Intellectual Property And Information Wealth ― Issues And Practices in the Digital Age

Yu (founding director, Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program, Michigan State U. College of Law) viewed his purpose in putting together this four-volume set as the development of a comprehensive mini-library on intellectual property that covers both the basic and cutting edge issues. He has organized the material in accordance with the three main branches of intellectual property law (copyrights, patents, and trademarks) and added a final volume covering the increasingly important international developments. Each volume contains approximately 20 articles each, with the first covering protections to novels, films, sound recordings, computer programs, and other creative products, as well as issues such as authorship, duration of copyright, fair use, and the implications of the Internet and peer- to-peer file sharing technologies; the second examining protections to inventors of devices, mechanical processes, chemical compounds, and other inventions and issues such as the scope and limits of patent protection, research exemptions and infringement, intellectual property in the software and biotech industries, and trade secrets; the third discussing protections for brand names and unique product designs, along with issues of consumer protection, trademark and the first amendment, brand licensing, publicity and cultural images, and Internet domain names; and the final volume exploring enforcement of intellectual property rights across borders and their implications for international trade and investment, economic development, national sovereignty, human rights, and public health. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Peter K. Yu is Associate Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program at Michigan State University College of Law. He also holds appointments in the Asian Studies Center and the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media at Michigan State University. He speaks at professional and academic forums around the world on issues of intellectual property, media and communications law, and international business and trade. Frequently quoted and cited in the popular press, he is the author of many articles and book chapters, and author or editor of several books, includingInternational Intellectual Property Law and Policy, The Marketplace of Ideas, andRussian Media Law and Policy in the Yeltsin Decade.