Enforcement: A Neglected Child in the Intellectual Property Family
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
8-2016
ISBN
978-90-411-6789-7
Abstract
Effective enforcement is essential to the protection of intellectual property rights. Without enforcement, these rights will be of little value. Although intellectual property enforcement has been around for as long as intellectual property rights have existed, this topic has not caught much attention from intellectual property commentators and instructors until the past decade.
Today, there remains a dearth of theoretical literature on intellectual property enforcement, and specialized courses on this topic remain rare. Even when enforcement is covered as part of an intellectual property course, the topic tends to be discussed either at the end of the course or in conjunction with infringements.
This chapter begins by identifying four different types of enforcement issues that intellectual property commentators and instructors usually explore. It then discusses why enforcement remains a neglected child in the intellectual property family. It further suggests two different tracks — the digital track and the global track — to help integrate enforcement back into its larger family. The chapter concludes with a cautiously optimistic view on the prospects of such integration.
First Page
279
Last Page
301
Num Pages
23
Series
Information Law Series
Series Number
37
Series Title
The Internet and the Emerging Importance of New Forms of Intellectual Property
Publisher
Kluwer Law International B.V.
Place
The Netherlands
Editor
Susy Frankel & Daniel Gervais
Series Editor
P. Bernt Hugenholtz
Recommended Citation
Peter K. Yu,
Enforcement: A Neglected Child in the Intellectual Property Family,
279
(Susy Frankel & Daniel Gervais eds., 2016).
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