Tag: Property

People or Property Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground


Free Download Alessandra Jerolleman, "People or Property: Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground "
English | ISBN: 3031368746 | 2024 | 268 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place certain communities further in harm’s way. This book will unearth these contradictions in order to understand why successful community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to communities that are experiencing increasing land deterioration as a result of climate change.

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Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry Protecting Your Innovation


Free Download Ryan W O’Donnell, John J. O’Malley, "Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry: Protecting Your Innovation"
English | 2008 | pages: 151 | ISBN: 0387773886 | PDF | 1,5 mb
Considering the effort and funding devoted to a company’s success, understanding Intellectual Property rights patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and licensing is essential. Establishing appropriate internal policies from the outset can prevent companies from learning a costly and painful lesson in the courtroom. With Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry, currently the only book of its kind focusing specifically on the food industry, one will learn what to consider throughout the various creative phases of a product’s lifespan from initial research and development initiatives through post-production. Readers will have an understanding of the intellectual property protections afforded to U.S. corporations, methods to pro-actively reduce potential problems, and guidelines for future considerations to reduce legal spending, prevent IP theft, and allow for greater profitability from corporate innovation and inventiveness.

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Intellectual Property A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition [Audiobook]


Free Download Siva Vaidhyanathan, Shawn K. Jain (Narrator), "Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition"
English | ASIN: B0CVLHXMHP | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~03:33:00 | 101 MB
We all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual property policy remains a confusing and arcane subject. This engaging book clarifies both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding these fascinating areas of law, offering a layman’s introduction to copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of knowledge falling under the purview of intellectual property rights. Using vivid examples, noted media expert Siva Vaidhyanathan illustrates the powers and limits of intellectual property, distilling with grace and wit the complex tangle of laws, policies, and values governing the dissemination of ideas, expressions, inventions, creativity, and data collection in the modern world.
Through compelling case studies, including those of Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Sony, Amazon, and Google Books, Vaidhyanathan shows that the modern intellectual property systems reflect three centuries of changes in politics, economics, technologies, and social values. Although it emerged from a desire to foster creativity while simultaneously protecting it, intellectual property today has fundamentally shifted to a political dimension.

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Robert Nozick Property, Justice and the Minimal State (Key Contemporary Thinkers)


Free Download Jonathan Wolff, "Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State (Key Contemporary Thinkers)"
English | 2003 | pages: 134 | ISBN: 0745606032, 0745606024, 0804718555 | PDF | 1,2 mb
This book is the first full-length study of Nozick’s work and of the debates to which it has given rise. Wolff situates Norzick’s work in the context of current debates and examines the traditions which have influenced his thought. He then critically reconstructs the key arguments of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Focusing on Nozick’s doctrine of rights, his derivation of the minimal state, and his Entitlement Theory of Justice.

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Property Valuation The Five Methods Ed 3


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English | ISBN: 041571768X | 2014 | 208 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The third edition of Property Valuation: The Five Methods introduces students to the fundamental principles of property valuation theory by means of clear explanation and worked examples. An ideal text for those new to the subject, the book provides 1st year undergraduate students with a working knowledge and understanding of the five methods of valuation and the ways in which they are interlinked.

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Sustainability Objectives in Competition and Intellectual Property Law


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031448685 | 434 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 4 MB
This open access volume of LIDC contributions focuses on how competition and intellectual property laws incorporate sustainability objectives. Businesses are increasingly embracing sustainability objectives, driven by the international community. Although competition and intellectual property law are certainly not the only tools for addressing sustainability issues, they can play a role in moving toward a more sustainable society.

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