Contents:PrefacePART I: INTRODUCTION1. Towards a History of Patent LawBrad ShermanPART II: PATENTS2. Ordre Public and Morality Issues in Patent EligibilityJoseph Straus3. First-Inventor-to-File under the America Invents Act: A View of First-to-File Lawyer and a View of First-to-Invent LawyerToshiko Takenaka with Martin J. Adelman4. The Inventive Step and Cooperative HarmonizationAmy L. Landers5. Equitable Doctrines in International Patent LawsJan KraußPART III: COPYRIGHT6.

Tradition and Change: The Past and Future of Authors' Moral RightsMira T. Sundara Rajan7. Japan's Copyright Law Revisions, Disruptive Innovation and User-generated ContentSalil Mehra8. The Dragon and the White Whale: Three Steps Test and Fair UseFrédéric Pollaud-Dulian9. Fair Use: A Tale of Two CitiesSang Jo JongPART IV: TRADEMARK AND UNFAIR COMPETITION10. Passing Off and Unfair Competition Regimes ComparedMary LaFrance11. Trade DressSigne H. Naeve12.

A Comparative Analysis of the Protection of Geographical Indications in the European Union and the United States under Sui Generis and Trademark SystemsGail E. EvansPART V: ENFORCEMENT AND INFRINGEMENT REMEDIES13. Extraterritorial EnforcementMarketa Trimble14. Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases in the US, Germany and Japan: Recent Developments and OutlookChristoph RademacherPART VI: LEGAL ASPECTS COMMON TO ALL BRANCHES OF IP15. What the Treatment of Covenants Not to Compete Teaches About Intellectual Property and Competition NormsShubha Ghosh16. Employee Invention System: Comparative Law PerspectiveToshiko Takenaka and Yves Reboul17. Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights in the European UnionTheo BodewigPART VII: APPENDIX18. The Patent Laws of OldMario FranzosiIndex.