Trade Marks, E-Commerce and the Internet

Trade Marks, E-Commerce and the Internet
Christopher Heath

ISBN 9789041198471
Kluwer Law International

The advent of technology has made our world not only more complex in technical, but also in legal terms. Almost all fields of intellectual property protection have undergone a significant metamorphosis in the last decades because of challenges posed by technological and social development:

a) Patent law has to grapple with protectability and scope of biotech patents, where too
broad protection might block off whole areas for further research and commercial
exploitation.