GRK 1148: Intellectual Property and the Public Domain

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The research programme envisaged for the Research Training Group aims at analysing the tension between intellectual property rights such as patents, trade marks and copyright, on the one hand, and the public interest in the freedom to use inventions, distinguishing signs and literary, musical and artistic works, i.e. the public domain, on the other hand. This subject of research pertains to all types of intellectual property rights; it encompasses not only private law but also constitutional law, criminal law and international law, including their historical dimensions; it aims both at fundamental legal research and at specific issues of practical relevance, which need the overall perspective for convincing solutions; finally, it is of great current relevance, particularly in the light of recent developments in the field of information technology.