Featuring contributions from thought-leaders in the field of IP, this book examines the check and balances that already exist in the IP system to safeguard innovation and questions to what extent existing IP regimes are capable of catering to new paradigms of innovation and creativity.

Contents: Preface Part I IP Expansion: The Effect of New Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation 1. Utility models: Do they really serve national innovation? Uma Suthersanen 2. Plant Varieties: Is UPOV 1991 a good fit for developing countries? Mrinalini Kochupillai 3. Geographical indications and innovation, what is the connection? Anke Moerland Part II A Need to Limit the scope of intellectual Property? 4. Examining the public domain empirically Kris Erickson, Martin Kretschmer and Dinusha Mendis 5. A doctrine of the public domain Alexander Peukert 6. Free-riding on the repute on trade marks – Does protection generate innovation? Ansgar Ohly 7. The European foreign policy for intellectual property rights enforcement Xavier Seuba and Elena Dan 8. Revisiting the patent misuse doctrine: Its potential contribution to maintaining incentives for innovation Daryl Lim 9. Standard-essential patents – Limiting exclusivity for the sake of innovation Peter Picht PART III NEW PARADIGMS OF INNOVATION IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 10. Intellectual property and open innovation in 3D printing – A different form of exclusivity Nari Lee 11. Transformative use and user-generated content – Integrating new paradigms of creativity in copyright law Matthias Leistner and Verena Roder-Hießerich Index

'''Does IPR boost or hamper innovation?''. This has been asked many times over the years. This extraordinary book asks the question again but without any attempt to provide for a straight-forward answer. Instead it relies on an impressive line-up of IPR legal scholars to show the reader where to look for answers and it points to ways of thinking about the complex relationship between IPR and innovation. Remarkably it does so without diminishing the complexities or taking anything for granted.' --Jens Schovsbo, University of Copenhagen, Denmark'Innovation is key for the development of our industrialised society. This is often complemented with the idea that IP is an essential tool to stimulate innovation. This volume puts that concept to the test. Did the expansion of IP stimulate innovation or is there a need to limit the scope of IP and give preference to the public domain? And where does open innovation and user-generated content fit in? All the answers are here and they are an exciting read.' --Paul Torremans, University of Nottingham, UK