Intellectual Property and Assessing its Financial Value

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Intellectual Property and Assessing Its Financial Value

copyright) is calculated other than by reference to the life of a natural

person, states must give a minimum term of 50 years calculated from

either the date of authorized publication or the creation of the work.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed

plurilateral treaty which is claimed by its proponents to respond “to

the increase in global trade of counterfeit goods and pirated copyright

protected works” (European Commission, 2012). The scope of ACTA

is broad, including counterfeit physical goods as well as “internet

distribution and information technology”.

In October ...