CRI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Patent Thicket, Orphan Works, Patent Office
2 Apr 2016
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Ip policy is an increasingly important tool for simulaing economic growth. The ip framework is falling behind and must adapt. Digital communicaions technology involves rouing copying of text, images and data, meaning that copyright law has started to act as a regulatory barrier. A digital copyright exchange will facilitate copyright licensing and realise the growth potenial of creaive industries . In copyright, the interests of the creaive industries are of great naional importance. Legislate the release for use the vast treasure trove of copyright. Copying should be lawful where it is for private purposes, or does not damage the underlying aims of copyright. There should be a change in rules to enable scieniic and other researchers to use modern text and data mining techniques, which copyright prohibits. Building future prooing into the legislaive and regulatory framework. Imporing fair use wholesale was unlikely to be legally feasible in europe. Adaping the patent and design frameworks to changing circumstances .
