Eureka Myth : Creators, Innovators, and Everyday Intellectual Property

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silbey, Jessica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property--United States.

Intellectual property.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--United States.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are innovation and creativity helped or hindered by our intellectual property laws? In the two hundred plus years since the Constitution enshrined protections for those who create and innovate, we're still debating the merits of IP laws and whether or not they actually work as intended. Artists, scientists, businesses, and the lawyers who serve them, as well as the Americans who benefit from their creations all still wonder: what facilitates innovation and creativity in our digital age? And what role, if any, do our intellectual property laws play in the growth of innovation and creativity in...

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Inspired Beginnings

Chapter 2. Daily Craft

Chapter 3. Making Do with a Mismatch

Chapter 4. Reputation

Chapter 5. Instruction

Chapter 6. Distribution

Conclusion

Appendix A. Research Methods and Data Analysis

Appendix B. Interviewees

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804793537

0804793530

OCLC:

1198930370