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EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INNOVATION POLICY FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY |
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Rochelle Dreyfuss (Editor), Diane L. Zimmerman (Editor), Harry First (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
0198298579 |
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9780198298571 |
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
29 March, 2001 |
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492 |
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The majority of countries in the world have already agreed to accept minimum standards of intellectual property protection and enforcement - the key issue now is how much control innovators should have over their creative works or inventions. The contributors to this book analyse and develop this issue, which is of increased importance in the new knowledge-based economy. One view is that broad and powerful rights give the creators the ability to trade informationand push the frontiers of knowledge forward faster; the opposing view is that increased power over information will freeze development and chill intellectual interchange. |
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This book focuses on the question of how much control innovators should be given over their works. The first parts examine the trend to increase control: first, by expanding the scope of intellectual property rights to add new subject matter; secondly, through increasing transactional autonomy. The former issue represents the key concerns of the intellectual property community; the latter issue is currently before both state and national legislatures. The question that these groups are debating is the subject of the next part: whether strong intellectual property rights, coupled with a high degree of transactional autonomy, promote innovation or chill interchange. One view is that the current legal regime should not be altered because it represents the right balance between the needs of information producers and the requirements of users. The contrary view is that stronger rights would allow potential collaborators to find one another, bargain for beneficial exchanges, and reallocate rights. The final sections explore the bases in constitutions, laws, and treaties for protecting the public domain.Four judges from the US federal courts and the UK high court then debate the practicalities of the frameworks proposed. |
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Oxford University Press |
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