Intellectual Property and General Legal Principles

Edited by Graeme B. Dinwoodie, Global Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Distinguished University Professor, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, US

• Introduction:Graeme Dinwoodie1. Contract Lex Rex: Towards Copyright Contract’s Lex SpecialisGiuseppina D’Agostino2. The Enforceability of Mass-Market e-Commerce Licenses and Social Networking Agreements: Is Copyright or Contract Law the New Lex Specialis?Charles R. McManis and Brett Garrison3. Fair is as Fair Does: Contractual Normative Regulation of Copyright User Contracts in South AfricaCaroline B. Ncube4. Compelling Disclosure of Software Interoperablility Information: A Risk for Innovation or a Balanced Solution?Begoña G. Otero5. Is IP Law a Lex Specialis? A Dual Test Gustavo Ghidini6. Inclusivity in Intellectual PropertySéverine Dusollier7. Private Ordering and Consumers’ Rights in Copyright Law: A View of Japanese ConsumersBranislav Hazucha, Hsiao-Chien Liu and Toshihide Watabe8. Intellectual Property Protection for Fame, Luxury, Wines, and Spirits: Lex Specialis for a Corporate “Dolce Vita” or a “Good Quality Life”?Irene Calboli9. Provocations and Challenges Concerning Enforcement and Civil Procedure in IPKimberlee Weatherall11. A “Bundle” of National Patents v a European Patent with Unitary Effect - A Jurisdictional ComparisonTorsten Bjørn Larsen12. IP, Disability, Culture and Exceptionalism: Does Copyright Law Deal with Difference?Abbe Brown and Charlotte WaeldeIndex

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