Intellectual Property Overlaps

Intellectual property rights and their overlaps are considered in lightof rights purposes, relying on the concept of a balance of rights as themeasuring rod for assessment of the consequences resulting from theexercise of overlapping rights. Identifying the complex interfacebetween different types of intellectual property rights, this bookdiscusses the use of these rights and their effect on a diverse group ofstakeholders, from individual users of e-books to large corporationsoperating search engines on the internet.  The book suggests solutions to potentially objectionable uses of overlapping rights in an attempt to provide judiciary and lawpractitioners with an analytical framework for resolving disputes ofoverlaps in the intellectual property system.