The Trans-Pacific Partnership : Intellectual property and trade in the Pacific Rim

This book considers the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] on intellectual property and trade. The book focuses upon the debate over copyright law, intermediary liability, and technological protection measures. The text examines the negotiations over trade mark law, cybersquatting, geographical indications and the plain packaging of tobacco products. It explores the debate over patent law and access to essential medicines, data protection and biologics, and the protection of trade secrets. In addition, the book investigates the treatment of Indigenous intellectual property, access to genetic resources, and plant breeders’ rights. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE Globalization and its Discontents: Joseph Stiglitz and the Trans-Pacific Partnership INTRODUCTION The Resurrection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership PART ONE COPYRIGHT LAW AND RELATED RIGHTS Chapter 1 Rock against the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Copyright Law, the Creative Industries, and Internet Freedom Chapter 2 Fair Use and Fair Trade: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Copyright Exceptions in the Pacific Rim Chapter 3 Back to the Future: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Trans-Pacific Partnership PART TWO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND DIGITAL TRADE Chapter 4 The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Big Data: Consumer Rights, Privacy, Electronic Commerce and Digital Trade PART THREE TRADEMARK LAW AND RELATED RIGHTS Chapter 5 No Logo: Nike, Labor Rights, Trade Mark Law, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Chapter 6 The Big Chill Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Tobacco Control, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Chapter 7 The Prosecco Wars: Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications in the Pacific Rim PART FOUR PATENT LAW AND RELATED RIGHTS Chapter 8 Farmers' Rights in the Pacific Rim: Plant Breeders' Rights, Agricultural Patents, and the Trans-Pac