Barfield and Calfee clearly explain arcane issues of patent law and the tremendous effect that they can have on our economy, our technological progress, and our health. As Congress considers sweeping changes to the patent law, this book is a timely evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system and the risk of overly aggressive reform. Biotechnology and the Patent System analyzes the role of intellectual property protection in biomedical research, one of America’s leading growth industries. Barfield and Calfee explore ways in which patent law fosters future research and venture capital investment; they also evaluate whether the current system could potentially impede genomic research and the development of new treatment and diagnostic tools.

Criminals, especially drug traffickers, may have laundered around $1.6 trillion, or 2.7 per cent of global GDP, in 2009, according to a new report by UNODC. This figure is consistent with the 2 to 5 per cent range previously established by the International Monetary Fund to estimate the scale of money-laundering.

The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for protecting the United States from terrorism. It does so partly through the Urban Areas Security Initiative, though its distribution has been criticized for not reflecting risk. This monograph offers a practical definition of terrorism risk and a method for estimating it that addresses inherent uncertainties. It also demonstrates a framework for evaluating alternative risk estimates. Finally, it makes five recommendations for improving resource allocation.

The authors provide a review of the necessary background mathematical techniques and offer an overview of the basic concepts in estimation. They then provide detailed treatments of all the major issues in estimation with a focus on applying these techniques to real systems.

In this volume, leading scholars tackle the debate over intellectual property rights in high-technology industries and express their views on how to improve the current system.

Ein exzellenter ABGB-Kommentar, der Umfang und Teife seiner Kommentierung zum Trotz auch den Vorteil der Kompaktheit hat. Ein Muss für jede juristische Handbibliothek!" RPA aktuell 2/2008 "... Der Kommentar besticht durch Aktualität, Praxisnähe und Benutzerfreundlichkeit ... Der "KBB" kann jedem Rechtsanwender, der mit Zivilrecht in Berührung kommt oder täglich damit konfrontiert ist, wärmstens empfohlen werden und sollte in keiner juristischen (Hand-)Bibliothek fehlen." Österreichische Juristen-Zeitung 1/2008 "... Aufgrund der Aktualität und seines kompakten Umfanges wird es diesem Kommentar mit Sicherheit gelingen, jene Stellung in der rechtlichen Praxis, die er sich seit dem Erscheinen der ersten Auflage "erobert" hat, auch in Hinkunft zu festigen und auszubauen." Das Recht der Arbeit 1/2008 "... Ein wertvoller Kommentar auch zu Rechtsfragen, die das Wohnungseigentum betreffen, auch für Nichtjuristen ..." GdW-Informationen 12/2007 "... Aktualität, Praktikabilität, höchstgerichtliche Judikatur sowie weiterführende Problemaufbereitung stehen auch bei der Neubearbeitung im Vordergrund. Wertvoll: Das detaillierte Sachverzeichnis und die Angabe der AZ bei Entscheidungen seit 1990." Salzburger Nachrichten 4.12.2007 "... Damit steht ein handlicher und aktueller Arbeitsbehelf für alle privatrechtlich tätige Juristen, seien sie in der Forschung oder in der Praxis tätig, zur Verfügung, der sicher dieselbe wohlwollende Aufnahme finden wird wie die 1. Auflage." Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft 10/2007 "... ist der "KBB" ein unerlässlicher Bestandteil einer jeden Bibliothek eines liechtensteinischen Praktikers." Liechtensteinische Juristen-Zeitung Heft 3/2007 "... Das Werk besticht durch die prägnante und verständliche Sprache der Autoren, den klaren Aufbau sowohl des Kommentars als auch der einzelnen Kommentierungen und durch seine Einheitlichkeit der Bearbeitungstiefe

Now that open source software is blossoming around the world, it is crucial to understand how open source licenses work—and their solid legal foundations. Open Source Initiative general counsel Lawrence Rosen presents a plain-English guide to open source law for developers, managers, users, and lawyers. Rosen clearly explains the intellectual property laws that support open source licensing, carefully reviews today's leading licenses, and helps you make the best choices for your project or organization

Open source resources are completely common within our society. Yet open source and free software remain a mystery. Science, public highways, city parks, language—these are at the core of any free society. Commerce gets built upon them. Culture flourishes through them. Yet the same ideas applied to software puzzle many people. Language can be free, and the results of science open to all, yet to many, software is, or should be, proprietary.

