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The Public Interest and the Construction of Exceptions to Patentee's Rights - A comparative Study of UK and German law
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015-08-09)
The thesis analyses the concept of public interest with regards to exceptions to patent rights. It is submitted that patent rights are generally provided for a utilitarian purpose which is to enable technological advance. ...
Collective dominance in EU merger control: Substantive issues
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-11-03)
This thesis focuses on collective dominance in horizontal concentrations as regulated under the EU Merger Regulation 139/2004. Chapter 1 introduces the issues that this thesis will examine. Chapter 2 focuses on the concept ...
Is there a case for greater legislative involvement in the judicial appointments process?
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-03-04)
The dramatic increase in public law and human rights cases coming before the UK Supreme Court (and the Appellate Committee before it) means that the UK’s top court is more frequently determining essentially socio-political ...
Repatriation and the Psychological Contract: A Saudi Arabian Comparative Study
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-10)
Studies related to psychological contracts have made significant contributions to our understanding of the exchange relationship between employees and employers. However, the influence of national/organisational culture ...
The International Trade: Dispute over GMO's before the WTO: Causes and Consequences
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-07-08)
The Biotech dispute at WTO received a great deal of attention, and reopened a wide-ranging debate over the benefits of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and their effects on human health and the environment. The dispute ...
Moral rights in The Conflict-of-Laws: Alternatives to the Copyright Qualifications
(Queen Mary University of London, 2012-12)
This thesis examines the intersection between authors' moral rights and conflictof-
laws. The research question has been triggered by two important, interlinked
factors. The first is that the currently applicable ...
The Reformation of Legal Regime for Intellectual Property Protection of Plant Varieties in Thailand
(Queen Mary University of London, 2014-09-30)
Thailand’s plant protection regime presents a unique sui generis plant protection
system, which is used as a model by several developing nations. The current Thai
Plant Variety Protection (PVP) law has attracted some ...
The ethics of using financial incentives to encourage healthy behaviour
(Queen Mary University of London, 2013-05)
Efforts to encourage healthy behaviour often fail to bring about sustained
changes in people’s lifestyles. New approaches to tackling chronic disease
include the use of financial incentives: rewards paid to individuals ...
Cross-Border Conflicts of Patents and Designs: a Study of Multijurisdictional Litigation and Arbitration Procedures.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015-09)
This thesis examines procedural litigation problems arising when two parties have a conflict involving the same patent or design, with an impact in several jurisdictions, taking as a case study the litigation procedures ...
The social mediation of multinational legal education: A case study of the University of London’s undergraduate laws programme for external/international students.
(Queen Mary University of London, 2015-01)
This thesis examines the social mediation of a transnational educational programme, namely the University of London’s International (External) Undergraduate Laws Programme. The thesis explores the lived experiences of a ...