussed: What are the main problems encountered by societies in developing countries? The management of national and international repertoire. The role of governments and/or judiciary in the establishment and ...

Issues discussed: Nature and scope of rights concerned; technological protection measures (TPM) and rights management information; the challenges ahead: systems interoperability and market access. Role of identification ...

Issues discussed: The relationship between compulsory licenses and collective rights management. The proposal to abolish the mechanical license in Section 115 of the US Copyright Act and reactions thereto. What would be ...

This Article suggests a path to develop a principled conceptualizat ion for copyright of limitations and exceptions at the international level. The paper argues that, normatively, copyright has always sought to reflect a ...