Traditionally, in order to be protected intellectual property goods have almost always needed to be embodied or materialised (and - to a certain extent - to be used and enjoyed), regardless of whether they were copyrighted works, patented inventions or trademarks. This book examines the relationship between intellectual property and its physical embodiments and materialisations, with a focus on the issue of access and the challenges of new technologies. Expert contributors explore how these problems can re-shape our theoretical notion of the intangible and the tangible and how this can have serious consequences for access to intellectual property goods.
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Foreword Introduction: the relationship between intellectual property and its physical embodiments PART I Theoretical reflections on the im/material divide 1. Understanding access to things: a knowledge commons perspective 2. Copyright and the new materialism PART II Conceptual changes and challenges posed by new technologies 3. The copy in copyright 4. A tale of two histories: the "invention" and its incentive theory 5. The nebulous "invention": from "idea and embodiment" to "idea/embodiment and observable physical effects"? PART III Practical considerations 6. Digital lending and public access to knowledge 7. Patents, human biobanks and access to health benefits: bridging the public-private divide 8. Tangible meets the intangible: international trade in intellectual property PART IV The im/material in museums and issues relating to traditional knowledge 9. The negotiations in WIPO for international conventions on traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions 10. In/tangible heritage, intellectual property and museum policy: exploring methods for respecting indigenous legal traditions 11. Digital v analogue: reconceptualising the orphan works problem for cultural heritage institutions Index.