Fairness, Morality and Ordre Public in Intellectual Property: (ATRIP Intellectual Property series)

About the Book

This incisive book explores the ways in which the major notions of fairness, morality and ordre public can be used both to justify and to limit IP rights. Written by an international team of experts in the field, it provides varied and sometimes divergent perspectives on how these notions are applied to different rights and in different contexts.

Fairness, Morality and Ordre Public in Intellectual Property addresses questions about which outcomes of IP use can be defined as fair or moral, to whom they may be considered fair or unfair, and which criteria should be used to decide. Chapters examine these issues through topics such as fairness in copyright law, economic aspects of fairness, the intersection of human rights principles and indigenous peoples’ heritage rights with IP, and the pricing of pharmaceutical drugs.

Scholars and researchers working in IP, international trade and public international law policy will find this book to be critical reading. It will also be relevant to international IP law practitioners and policy makers.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction 1 Daniel J. Gervais PART I SETTING THE STAGE 1. Capturing the dynamism of fairness: a common law perspective 8 Poorna Mysoor PART II FAIRNESS IN COPYRIGHT LAW 2. Fairness for authors and performers: the role of law 31 Mary LaFrance 3. Reconstructing fairness: the problem with fair use exclusivity 53 Maurizio Borghi 4. Fairness vs. welfare in the discussion of copyright laws and policies: royalties for the resale of artworks as a case study 76 Antoni Rubí-Puig 5. Access to textbooks in developing countries, copyright, and the right to education: embracing extraterritorial state obligations in intellectual property law 96 Klaus D. Beiter 6. Fair use of intellectual property and economic growth 124 Yasser M. Gadallah PART III ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF FAIRNESS 7. Corporate intellectual property, governance and board effectiveness reviews in large and premium listed UK companies 141 Janice Denoncourt 8. Fair and equitable treatment of foreign investments and intellectual property rights 173 Emmanuel Kolawole Oke 9. Fairness and ordre public in certified global food chains 195 Katja Weckström Lindroos PART IV APPLICATION OF FAIRNESS, MORALITY AND ORDRE PUBLIC TO OTHER IP RIGHTS 10. Human rights principles as normative ‘fairness’ tools in the context of IP and (access to) indigenous peoples’ heritage via digital libraries 215 Kelly Breemen and Vicky Breemen 11. Patents, morality and biomedical innovation in Europe: historical overview, current debates on stem cells, gene editing and AI, and de lege ferenda reflections 243 Ana Nordberg 12. Towards a fair intellectual property framework for Open Science: a comparative law approach 268 Juan F. Córdoba-Marentes 13. Using fairness to determine post-employment duties with respect to trade secrets: the case of remedies under the Trade Secrets Directive 288 Magdalena Kolasa 14. A study on the application of the General Clause of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law in China in the age of the internet 310 Qian Tao and Haotian Geng 15. Pricing of drugs: wither fairness! 328 T. Vidya Kumari Appendix: justice, morality and public order in intellectual property – harmony and dissonance (Russian experience) 353 Ivan Zenin Index 355

About the Author :
Edited by Daniel J. Gervais, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, US

Review :
‘Notions of fairness and the doctrines of morality and ordre public infuse international IP law and policy. It’s important to understand what drives lawmakers to utilise these flexibilities and what are both the benefits and challenges of doing so. This book superbly demonstrates both the breadth and detail of these matters in an accessible way. The contributions represent different viewpoints from around the globe and show the depth and richness of scholarship that ATRIP brings together. As the editor, Daniel Gervais, states in his introduction, what fairness, morality and ordre public mean will vary among jurisdictions. This means that some countries regard their use as something that should be rare and others use them more readily, giving rise to significant global diversity. This book shines a light on much of that diversity and consequently this collection provides valuable insights into the fairness or otherwise of the IP regime.’