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The economic structure of intellectual property law [electronic resource] / William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner.

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This book takes a fresh look at the most dynamic area of American law today, comprising the fields of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrecy, publicity rights, and misappropriation. Topics range from copyright in private letters to defensive patenting of business methods, from moral rights in t...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Landes, William M.
Other Authors: Posner, Richard A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Intellectual property > United States.
Intellectual property > Economic aspects.
Intellectual property.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The economic theory of property
  • 2. How to think about copyright
  • 3. A formal model of copyright
  • 4. Basic copyright doctrines
  • 5. Copyright in unpublished works
  • 6. Fair use, parody, and burlesque
  • 7. The economics of trademark law
  • 8. The optimal duration of copyrights and trademarks
  • 9. The legal protection of postmodern art
  • 10. Moral rights and Visual Artists Rights Act
  • 11. The economics of patent law
  • 12. The patent court : a statistical evaluation
  • 13. The economics of trade secrecy law
  • 14. Antitrust and intellectual property
  • 15. The political economy of intellectual property law
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Case index
  • Author index
  • Subject index.

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