Intellectual Property and Property Rights
Published on 31. January 2013
Book
Hardback
924 pages
978-1-78100-716-7 (ISBN)
Description
Intellectual Property and Property Rights is an invaluable reference work in light of the increasingly important policy debates over patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights. This insightful title consists of influential articles by leading scholars addressing the interconnections between intellectual property rights and property rights. Topics include the justification for intellectual property as property, the historical development of intellectual property rights as property rights and whether intellectual property can be conceptually framed as a property right.
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'Mossoff has compiled a rich collection of the best law journal articles involving various aspects of the increasingly complex domain of intellectual property rights. In a digital age where words, art, photographs, videos, ad music are now "shared" at increasingly viral speeds, Mossoff's Intellectual Property and Property Rights provides communication professors and lecturers with valuable classroom teaching tools, supported by intriguing real-world cases, for helping their students understand what can fairly be used.'More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78100-716-7 (9781781007167)
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Edited by Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, Virginia, US
Content
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction Adam Mossoff
PART I PROPERTY THEORY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
A. Descriptive and Normative Accounts of "Intellectual Property" as Property
1. Lawrence C. Becker (1993), 'Deserving to Own Intellectual Property'
2. Frank H. Easterbrook (1990), 'Intellectual Property is Still Property'
3. Richard A. Epstein (2001), 'Intellectual Property: Old Boundaries and New Frontiers'
4. Wendy J. Gordon (1993), 'A Property Right in Self-Expression: Equality and Individualism in the Natural Law of Intellectual Property'
5. Robert P. Merges (2008), 'The Concept of Property in the Digital Era'
6. Henry E. Smith (2007), 'Intellectual Property as Property: Delineating Entitlements in Information'
B. Copyright
7. Justin Hughes (2006), 'Copyright and Incomplete Historiographies: Of Piracy, Propertization, and Thomas Jefferson'
8. Richard A. Epstein (2005), 'Liberty Versus Property? Cracks in the Foundations of Copyright Law'
9. Christopher M. Newman (2011), 'Transformation in Property and Copyright'
C. Patents
10. Adam Mossoff (2007), 'Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents? Reevaluating the Patent "Privilege" in Historical Context'
11. F. Scott Kieff (2001), 'Property Rights and Property Rules for Commercializing Inventions'
12. Edmund W. Kitch (1977), 'The Nature and Function of the Patent System'
D. Trademarks
13. Mark P. McKenna (2006-2007), 'The Normative Foundations of Trademark Law'
E. Trade Secrets
14. Robert G. Bone (1998), 'A New Look at Trade Secret Law: Doctrine in Search of Justification'
15. Eric R. Claeys (2011), 'Private Law Theory and Corrective Justice in Trade Secrecy'
PART II THE PROPERTY-BASED CRITIQUE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
16. Tom G. Palmer (1990), 'Are Patents and Copyrights Morally Justified? The Philosophy of Property Rights and Ideal Objects'
17. Tom W. Bell (2008), 'Copyright as Intellectual Property Privilege'
Acknowledgements
Introduction Adam Mossoff
PART I PROPERTY THEORY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
A. Descriptive and Normative Accounts of "Intellectual Property" as Property
1. Lawrence C. Becker (1993), 'Deserving to Own Intellectual Property'
2. Frank H. Easterbrook (1990), 'Intellectual Property is Still Property'
3. Richard A. Epstein (2001), 'Intellectual Property: Old Boundaries and New Frontiers'
4. Wendy J. Gordon (1993), 'A Property Right in Self-Expression: Equality and Individualism in the Natural Law of Intellectual Property'
5. Robert P. Merges (2008), 'The Concept of Property in the Digital Era'
6. Henry E. Smith (2007), 'Intellectual Property as Property: Delineating Entitlements in Information'
B. Copyright
7. Justin Hughes (2006), 'Copyright and Incomplete Historiographies: Of Piracy, Propertization, and Thomas Jefferson'
8. Richard A. Epstein (2005), 'Liberty Versus Property? Cracks in the Foundations of Copyright Law'
9. Christopher M. Newman (2011), 'Transformation in Property and Copyright'
C. Patents
10. Adam Mossoff (2007), 'Who Cares What Thomas Jefferson Thought About Patents? Reevaluating the Patent "Privilege" in Historical Context'
11. F. Scott Kieff (2001), 'Property Rights and Property Rules for Commercializing Inventions'
12. Edmund W. Kitch (1977), 'The Nature and Function of the Patent System'
D. Trademarks
13. Mark P. McKenna (2006-2007), 'The Normative Foundations of Trademark Law'
E. Trade Secrets
14. Robert G. Bone (1998), 'A New Look at Trade Secret Law: Doctrine in Search of Justification'
15. Eric R. Claeys (2011), 'Private Law Theory and Corrective Justice in Trade Secrecy'
PART II THE PROPERTY-BASED CRITIQUE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
16. Tom G. Palmer (1990), 'Are Patents and Copyrights Morally Justified? The Philosophy of Property Rights and Ideal Objects'
17. Tom W. Bell (2008), 'Copyright as Intellectual Property Privilege'