Economics, law, and intellectual property : seeking strategies for research and teaching in a developing field / edited by Ove Granstrand.

x, 568 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

1402077084
9781402077081 alk. paper

F 19 GRA.E

Intellectual property has rapidly become one of the most important, as well as most controversial, subjects in recent years amongst productive thinkers of many kinds all over the world. Scientific work and technological progress now depend largely on questions of who owns what, as do the success and profits of countless authors, artists, inventors, researchers and industrialists. Economic, legal and ethical issues play a central role in the increasingly complex balance between unilateral gains and universal benefits from the 'knowledge society.' "Economics, Law and Intellectual Property" explores the field in both depth and breadth thorugh the latest views of leading experts in Europe and the United States. It provides a fundamental understanding of the problems and potential solutions, not only in doing practical business with ideas and innovations, but also on the level of institutions that influence such business.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2003.

English