This paper aims to analyze the matter concerning the challenges and issues in promoting “Eco-Patenting: A techno-legal weapon to mitigate climate change”. The paper broadly covers and attempts to answer the prominent questions like, what encourages green technology transfer? What is the...

This thesis draws a picture of how an effective competition law regime in Ghana should look like by making proposals on the competition law and policy best suited for the Ghanaian market. It has become commonplace among relevant scholarly circles that indeed one size does not fit all and that a...

With the advent of economic globalization, a growing number of countries have realized the value of IPRs in enhancing their competitiveness in the world economy. Intellectual property protection has become a worldwide concern in terms of cross-border competition. The acceleration in technology...

With the aim of strengthening the economic integration to liberalize trade and investment among members, 12 countries in the Pacific Rim including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam came together under a FTA...

Connectivity plays a key role in today’s economy and increasingly so as the Internet of Things develops. Standards, as enablers of connectivity, are central to this development. The fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks (5G) is pushing new industries to consider access to...

Personalized medicine defines an individualized healthcare system based on patients’ unique characteristics, such as genetic information. It aims to reduce the predictable risk of disease and improve response to treatment by applying a specific therapy. This particular field brings along the...

Digital markets are known with their dynamic nature where actors mostly compete for the market rather than in the market. Strong network effects with extreme economies of scale cause the markets to tip in in favor of one company leading to a monopoly who takes it all as the winner. Promising...

This thesis aims to discuss about whether or not granting compulsory licenses to green technology is the way of promoting technology transfer.It starts with defining what is the meaning of the term “green technology” by common meaning, by existing MEAs, by legal scholars, and finally...

The widespread implementation of big data analytics for making decisions about individuals has fueled concerns regarding the transparency and the fairness of these methods. GDPR protects the data subjects against the pervasive implications of automated decision making on the protection of...

Trademark merchandising offers not only an effective marketing tool and a profitable commercial practice but also a huge legal uncertainty for involved parties. To deal with that uncertainty, Calboli has already proposed a solution that includes affording trademark protection to marks used on...