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Regenerative Medizin setzt große Hoffnungen in die Forschung mit humanen embryonalen Stammzellen. Ebenso umstritten wie diese Forschung selbst ist auch die Patentierung von Erfindungen, die sich auf humane embryonale pluripotente Stammzellen beziehen. Sowohl im regulatorischen Bereich wie auch im Bereich der Patentierung gibt es international große Unterschiede. Die Beiträge legen dar und analysieren die aus rechtlicher wie ethischer Sicht komplizierte Rechtslage der Patentierung in diesem Bereich nach dem europäischen Patent-recht und den Patentrechten der VR China, Deutschlands, Frankreichs, Japans, Kanadas, Koreas, Österreichs, der Schweiz, der USA und des Vereinigten Königreiches. Jedem an dieser Materie Interessierten bieten sie eine wertvolle Orientierungshilfe.

This book traces the academic footprint of Hanns Ullrich. Thirty contributions revolve around five central topics of his oeuvre: the European legal order, competition law, intellectual property, the regulation of new technologies, and the global market order. Acknowledging him as a trailblazer, the book aims to capture how deeply Hanns Ullrich has influenced contemporaries and subsequent generations of scholars. The contributors re-iterate the path-breaking patterns of his teachings, such as his contemplation of intellectual property as embedded in competition, the necessity of balancing private and public interests in intellectual property law, the policies of market integration, and the peculiar relationship of technological advancement and protectionism.

This book adds a critical perspective to the legal dialogue on the regulation of ¿smart urban mobility¿. Mobility is one of the most visible sub-domains of the ¿smart city¿, which has become shorthand for technological advances that influence how cities are structured, public services are fashioned, and citizens coexist. In the urban context, mobility has come under pressure due to a variety of different forces, such as the implementation of new business models (e.g. car and bicycle sharing), the proliferation of alternative methods of transportation (e.g. electric scooters), the emergence of new market players and stakeholders (e.g. internet and information technology companies), and advancements in computer science (in particular due to artificial intelligence). At the same time, demographic changes and the climate crisis increase innovation pressure. In this context law is a seminal factor that both shapes and is shaped by socio-economic andtechnological change. This book puts a spotlight on recent developments in smart urban mobility from a legal, regulatory, and policy perspective. It considers the implications for the public sector, businesses, and citizens in relation to various areas of public and private law in the European Union, including competition law, intellectual property law, contract law, data protection law, environmental law, public procurement law, and legal philosophy.Chapter 'Location Data as Contractual Counter-Performance: A Consumer Perspective on Recent EU Legislation' of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.

This book adds a critical perspective to the legal dialogue on the regulation of ¿smart urban mobility¿. Mobility is one of the most visible sub-domains of the ¿smart city¿, which has become shorthand for technological advances that influence how cities are structured, public services are fashioned, and citizens coexist. In the urban context, mobility has come under pressure due to a variety of different forces, such as the implementation of new business models (e.g. car and bicycle sharing), the proliferation of alternative methods of transportation (e.g. electric scooters), the emergence of new market players and stakeholders (e.g. internet and information technology companies), and advancements in computer science (in particular due to artificial intelligence). At the same time, demographic changes and the climate crisis increase innovation pressure. In this context law is a seminal factor that both shapes and is shaped by socio-economic and technological change. This book puts a spotlight on recent developments in smart urban mobility from a legal, regulatory, and policy perspective. It considers the implications for the public sector, businesses, and citizens in relation to various areas of public and private law in the European Union, including competition law, intellectual property law, contract law, data protection law, environmental law, public procurement law, and legal philosophy.Chapter 'Location Data as Contractual Counter-Performance: A Consumer Perspective on Recent EU Legislation' of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.

This book evaluates existing and explores new mechanisms for the adequate payment of copyright owners for the use of their works.

Do the specific competition law issues in a digital environment presuppose a reconsideration of competition law concepts and their application?

Under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (now the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition).

