Beyond intellectual property : matching information protection to innovation

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kingston, William, Author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 247 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beyond Intellectual Property explores the many means by which information is protected. Based on thorough empirical research in the US and Europe as well as practical experience of economic innovation, it goes far beyond the traditional realm of intellectual property. It also identifies the need for urgent reform of present arrangements and suggests practical ways of achieving this.

Contents:

Information, property rights and innovation

The most-used information protection means : capability and marketing

Protecting disembodied information : 'intellectual property'

International information protection

Information protection and visions of the public good

How interests came to shape information protection

Rescuing a dysfunctional system

Compulsory arbitration for dispute resolution

Better measurement for information protection

Protecting the information of smaller firms

Direct protection of innovation

Epilogue : Must interests prevail?

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78100-076-X