Spares, Repairs and Intellectual Property Rights: IEEM International Intellectual Property Programmes

Marc Notes: Revised and updated versions of papers presented at the seventh Intellectual Property Conference organized by the Macau Institute of European Studies (IEEM), 2006.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: Sheds a light on the conflicting interests of manufacturers, consumers, spare parts makers and the general public; explores the extent to which this kind of business strategy can be more or less successful with respect to the different rights involved, and highlights the competition issues that inevitably arise. The essays included are revised and updated versions of papers presented at the seventh (2006) of the innovative IP conference organized annually by the Macau Institute of European Studies (IEEM) on intellectual property law and the economic challenges for Asia. The authors give detailed attention to cases in various jurisdictions that have guided and continue to guide business strategies in the field. Jurisdictions treated include the EU, the US, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. Contributor Bio:  Heath, Christopher Heath lived and worked in Japan for three years and since 1992 has headed the Max Planck Institute's Asian Department. Contributor Bio:  Sanders, Anselm Kamperman Anselm Kamperman Sanders (1968), PhD (Lond.), is Professor in European and International Intellectual Property Law at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He was Marie Curie Research Fellow at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and has held a research grant from the VSB fund and a Chevening Scholarship. Further research, teaching and advisory affiliations comprise the International Institute of Infonomics, the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland and the Institute of European Studies of Macau SAR, China. In 2003 he was adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He has acted as Rapporteur to an EC Commission DG Research working group on Strategic Use and Adaptation of Intellectual Property Rights Systems in Information and Communications Technologies-based Research. Anselm has worked in developing countries on WTO accession assistance projects for the EC/GTZ. His editorial and advisory board memberships comprise the Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Intellectuele Eigendom en Reclamerecht, International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, and the Intellectual Property Quarterly.