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 a failure. However, there is a particular regional angle to this topic as well. After concluding that further progress in the Doha round was unlikely, Pacific Rim nations recently have progressed with the negotiations of a greatly expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement that includes industrialised economies and developed countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, recently emerged economies such as Singapore, but also several developing countries in Asia and Latin America such as Malaysia and Vietnam. US and EU led efforts to conclude FTAs with Asia-Pacific nations are also bound to accelerate again, after a temporary slowdown in the negotiations following the change of government in the United Statesand the expiry of the US President¿s fast-track negotiation authority. The book will provide an assessment of these dynamics in the world¿s fastest growing region. It will look at the IP chapters from a legal perspective, but also put the developments into a socio-economic and political context. Many agreements in fact are concluded because of this context rather than for purely economic reasons or to achieve progress in fields like IP law. The structure of the book follows an outline that groups countries into interest alliances according to their respective IP priorities. This ranges from the driving forces of the EU, US and Japan, via Asia-Pacific resource-rich but IP poor economies such as Australia and New Zealand, recently emerged economies with strong IP systems such as Singapore and Korea to leading developing countries such as China and India and ¿second tier industrializing economies¿ such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

The contributions to this book inquireinto whether the TRIPS Agreement should still be seen only as part of aninternational trade regulation, or whether it needs to be understood - or even reconceptualized- as a framework regulation for the international protection of intellectualproperty.

This book analyses the legal approach to personal data taken by different fields of law. An increasing number of business models in the digital economy rely on personal data as a key input. In exchange for sharing their data, online users benefit from personalized and innovative services. But companies' collection and use of personal data raise questions about privacy and fundamental rights. Moreover, given the substantial commercial and strategic value of personal data, their accumulation, control and use may raise competition concerns and negatively affect consumers. To establish a legal framework that ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data while at the same time providing an open and level playing field for businesses to develop innovative data-based services is a challenging task.With this objective in mind and against the background of the uniform rules set by the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the contributions to this book examine the significance and legal treatment of personal data in competition law, consumer protection law, general civil law and intellectual property law. Instead of providing an isolated analysis of the different areas of law, the book focuses on both synergies and tensions between the different legal fields, exploring potential ways to develop an integrated legal approach to personal data.

Do the specific competition law issues in a digital environment presuppose a reconsideration of competition law concepts and their application?

Under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law (now the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition).

As part of its review of competition law that started in the late 1990s, the European Commission proposes to revise its interpretation and application of the Treaty's prohibition of abuses of dominant positions.

This book documents intellectual property law and practice in selected Asian countries with important emerging markets. It also embeds the history and present state of intellectual property in the wider socioeconomic context of each country discussed.

This book documents intellectual property law and practice in selected Asian countries with important emerging markets. It also embeds the history and present state of intellectual property in the wider socioeconomic context of each country discussed.

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 regarded as a failure. This title provides an assessment of these dynamics in the world's fastest growing region.

As part of its review of competition law that started in the late 1990s, the European Commission proposes to revise its interpretation and application of the Treaty's prohibition of abuses of dominant positions.

This book provides insight into the functioning of the global economy, the roots of the present international financial crisis and the responses of highly distinguished politicians, industrialists and academics.

This book provides insight into the functioning of the global economy, the roots of the present international financial crisis and the responses of highly distinguished politicians, industrialists and academics.

This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing countries and which include intellectual property (IP) provisions setting standards exceeding those of the TRIPS Agreement. the implications for the multilateral IP system and other areas of international law such as human rights;

FairEconomy is a concept for a free and fair market economy. In response to the financial and economic crises of the past years, the authors develop fundamental ideas of how a market economy works, what rules markets need and who safeguards fairness and equal opportunity in such an economy.

