Promoting a Second-Tier Protection Regime for Innovation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in South Asia The Case of Sri Lanka

• Main Author: Punchi Hewage, Nishantha Sampath (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2015
• Series: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC
• Subjects: Second-Tier-Patent; Markenrecht; Urheberrecht / Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Medienrecht; Sri Lanka; Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz; Gebrauchsmusters
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Intellectual Property law is a dynamic field; its ever-changing landscape challenges us to constantly revisit the existing laws and policies. Although ideological currents of a second-tier patent (STP) regime are sweeping through the South Asian region in recent years, the concept of utility model o...