Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Part I Understanding e-commerce; Introduction: ASEAN development in the digital economy; 1 E-commerce and international trade; Part II Rules and regulations; 2 Cross-border...

This powerpoint presentation was made at the Federal Judicial Academy Islamabad to Civil Judges/Judicial Magistrates from all over Pakistan on the subject. Software infringement and internet piracy are now worldwide phenomenon and no country on the globe is saved from its scourges. Judiciary has...

Multilateral and regional trade rules are improved to meet the increasing needs for software protection and development. Nonetheless, in Southeast Asia and China, there are still discrepancies among countries at different development levels to keep their relevant domestic law and policy in line...

One hundred thousand software patents are in force today, yet nobody really knows what is covered or by whom. But patents on computer software are so obscure to be effectively secret - they are abstrusely written, not indexed in any meaningful way, and their scope is hard to predict. Because the...

For lack of our imagination, this article does not have the most scintillating title. However, the subject matter is critically important. We survey prominent kinds of disclosures in law and show why the disclosure tool, though subject to substantial criticism, is central to the legitimacy of...

One of the significant challenges facing companies with respect to IP involves copyrights. If a company obtains a copyright on a product it develops, it retains the exclusive right to publish and reproduce the copyrighted work. Some of the items for which a company might obtain a copyright...