New book addresses patent law and policy in New Zealand
Patent Law and Policy, a new book addressing the core questions around law and policy in New Zealand when it comes to patents, was launched last week.
Patent Law and Policy, written by Victoria Business School senior lecturer Dr Jessica Lai and Professor Susy Frankel from the Law School, addresses the core questions of what is the law in New Zealand when it comes to patents and what is the policy behind the law.
Launched last week, their new book includes cutting edge discussion of international legal developments, Māori interests and the patent system, and trade agreements.
Using Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand decisions, case law, international treaties, government documents and scholarly writings, the text examines the operations and details of the patent system in the New Zealand context.
Patent Law and Policy indicates how gaps in the law might be filled and suggests directions that New Zealand might take in patent law and policy, in light of its particular situation as a predominantly patent-importing and small-market economy.
Susy Frankel is a Professor of Law and Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law at Victoria University of Wellington. She publishes and teaches across all areas of intellectual property law including patents, copyright, trade marks, international intellectual property and international trade law.
Jessica Lai is a senior lecturer at the School of Accounting and Commercial Law and researches in the area of intellectual property law, including the protection of traditional knowledge. From February 2015 to July 2016 she was a Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Law in Munich.