Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age List Price: $96.00 Offer Price: USD $86.00 See Latest Price & Discount Author Robert P. Merges Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2003-02 ISBN 073553652X Publisher:Aspen Publishers Customer Reviews: Review #1: Pretty Well-done book on IP 2006-04-29 Overall, I thought this book was pretty well-done. On the plus side, it presents Copyright Law and Trade Secret Law (the subjects I used it for) relatively directly and in an understandable manner. It is cleanly-edited as well, which I can't say is true for every other law textbook I've seen. On the con side, there are more questions asked than answered in the Notes & Comments section after each case, which is sometimes frustrating (but seems to be a trend in these books). Some of the case edits also omit things that I thought shouldn't have been omitted (for instance, in Harper & Row the language always-quoted on "taking the heart of a work" in the third fair use factor was omitted). There are also some cases omitted that I would have included, but that's probably always true in textbooks. Generally, this book will help you learn Copyright and Trade Secret Law and I recommend it. But if you're here looking at it -unless you're a professor thinking of using it- I doubt you have a choice what book you buy for class. Review #2: Top case-book on IP 2003-12-15 The authors are luminaries of Boalt, UC Berkeley. The book is for students, and therefore concentrates on precedents. For European lawyers, better versed in commentaries and systematic works, this always is a problem. As such the work is the best, talking of high tech and intellectual property law. Do not forget "Software and Internet Law" by the same authors + Pam Samuelson. In Europe the paramoutn work is The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs I-III by Mr. Justice Laddie et al. (ý 500 is a stiff price). In German there is Schricker, in French nothing really comparable. Review #3: Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2000-10-10 This book is an excellent text dealing with multiple aspects of American intellectual property law. As a Canadian law student I found its approach of using first principles to introduce readers to the basics of intellectual property law very useful. From the first principles of copywright, trademark and patent law the book proceeds to give an insightful exposition of the developments of each of these areas of law in response to recent developments in the sciences. While some attention is paid to biotechnology in the patent section of the book, most of the work focusses on the impact of developments in intellectual property law as a result of information technology. Not only is this book timely but it also gives a very in depth analysis of these timely issues that I have not come across in other texts on the subject. I have just completed my LL.B at an excellent Canadian Law school. I specialised almost entirely in intellectual property law and found this to be my favourite text. Not just amongst my IP courses but amongst all the courses that it was my pleasure to take. If you are interested in IP and you want an understanding of it based Utilitarian first principles this book is an excellent resourse.