Intellectual Property Ordering Beyond Borders

"In the last century, intellectual property (IP) law has expanded within and beyond national borders. Once a niche area concerning authors, inventors and trademark owners, IP law now acts as a complex regime of instruments, institutions, and actors that negotiate overlapping, diverging and occasionally competing public policies on a global scale. As IP continues to expand beyond borders, the instruments and tools utilized for its global protection rely on public international law as a common denominator and unifying frame. Intellectual Property Ordering Beyond Borders provides an evaluation of the most pertinent public international law questions raised by this multi-dimensional expansion. This comprehensive and far-reaching volume tackles problems ranging from generalist approaches under the law of treaties, custom and general principles, interfaces between IP and other normative orders such as trade and investment, and interdisciplinary accounts from an economic, political and social science perspective. This title is also available Open Access on Cambridge Core"--