The Global Regime for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

A complete picture and thorough analysis of the international norms and bodies dealing with the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Xavier Seuba (Author)

9781108415163, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 October 2017

494 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 3 cm, 0.82 kg

'This comprehensive, scholarly, and interdisciplinary study could not have been published at a better time, when countries are busy searching for ways to provide appropriate and effective enforcement of intellectual property rights. This book not only provides a detailed analysis of the different aspects of intellectual property enforcement, but also provokes us to rethink what measures will best achieve the intended goals of an intellectual property system. A must read for anybody engaging with law and policy in this area.' Peter K. Yu, Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A & M University School of Law

In The Global Regime for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, Xavier Seuba offers a comprehensive description of the international norms and bodies dealing with the enforcement of intellectual property rights. The book analyzes multilateral, plurilateral, and bilateral treaties, and their national implementation, along with civil, border, and criminal enforcement. The book also explores the interface between the enforcement of intellectual property rights and the norms regulating international trade, competition, and human rights, as well as the conceptual and systemic aspects of enforcement, while illustrating the importance of these rights with examples in litigation. The book should be read by anyone interested in how intellectual property rights are being enforced around the world, and how these efforts relate to other legal regimes.

Introduction
Part I. Foundations of Intellectual Property Enforcement: 1. Intellectual property enforcement, from concept to practice
2. Intellectual property enforcement and human rights
3. The economics of intellectual property enforcement
Part II. The International Architecture for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: 4. International normative architecture for the enforcement of intellectual property
5. International bodies for the enforcement of intellectual property rights
6. Transplantation of the law as a technique to foster new enforcement regulations
Part III. Civil Enforcement: 7. Measures for the preservation of evidence
8. Interim injunctions
9. The award of damages
Part IV. Border Measures: 10. The global regime on border measures
11. Border measures and free trade
12. Border measures and human rights
Part V. Criminal Enforcement: 13. The global regime on criminal enforcement
14. Criminal enforcement and human rights
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Intellectual property law [LNR], Legal system: law of contempt [LNAA2], Legal system: general [LNA], Property & real estate [KFFR]