Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content visit: elgaronline.com FRAND German Case Law and Global Perspectives Edited by Peter Georg Picht, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Thomas F. Cotter, University of Minnesota Law School, USA and Erik Habich, University of Zurich and Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland ‘This book will be a valuable addition to the literature on the licensing and litigation of standards-essential patents on both sides of the Atlantic. Its detailed attention to German FRAND jurisprudence fills a major gap for North American practitioners and scholars, and its comparative approach will likewise help European advocates, judges and scholars to appreciate the different approaches taken to these issues in the United States. This volume is an essential resource for those interested in the evolving international FRAND litigation landscape.’ – Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah, USA Key Features: • Provides clear and detailed analysis on the latest developments in German FRAND/SEP case law, giving readers access to case law which has not previously been available in English. • Contextualises German SEP/FRAND case law from an international perspective • Examines the competing approaches to SEP/FRAND issues in prominent jurisdictions • Presents insightful commentary on how thought leaders and decisionmakers perceive the future of SEP/FRAND licensing 2024 416 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 170 9 £206.00 / $294.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series Design Law Global Law and Practice Edited by Dana Beldiman, Bucerius Law School, Germany,University of California Law San Francisco and Squire Patton Boggs LLP, San Francisco, USA ‘Design protection is a vast, chaotic, and puzzling area of law. It is also captivating as fundamental questions lurk here. What aspects of design are protected, how, and for what innovation policy objective? As a result, the law’s existing flexibility enables strategic maneuvering. In Design Law: Global Law and Practice, recognized expert in international and comparative intellectual property Dana Beldiman has carefully curated a set of tight essays that examine comparative and international design protection law as well as the cutting-edge issues that these laws must grapple with. The breadth of the topics combined with the depth of analysis makes this an invaluable resource I will turn to again and again. But, as is true with a successful design, the volume as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Trends in the law emerge and the comparative project offers us critical insights for addressing the law’s inherent conundrums.’ – Christine Haight Farley, American University, USA Key Features: • Insights from experienced practitioners and subject matter experts • Examination of key jurisdictional issues in design law, including practice suggestions • Comparative legal analysis of the design laws in countries spanning Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America • Exposition of key concepts in design law, including aesthetic creative freedom, cumulative protection and spare parts • Coverage of complex, developing issues such as the protection of AIgenerated works and the reframing of design law to align with the goals of the circular economy 2024 766 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 651 3 £242.00 / $351.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series The Protection of Geographical Indications Law and Practice (Third Edition) Michael Blakeney, University of Western Australia ‘The book provides substantial international context that helps explain some of the changes to EU GI laws over time. In terms of the substance of the laws, this book takes a slightly different approach to many other IP textbooks. It has a more procedural focus and takes the reader through the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations, adding commentary and insights from the case law as needed.’ – Jocelyn Bosse, IPkat blog Key updates to this comprehensive third edition include: • Revised examination of the objectives of GIs protection • A new chapter exploring Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 on GIs for craft and industrial products • Analysis of the impact of Brexit on GIs for British products in the EU and EU products in Britain • New content discussing the protection of wine GIs under the regulation on the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets (CMO) 2024 732 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 3225 0 £252.00 / $355.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series The Elgar Intellectual Property Law and Practice series is a library of works by leading practitioners and scholars covering discrete areas of law in the field of intellectual property. Each title will describe the law in detail, but will also be deeply analytical, highlighting and unpicking the legal issues that are most critical and relevant to practice. Designed to be detailed, focused reference works, the books in this series aim to offer an authoritative statement on the law and practice in key topics within the field, from Trade Marks to Pharmaceuticals, from Patent Standards to Trade Secrecy and from IP Licensing to IP Valuation. LAW TITLES PUBLISHED JULY - SEPT 2024
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