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Cross border intellectual property and theoretical models / Ruth Taplin -- Innovation and intellectual property rights in China and India : prospects and strategies / Bernard Arogyaswamy, Lisa Dolak -- African intellectual property law and the newly emerging African economies with an emphasis on South Africa / Nthabisheng Phaswana, Dario Tanziani -- Two types of university technology transfer intermediaries : TLO and TMC the case of Thailand and the United States / Akio Nishizawa -- The financial crisis, intellectual property and prospects for recovery : the case of Poland, Central and Eastern Europe / Alojzy Z. Nowak -- Socio-economic changes effected by intellectual property rights : the Indian perspective / Mohan Dewan -- Development of intellectual property rights in Turkey : its implications for the Turkish economy / Erhun Kula, Selin Ozoguz -- Cluster development, intellectual property and global competitiveness : prospects of the nano sector in Hsinchu science park / Chyi Yih- Luan.