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The Economist Guide to Intellectual Property

Stephen Johnson

IP accounts for an estimated $5trn of GDP in the US alone. It covers patents, trademarks, domain names, copyrights, designs and trade secrets. Unsurprisingly, companies zealously guard their own ideas and challenge the IP of others. Damages arising from infringements have fostered a sizeable claims industry. But IP law is complex, and the business, financial and legal issues around it are difficult to navigate. Court decisions and interpretation of IP laws can be unpredictable, and can dramatically change the fortunes of businesses that rely on their IP - as demonstrated in the pharmaceutical industry's battle with generic drugs.
This comprehensive guide to intellectual property will help companies, investors, and creative thinkers understand the scope and nature of IP issues, pose the right questions to their advisers and maximize the value from this crucial intangible asset.

  • Classification : Business, Management & Economics
  • Pub Date : JUN 25, 2015
  • Imprint : The Economist
  • Page Extent : 352
  • Binding : TPB
  • ISBN : 9781846688973
  • Price : INR 599
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Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson studied cello at the Northern School of Music, Manchester, and went on to study composition with Alexander Goehr at Leeds University. After a brief period working for BBC Radio 3 he moved into musical journalism. Since then he has broadcast frequently for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service, with major projects including fourteen programmes about the music of Bruckner for the centenary of the composer's death (1996). He has written regularly for the Independent, the Guardian, BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone, and is the author of several books including Bruckner Remembered (Faber, 1998) and How Shostakovich Changed My Mind (Notting Hill Editions, 2018). In 2003 Johnson was voted Amazon.com Classical Music Writer of the Year. His radio documentary, Shostakovich: Journey into Light, was nominated for a Sony Award in 2007, and in 2009 his documentary Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth won a Sony Gold Award.

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