دانلود کتاب Technology Transfer

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Preface\nSelected Bibliography\nTable of Statutes\nTable of Statutory Instruments\nTable of European Legislation and International Materials\nTable of Cases\nChapter 1 Overview\n Introduction\n What is ‘technology transfer’?\n Organisations involved in technology transfer, including research and development\n Different priorities in technology transfer\n Funding of R&D\n University research and charitable status\n Representative bodies\n The role of lawyers in technology transfer agreements and activities\n Contact information\nChapter 2 Drafting Technology Transfer Agreements\n The legal framework\n Boilerplate and commercial clauses\n Types of agreement\n Best practice\nChapter 3 Overview of Intellectual Property\n Introduction\n National and international intellectual property laws: current laws and proposals\n Commercial transactions and intellectual property law\nChapter 4 Patents\n Historical background and overview of legislation\n Some recent developments in patent law\n Provisions of UK patent law which are directly relevant to commercial transactions\n Other fundamental provisions of UK patent law which may affect parties to a patent transaction\n Supplementary Protection Certificates\n Patents for biotechnological inventions\n Patenting and software\nChapter 5 Copyright\n Introduction\n Some recent developments in copyright law\n Commercial transactions involving copyright works\n Other fundamental aspects of UK copyright law which may affect the parties to commercial transactions, including ‘moral rights’ provisions\nChapter 6 Protection of Databases\n Generally\n Meaning of a database\n The contents of a database\n Database right\nChapter 7 Designs\n General\n Design right\n Registered designs\n Community Design\n Comparison of features of the various forms of design protection\nChapter 8 The Law of Confidence\n Introduction\n Some recent developments in the law of confidence\n Protection of technical information\n The law of confidence and its application to technical information\n Organisation of this chapter\n The Trade Secrets Directive\n Strengths and weaknesses of the law of confidence\n Appendix\nChapter 9 Personal Property\n Introduction\n Implied covenants under the Law of Property Act 1925 (‘the LPA’) and the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994\n Other provisions of the Law of Property Act 1925 which could apply to intellectual property transactions\n Multiple ownership of property\n Bailment\n Impact of EU laws on UK property law\n Ownership of human tissue and biotechnological products originating from human tissue\nChapter 10 Contract Law\n Introduction\n Interpretation and construction of licences and other agreements\n Ownership rights\n Selected contract law statutes affecting intellectual property transactions\nChapter 11 Regulatory Requirements\n Introduction\n Information protection and release and computer technology\n Import and export regulations\nChapter 12 Introduction to EU Competition Laws Affecting Technology-Related Agreements\n Introduction\n Sources of EU competition law: Articles 101, 102 and 34–36 of the EU Treaty; European Economic Area Agreement\n Scope and purpose of this chapter\n Article 101 and commercial agreements\n Overview of how to determine whether Article 101(1) applies, and whether a block exemption applies, to a technology-related agreement\n Software licences\n Agreements that provide for both R&D work and the licensing of technology or know-how\n Detailed consideration of Notices, Guidelines and block exemption Regulations\n Notice on agreements of minor importance\n Commission Notice on subcontracting agreements\n Implementation Regulation\nChapter 13 The Technology Transfer Agreements Regulation and Accompanying Guidelines\n Introduction\n Summary of main differences between 2014 TTR and its (2004) predecessor\n General approach of the Commission to technology transfer agreements\n The changing view of the Commission as to which types of intellectual property have the benefit of the block exemption\n Structure of the TTR\n Types of intellectual property to which the 2014 TTR applies\n Types of agreement to which the 2014 TTR does not apply\n Types of party who benefit from the 2014 TTR\n Contract products\n Market share\n ‘Hardcore’ restrictions\n Hardcore restrictions and competing undertakings\n Hardcore restrictions and non-competing undertakings\n Excluded restrictions\n Withdrawal of benefit of the 2014 TTR in an individual case\n Non-application of the 2014 TTR for parallel networks\n Relationship between the 2014 TTR and other block exemptions\n Agreements that do not come within the scope of the 2014 TTR\nChapter 14 Guidelines on Horizontal Agreements and Regulations on R&D and Specialisation Agreements\n Scope of this chapter\n Guidelines on horizontal agreements\n R&D agreements block exemption Regulation\n Provisions which prevent application of the block exemption\n Specialisation agreements Regulation\nChapter 15 UK Competition Law\n Introduction\n UK statutory (and other legislative) provisions concerning competition\n Competition Act 1998\n When will an agreement breach Chapter I of the Competition Act?\n Consistency and harmonisation between UK and EU competition law\n Consistency and harmonisation between UK and EU competition law – post the UK leaving the EU\n Common law rules on restraint of trade\nChapter 16 Valuation of Technology and Products\n Introduction to this chapter for this edition\n Introduction\n Methods of calculating value\n Going rate/benchmarking\n Factors that may affect valuation\nChapter 17 A Non-Specialist’s Overview of Tax Issues\n Introduction\n What has changed?\n What has not changed\n Overview of the main tax issues in IP transactions\n Conclusions\nIndex