Intellectual Property Rights : Heritage Science and Society Under International Teaties

Contents Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction Intellectual property rights and the economic value. 2. The purpose of copyright law. 3. The Harmonizing role of historical accuracy. 4. The protection of cultural patrimony. 5. The protection of authorship as a cultural value. 6. Major themes under discussion. 7. Copyright under international copyright conventions. Bibliography. Index. The book focuses on all the major international intellectual property treaties and many cultural developments the arrival of the computer age copyright law past technological developments technological infrastructure and economic consideration of international trade and intellectual property patented inventions and unfair competition and as a result both statutory intellectual property law and trade and the economic characteristics of ideas that form the focus of most economic thinking in recent years India's domestic provisions into international standards the case for intellectual property rights under enhanced intellectual property rights protection Indian common heritage of mankind Ayurveda Yoga the author enlightening us with case studies of conflict both in developed and developing countries transplanting of intellectual property values copyright laws authorship cultural problems and harmonization folklore and culture neighbouring rights protection of performance broadcast and sound recording TRIPS Rome convention protection of cultural patrimony cultural nationalism UNESCO convention on cultural property. Protection of authorship as a cultural value EC view of authorship moral rights delegate Berne convention Historical and philosophical foundation moral rights in selected countries Canadian Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Television without Frontiers of the EC cultural diversity Americanization of culture multilateral treaties to intellectual property protection. Special 301 actions WIPO WTO and Treaty obligations Vienna convention territorial view of intellectual property and the problem of reciprocity and jurisdictional dilemma enforcement paradigm. The author concludes with a thorough study of major international copyright conventions historical overview major provisions and reciprocity treaties. 350 pp.…