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IP Remedies: Injunctions
Among the available remedies for intellectual property right infringement are injunctions or monetary relief. Especially in copyright and patent infringement cases, injunctions have been considered as the usual and de facto automatic remedy to prevent, deter or stop infringement. Injunctions may however also impose high costs on society.
Border & Customs Regulations
Section IV of Part III of the TRIPS Agreement impose certain obligations to WTO Member States relating to border measures that may require custom authorities interventions in cases of importation of infringing goods. However, as the rest of Part III it also allows considerable flexibility to WTO Members States in implementing its obligations.
TRIPS Provisions on Enforcement
Written by Judit Rius Sanjuan
The most important international intellectual property agreement regulating remedies for intellectual property infringement is the 1994 WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement).
Notes on limitations to injunctions in the United States
The following are selected examples of U.S. law practices in the enforcement of intellectual property rights, with a particular emphasis on cases where there are limits on injunctive relief.
India limitations on injunctions
Copyright
In the Indian Copyright Act of 1957, there are limits on injunctive relief for cases involving architectural plans.
Canada limitations on injunctions
Copyright
Canada's copyright law contains limits to the ability for parties to obtain injunctive relief for architectural works:
RIAA Suggestions for content of ACTA
Written by James Love
Thursday, 26 June 2008
These are the substantive suggestions for provisions of the ACTA that the RIAA sent to the USTR on March 17, 2008.
Notes on Remedies for Orphan Works
Orphan Works are copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate. Undertanding the access and dissemination problems that these kind of works impose to society, Governments have began to explore ways to address the issue. Canada Canada… Continue Reading
Scholarly and Technical Articles and Books on Innovation Prizes
This paper has now been replaced by an updated version here: /prizes/cites
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An Annotated Bibliography of Scholarly and Technical Articles and Books on Innovation Prizes
KEI Research Note 2008:2
(Updated October 4, 2010)
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