Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region
This book is highly topical. The shift from the multilateral WTO negotiations to bilateral and regional Free Trade Agreements has been going on for some time, but it is bound to accelerate after the WTO Doha round of negotiations is now widely regarded as
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Christoph Antons Reto M. Hilty Editors
Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law Volume 24
Edited by Josef Drexl Reto M. Hilty Joseph Straus
Christoph Antons • Reto M. Hilty Editors
Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific Region
Editors Christoph Antons School of Law Faculty of Business and Law Deakin University Melbourne Australia
Reto M. Hilty Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Munich Germany
ISSN 2191-5822 ISSN 2191-5830 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-30887-1 ISBN 978-3-642-30888-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-30888-8 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014958007 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book has its origin in a 2-day workshop on ‘IP Aspects of Free Trade Agreements in the Asia Pacific Region’, held at the University of Wollongong in November 2008 with support from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation a
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