Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law

Name: Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law
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ISBN: 9780674012042

ISBN-10: 0674012046

ISBN-13: 9780674012042

Edition: 2003

Authors: 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 the visual arts to the banking of trademarks, from the impact of the court of patent appeals to the management of Mickey Mouse. The history and political science of intellectual property law, the challenge of digitization, the many statutes and judge-made doctrines, and the interplay with antitrust principles are all examined. The treatment is both positive (oriented toward understanding the law…

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List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/28/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.94" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English

William M. Landes is the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.

Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.



Introduction



The Economic Theory of Property



How to Think about Copyright



A Formal Model of Copyright



Basic Copyright Doctrines



Copyright in Unpublished Works



Fair Use, Parody, and Burlesque



The Economics of Trademark Law



The Optimal Duration of Copyrights and Trademarks



The Legal Protection of Postmodern Art



Moral Rights and the Visual Artists Rights Act



The Economics of Patent Law



The Patent Court: A Statistical Evaluation



The Economics of Trade Secrecy Law



Antitrust and Intellectual Property



The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Law


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Case Index


Author Index


Subject Index