The use of reconfiguration of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to improve the area efficiency of a class of FPGA circuits is reported. The applicability of the technique to a large class of general-purpose applications is established by identifying the key characteristics of suitable circuits. The development of a new design methodology that allows the technique to be reliably deployed wi...

This paper adresses some of the intellectual property Issues which arose during the planning and production of SIULLEQ, a Danish multimedia project about Greenland and its culture. They include copyright, moral rights ("droite morale") and the Implications of the Danish Data Protection Act in relation to the creation, use and downloading of materials by different categories of end users. As reg...

Roughly three decades ago, the political dimensions of decision making about the technological hazards embedded in contemporary societies became publicly visible, provoking the emergence of a new politics of risk. Public controversies about what constituted “acceptable risk,” and who should decide and how, proliferated in a wide range of technical domains. Social movements challenged expert def...

C hronic hunger persists in most African countries even as crop production reaches peak levels on other continents (Johns Hopkins 2000). In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 600 million people live on small farms measuring no more than a few hectares each. Low productivity due to biotic and abiotic factors is responsible for food insufficiency and malnutrition. The rapid increase in population (nea...

This discussion encompasses the various types of human capital intangible assets. Some of these human capital intangibles qualify as intellectual property. Of course, like general commercial intangible assets, many human capital intangibles do not qualify as intellectual property. The most common type of human capital intangible is a business unit’s trained and assembled workforce. The assemble...

In order to protect indigenous/traditional knowledge, intellectual property law must be leveraged in a way that is responsive to the dynamic inter-relationships between law, society and culture. Over the last decade, increased attention to Indigenous concerns has produced a wealth of literature and prompted recognition of the diverse needs of Indigenous peoples in relation to law, legal access ...

The negative effects of intellectual property protection (IPP) on trade volume have been found in the literature when market power effects dominate market expansion effects. Because both effects will increase profits, IPP will induce entry without ambiguity. However, using product-level entry data, negative effects on market supply are found after controlling for country-specific effects. An ex...