Patents Profits and Power

Part 1 The ghost of IP past: The path to intellectual property protection; The world without intellectual property; Creativity without interference. Part 2 Intellectual assets - the new wealth: How it works; Linking industrialization and intellectual property; A modern scenario; The IBM example; Knowledge management; Intellectual capital. Part 3 That's brilliant - what is it?: Patents; Trademarks; Copyright; Geographical indications; Industrial designs; Trade secrets; Layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits; Breeders' rights. Part 4 The enforcers; WIPO; Intellectual property protection treaties; Global protection treaties; Classification treaties; Administrative agreements; WTO; The European Patent Office; National intellectual property agencies. Part 5 The new currency: Information and power; Microsoft - intellectual property warrior; Prosecuting intellectual property crimes; Protecting trade secrets and other intellectual assets; Intellectual property protection strategies; Due diligence. Part 6 Rogue nations and false creations: A Canadian example; Why nations condone intellectual property theft; The economics of intellectual property theft; International enforcement mechanisms -power or pushover?; Corporate offenders; Teachers, students and copyright abuses; Intellectual property theft quiz. Part 7 Thoughts on the future of thought: The future of the international institutions; Future disputes and controversies; Intellectual property alternatives; Festo - challenging the power of patents; Questioning the right to intellectual property rights; Future innovation, high stakes and market instability; Choosing our destiny. Part 8 Internet rules: intellectual property at cyberspeed; Internet piracy; The Digital Millennium Copyright Act; Felten, copyrights and freedom of speech; Protecting property on the Net; Intellectual property resources on the Web. Part 9 Developing intellectual property in developing nations: Honouring international obligations; The problem with piracy; Where there's a will.; India; China; The technology solution; Hope and help from developed nations. Part 10 Losing your mind: Nothing is really new; Intellectual property and the wrong kind of growth; The power of ideas.