Vol. 5 No. 3 (2008)

'Artificial Intelligence', Rebecca Junkin, Widespread reliance on artificial intelligence, a common theme in speculative fiction, is closer than many might believe. This rather macabre image – acrylic paint on canvas which has been scanned and photoshopped – depicts an automated manufacturing process for synthetic faces believed to be inert until integration.

Published: 01-Dec-2008

Editorial

AI & Law on Legal Argument: Research Trends and Application Prospects

Henry Prakken
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Research Article

The goal of this article is to analyse relevant aspects related to innovative and preventive protection of intellectual property from the perspective of Portuguese law, paying special attention to the transposition of the Directive 2004/48/CE on measures and procedures to ensure the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Enforcement Directive). The article examines the Portuguese implementation of the Directive, paying particular care addressing issues relating to the presumptions of ownership and legitimacy under Community law.

Miguel Lourenço Carretas
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Describing Identity Fraud: Towards a Common Definition

Jet Tigchelaar and Tina van der Linden Bald de Vries
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Regulating Patent Offices: Countering Pharmaceutical Hegemony

Peter Drahos
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Potency, Patenting and Preformation: The Patentability of Totipotent Cells in Canada

Gregory R. Hagen
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The Right to Privacy in the Information Era: A South Asian Perspective

Althaf Marsoof
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Analysis

Medical Research Governance in Korea: The New Bioethics and Biosafety Amendment Bill (Draft 17- 8353), or ‘Inertia Reiterated’

Shawn H.E. Harmon and Na-Kyoung Kim
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Patentability of Biological Material(s) - Essentially, Therapeutic Antibodies - in India

Swarup Kumar
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Report

Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law

Dag Wiese Schartum
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The ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics (Innogen

David Wield
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Book Reviews

Rights, Regulation And Technological Revolution

Nupur Chowdhury
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Human Rights And Healthcare

Octavio L M Ferraz
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Gene Patents And Public Health

Shawn Harmon
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Intellectual Property: The Many Faces Of The Public Domain

Mathias Klang
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Fundamentals Of Patent Law: Interpretation And Scope Of Protection

Krishna Ravi Srinivas
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Medical Ethics And Medical Law: A Symbiotic Relationship

Alexios Tattis
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