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The Luxury Economy and Intellectual Property: Critical Reflections
2015
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Title
The Luxury Economy and Intellectual Property: Critical Reflections
Item Type
Journal article
Description
1 online resource
ISBN
9780199350421 eBook
Summary
Intellectual property law plays a pivotal role in ensuring that luxury goods companies can recoup their investments in the creation and dissemination of their copyrighted works, trademarked logos, and patented designs. In 2011, global sales for luxury goods reached about $250 billion, and consumers in East and Southeast Asia account for more than 50 percent of that figure. The rapid expansion of the market has prompted some retailers to wield intellectual property against the influx of imitators and counterfeiters. This book explores the rise of the luxury goods economy and the growing role of intellectual property in creating, sustaining, and regulating this economy. Chapters critically consider the industry, its foundational intellectual property laws, and the public interest and social concerns arising from the intersection of economics and law. Topics covered include defining the concept of luxury, the social life of luxury goods, concerns about distributive justice in a world flooded by luxury goods and knockoffs, the globalization of luxury goods, and the economic, social, and political ramifications of the meteoric rise of the Asian luxury market.
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Published
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015
Language
English
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