Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on December 22, 2006
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2007 2(2):114-115; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpl213
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IP in Review |
IP law and policy in the United States: trends and developments
US Intellectual Property Law and Policy
By Hugh Hansen, Ed., 2006,
Edward Elgar
Price: £55.00, Hardback, ISBN: 1-84542-866-8.
pp. 224
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Many scholars in political science and international relations have discussed the obvious shift in world politics from the Cold War period to the post-9/11 era. Nation-states now share the turbulent global stage with other important actors (eg non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations). The field of US intellectual property (IP) law is no different. The present forces of globalization and technology have shaped the development and direction of IP policy. In a collection of six essays, Professor Hugh Hansen, as editor of US Intellectual Property Law and Policy, invites readers to explore the trends of American IP law. These six essays, as Professor Hansen rightly