Intellectual Property and Property Rights (Critical Concepts in Intellectual Property Law series) - Tapa dura

`Mossoff has compiled a rich collection of the best law journal articles involving various aspects of the increasingly complex domain of intellectual property rights. In a digital age where words, art, photographs, videos, ad music are now "shared" at increasingly viral speeds, Mossoff's Intellectual Property and Property Rights provides communication professors and lecturers with valuable classroom teaching tools, supported by intriguing real-world cases, for helping their students understand what can fairly be used.' -- Sun Wolf Ph.D., Communication Research Trends `. . . this book stands out as a valuable acquisition for lawyers, judges, legal scholars and policy-makers as well as researchers and all those who need a handy, single-volume resource for understanding "the labours of the mind" and the dire need to protect intellectual property rights.' -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine `This collection puts together the classic works exploring intellectual property rights and their relationship to traditional property rights, written by some of the foremost thinkers on both sides of that divide. A must-have for serious students of intellectual property and property alike.' -- R. Polk Wagner, University of Pennsylvania Law School, US

Intellectual Property and Property Rights is an invaluable reference work in light of the increasingly important policy debates over patents, copyrights and other intellectual property rights. This insightful single volume consists of influential articles by leading scholars addressing the interconnections between intellectual property rights and property rights. Topics include the justification for intellectual property as property, the historical development of intellectual property rights as property rights and whether intellectual property can be conceptually framed as a property right. With a new and original introduction by the editor, this is a must-have volume that will be of use to lawyers, judges, legal scholars, policy analysts, researchers and all those who need a one-stop resource for understanding the nature of intellectual property and property rights.