Intellectual property and access to im/material goods / editef by Jessica C. Lai, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Antoinette Maget Dominicé, Senior Researcher, University of Lucerne, Switzerland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lai, Jessica C., 1985- editor.

Maget, Antoinette, 1980- editor.

Series:

Elgar law, technology and society.

Elgar Law, Technology and Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation.

Cultural property.

Intellectual property.

Trademarks (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

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 se

Contents:

Foreword / Alain Pottage

Introduction: the relationship between intellectual property and its physical embodiments / Jessica C. Lai and Antoinette Maget Dominicé

Part I theoretical reflections on the im/material divide

1. Understanding access to things: a knowledge commons perspective / Michael J. Madison

2. Copyright and the new materialism / Dan L. Burk

Part II conceptual changes and challenges posed by new technologies

3. The copy in copyright / Peter K. Yu

4. A tale of two histories: the "invention" and its incentive theory / Jessica C. Lai

5. The nebulous "invention": from "idea and embodiment" to "idea/embodiment and observable physical effects"? / Jessica C. Lai

Part III practical considerations

6. Digital lending and public access to knowledge / Giorgio Spedicato

7. Patents, human biobanks and access to health: bridging the public-private divide / Aisling Mcmahon

8. Tangible meets intangible: international trade in intellectual property / Susy Frankel

Part IV the im/material in museums and issues relating to traditional knowledge

9. Negotiations in wipo for international conventions on traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions / Michael Blakeney

10. In/tangible heritage, intellectual property and museum policy: exploring methods for respecting indigenous legal traditions / Catherine E. Bell, Jessica C. Lai and Laura K. Skorodenski

11. Digital V analogue: reconceptualising the orphan works problem for cultural heritage institutions / Susan Corbett.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78471-662-6