Intellectual property, entrepreneurship and social justice : from swords to ploughshares / edited by Lateef Mtima, Professor Law, Howard University School of Law, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mtima, Lateef, editor.

Series:

Elgar law and entrepreneurship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property (International law).

Social entrepreneurship--Developing countries.

Social entrepreneurship.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 296 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Pub [2015]

Summary:

In the Information Age, historically marginalized groups and developing nations continue to strive for socio-economic empowerment within the global community. Their ultimate success largely depends upon their ability to develop, protect, and exploit their greatest natural resource: intellectual property. Through an exploration of the techniques used in social entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship and Social Justice provides a framework by which historically marginalized communities and developing nations can cooperate with the developed world to establish a socially cohesive global intellectual property order. The knowledgeable contributors discuss, in four parts, topics surrounding entrepreneurship and empowerment, education and advocacy, engagement and activism and, finally, commencement. Experts in the field, scholars, law professors and students of intellectual property, human rights and international trade and development will find this book to be both thought-provoking and a valuable resource.

Contents:

Pt. I. Entrepreneurship and empowerment

pt. II. Education and advocacy

pt. III. Engagement and activism

pt. IV. Commencement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781783470242

1783470240

OCLC:

902659952