How does copyright law take into account the interests of third parties, especially the general public¿s interest in the greatest possible dissemination of knowledge and culture? Twelve basic questions give copyright law experts from more than forty countries the opportunity to provide answers related to their national law on the following matters: categories of works and subject matter, eligibility conditions, duration, ¿users¿ rights,¿ the three-step test, misuse, differentiations between categories of right holders, TPM, and relations of copyright law to other legal areas such as fundamental rights, competition law, consumer protection law, media law etc. The standardized form of the reports makes it easy to see the impacts of copyright law in the industrialized countries as well as in emerging economies; in common-law and civil-law approaches; in countries of the Andean Community and of the European Union, as well as in countries that are not party to the WIPO Treaties. A detailed preliminary chapter provides an approachable overview of issues and results. This chapter also discusses the voice of academia, represented by the European Copyright Code of the ¿Wittem Group.¿

The acceleration of technology, economic globalization, and international agreements has posed new challenges for intellectual property law. This book gives legal, economic, and policy perspectives on these challenges, focusing on the modern patent system.

Academic research shows that well-known principal-agent and capital market problems are strongly influenced by tax considerations. Not only the basic political, legal and economic questions but also major topics like income measurement, shareholding structures, corporate social responsibility and tax shelter disclosure are covered.

Academic research shows that well-known principal-agent and capital market problems are strongly influenced by tax considerations. Not only the basic political, legal and economic questions but also major topics like income measurement, shareholding structures, corporate social responsibility and tax shelter disclosure are covered.

This book examines the present state of harmonization of unfair competition law in Europe. It discusses the particular approach to unfair competition law in the 10 new Member States and the possible impact on the future development of European unfair competition law.

This book examines the present state of harmonization of unfair competition law in Europe. It discusses the particular approach to unfair competition law in the 10 new Member States and the possible impact on the future development of European unfair competition law.

Im Zuge der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise wird verstärkt diskutiert, welcher Mechanismen es bedarf, um die Interessen aller Marktteilnehmer im Wirtschaftsleben zu wahren. Große Bedeutung gewonnen hat dabei der Aspekt der ¿business ethics¿. So richten immer mehr Unternehmen sog. Compliance-Abteilungen ein, die die Einhaltung von unternehmensinternen Grundsätzen wie namentlich die der ¿Corporate Social Responsibility¿ (CSR) zur Aufgabe haben. Kaum untersucht ist bislang jedoch die rechtliche Verbindlichkeit solcher CSR-Standards, obgleich sie zunehmend von Unternehmen auf ihrer Website verkündet oder auf anderem Wege zu Public Relations- und Marketingzwecken ¿ bis hin zur Werbung ¿ eingesetzt werden.Sind CRS damit nur wohlklingende Absichtserklärungen, oder handelt es sich um rechtlich verbindliche Standards ¿ und wenn ja, unter welchen Voraussetzungen entsteht ein Rechtsanspruch gegen Unternehmungen, wenn diese die sich selbst gegebenen Standards nicht einhalten? Anders gefragt: Gibt es ein ¿corporate right to lie¿, oder setzt das (deutsche, europäische, internationale) Recht Grenzen? Im Fokus steht hierbei das Recht zur Bekämpfung unlauteren Wettbewerbs, im deutschen Sprachgebrauch kurz auch Lauterkeitsrecht genannt, das in allen entwickelten Wirtschaftsnationen ¿ wenn auch mit unterschiedlichem Ansatz ¿ Markthandlungen unter dem Gesichtspunkt der ¿Fairness¿ überprüft.Die Autoren der Beiträge dieses Buches sind ausgewiesene Fachleute des Europa-, Wirtschafts- und Wettbewerbsrechts. Sie diskutieren auf der Grundlage rechtstatsächlicher Erkenntnisse alle mit der wettbewerbsrechtlichen Beurteilung von CSR zusammenhängenden Fragen, insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung der Rolle, die CSR für Unternehmen, Abnehmer und die Gesamtwirtschaft spielt.Auch die Vorstellungen anderer Rechtsordnungen und Kulturkreise sind einbezogen. Gefragt wird letztlich, ob es ein Unternehmerleitbild gibt, das die Beachtung ethischer Standards einschließt und das über das Lauterkeitsrecht auch rechtliche Verbindlichkeit erlangt.Mit Keynote von Gesine Schwan.