A bottom-up approach that enables readers to master and apply the latest techniques in state estimation This book offers the best mathematical approaches to estimating the state of a general system. The author presents state estimation theory clearly and rigorously, providing the right amount of advanced material, recent research results, and references to enable the reader to apply state estimation techniques confidently across a variety of fields in science and engineering.

Pedophilia, defined as a persistent sexual interest in prepubescent children, is an emotional and controversial topic. For many people, the mention of pedophilia brings images to mind of sexual predators1 who pursue and violate unknown children, although the reality is quite different. The public's perceptions of sexual offenses against children are influenced by media stories focusing on sensational cases that involve child abductions, killings, or individuals with long histories of sexually offending against many children (see Cheit, 2003; Jenkins, 1998). Parents are understandably worried about the safety and well-being of their children, and many others are concerned that children they know might be exploited or harmed by adults. In this preface, I discuss the social, political, and legal contexts for studying pedophilia to provide readers a framework for understanding the social, political, and legal responses to pedophilia and the associated problem of sexual offending against children.

Susan K. Sell s book shows how power in international politics is increasingly exercised by private interests rather than governments. In 1994 the WTO adopted the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which dictated to states how they should regulate the protection of intellectual property. This book argues that TRIPS resulted from lobbying by twelve powerful CEOs of multinational corporations who wished to mould international law to protect their markets. This book examines the politics leading up to TRIPS, the first seven years of its implementation, and the political backlash against TRIPS in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Focusing on global capitalism, ideas, and economic coercion, this work explains the politics behind TRIPS and the controversies created in its wake. It is a fascinating study of the influence of private interests in government decision-making, and in the shaping of the global economy.

In an era in which socialism has been widely discredited, the moral and legal status of private property is crucial, and property theory has become one of the most active and exciting battlegrounds of contemporary political and social thought. In this important contribution to the theory of property, Carol Rose sympathetically examines the two currently dominant traditions - neoconservative utilitarianism and liberal communitarianism - acknowledging the strengths of each and laying the groundwork for a theory to bridge the gap between them. By insisting that community norms must underlie any property regime, she expands the horizons of property theory, exploring the role of narrative and storytelling in the establishment of these norms. The result is a study that credits the insights of rival views and breaks new ground both substantively in its implications for understanding property and methodologically in its application of the study of narrative to property law. Property and Persuasion is a valuable contribution to legal theory as well as to political and social philosophy, and it is essential reading for students and professionals in all these fields.

Viele Selbstständige verzichten aus Kostengründen auf eine Rechtsberatung bei der Ausarbeitung und Erstellung von Verträgen. Das Buch wendet sich an Software- und Webentwickler, die freiberuflich arbeiten oder in kleinen Softwareunternehmen angestellt sind. Es gibt Rat, wie das Urheberrecht für Quellcode beschaffen ist, ein ordnungsgemäßes Pflichtenheft aussieht und wie sich einwandfreie Verträge abschließen lassen. Kurz: ein Ratgeber zu allen rechtlichen Fragen der Selbstständigkeit in der IT-Branche.

Das Sachenrecht ist ein zentraler Bereich der zivilrechtlichen Examensvorbereitung. Alle mit dem Recht der beweglichen Sachen sowie dem Grundstücksrecht in Verbindung stehenden Prinzipien werden auf der Grundlage historischer Entwicklung in einem systematischen Zusammenhang vermittelt. Der gesamte Lehrstoff ist auf studentische Bedürfnisse zugeschnitten und enthält Argumentationshilfen für die jeweiligen Gründe. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet dem anspruchsvollen Anfänger und Fortgeschrittenen eine hervorragende Unterstützung, den schwierigen Stoff anschaulich und tiefgehend zu bewältigen. Der Autor hat das Buch überarbeitet und dem aktuellsten Stand der Rechtsprechung und Literatur angepasst.

In the last century developments in mathematics, philosophy, physics, computer science, economics and linguistics have proven important for the development of logic. There has been an influx of new ideas, concerns, and logical systems reflecting a great variety of reasoning tasks in the sciences. This volume reflects the multi-dimensional nature of the interplay between logic and science.

In the first attempt to fully explore the controversial issues associated with the commercial application of nanotechnology, you'll find a thorough analysis of intellectual property and patents, financing and legal concerns, regulatory measures particularly in the field of nanomedicine, and environmental regulations. The authors include a set of guideposts you can follow in your due diligence of the business and legal issues pertaining to the technology.