The nature of big data protection remains an enigma. By ‘big data’, we refer to that are non-copyrightable, non-secret and do not fall into the scope existing intellectual property laws. Assuming such require some sort in order incentivize investment, what form shall take? Contract law, tort unfair competition law or a sui generis law? There is no consensus among different jurisdictions. Some j...

despite the title of intellectual property law, this legal system differs from the classic property law in several aspects, inter alia, the time of protection, the standards for protection, the scope of protection and the enforcement of intellectual property rights. these limitations and differences are largely because of the economic considerations regarding different kinds of positive efficie...

Globalization of intellectual property (IP) protection for medicines has been advancing during the past decade. Countries are obliged to adapt their legislation as a requirement of their membership to the World Trade Organization or as a condition of being part of international trade agreements. There is a growing recognition that, in low-income countries, stronger IP protection is a barrier to...