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The Promotion of Cross-border Exchange of Intellectual Assets between China, Japan and Switzerland - The Case of Music and Trade Secrets

Small Grant

Keywords

Globalisation - International Trade - Private International Law

Summary

This project aims to identify interdisciplinary issues (most specifically legal and economic issues) which may prevent or hinder the cross-border exchange of intellectual assets between China, Japan and Switzerland. In view of the extremely high variety and number of intellectual assets which exist and could thus potentially be analysed, the project will focus on two types of intellectual assets (i.e. music content and trade secrets) which are considered to cover diverse and representative aspects of human creativity (the cultural aspect for music and the business aspect for trade secrets). The goal of the project is to identify and overcome the legal and economic issues which may hinder or obstruct the cross-border exchange of intellectual assets (in particular issues of private international law) resulting from the applicable regulations in the above States (hereinafter: "the States"), the ultimate goal of the project being to encourage cross-border communication and transfer of intellectual, cultural and business assets.

For this purpose, the project will be organised as follows. First, data will be gathered based on interviews with music industry associations and with relevant entities involved or affected by the cross-border exchange of trade secrets. Secondly, professors of law and economics and researchers from the States will organise the obtained data into an academic analysis. They will analyse the legal status in the respective legal systems of the States as regards international copyright practices and of trade secrets and the potential problems which can arise in the context of cross-border exchange of the above intellectual assets under the existing international legal system. It is expected that this research will reveal barriers that hinder the smooth flow of intellectual assets across borders between the States, and more generally, between developing and developed countries as well as within developed countries. Finally, it is expected that feedback from experts and other interested parties (including NGOs) during events in Geneva...

The grant provided by the GIAN for this project totals SFr 35,000

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Project Team

Ms Edna Dos Santos , Principal Member, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) .

Ms Li He , Principal Member, Faculty of Law , The University of Tokyo .

Dr. Kazuhiko Odaki , Principal Member, Organization for Policy Evaluation and Assessment of Japan (OPEA).

Prof. Tatsuhiro Ueno , Principal Member, Faculty of law , Rikkyo University, Japan .

Prof. Dai Yokomizo , Principal Member, Graduate School of Law , Hokkaido University .

Mr Cristoph Spennemann , Associated Member, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) .

Related Conferences

The Promotion of Cross-border Exchange of Intellectual Assets: The Case of Music and Trade Secrets - Workshop, WIPO, Room U. Uchtenhagen, 17 January 2008 from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Organised by the University of Geneva and WIPO, with the collaboration of UNCTAD and the Universities of Hokkaido and...
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Research Output

The Promotion of Cross-Border Exchange of Intellectual Assets between China, Japan and Switzerland - The Case of Music and Trade Secrets
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The Promotion of Cross-border Exchange of Intellectual Assets - The Case of Music and Trade Secrets - Legal analysis in view of Japanese intellectual property law
(available in English only)
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What Legal Framework for Promoting the Cross-Border Flow of Intellectual Assets (Trade secrets and Music)? A View from Europe towards Asia (China and Japan)
(available in English only)
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What protection for the intellectual property?
(available in French only)
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Final Report
(available in English only)
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