Book contents
- Across Intellectual Property
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Frontispiece
- Across Intellectual Property
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Across Regimes
- Part II Across Jurisdictions
- Part III Across Disciplines
- Part IV Across Professions
- 19 Intellectual Property Scholars and University Intellectual Property Policies
- 20 ‘Measuring’ an Academic Contribution
- 21 Language and Law
- 22 Intellectual Property in the Courtroom
- 23 Copyright and the ‘Profession’ of Authorship
- Laudatio
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
22 - Intellectual Property in the Courtroom
The Role of the Expert
from Part IV - Across Professions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 March 2020
Book contents
- Across Intellectual Property
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- Frontispiece
- Across Intellectual Property
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Across Regimes
- Part II Across Jurisdictions
- Part III Across Disciplines
- Part IV Across Professions
- 19 Intellectual Property Scholars and University Intellectual Property Policies
- 20 ‘Measuring’ an Academic Contribution
- 21 Language and Law
- 22 Intellectual Property in the Courtroom
- 23 Copyright and the ‘Profession’ of Authorship
- Laudatio
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Summary
Commercial wealth is increasingly to be found in intellectual property rights. Protection of such rights is exclusively the domain of litigation, to be decided by judges who often will have no personal education or experience in the discipline involved. Thus expert witnesses in the relevant field will be required. Different procedures have evolved: court-appointed experts, assessors, the Hot Tub. How can the objectivity of expert witnesses be ensured? In a particular field there may be experts, but issues can still be decided by lay judges or juries without their assistance. Is this expert really necessary?
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- Across Intellectual PropertyEssays in Honour of Sam Ricketson, pp. 292 - 302Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020