The big steal : ideology, interest, and the undoing of intellectual property /
"For almost two decades, U.S. courts, legislators, and antitrust regulators have consistently taken actions to reduce the strength of intellectual property rights in technology and creative markets. This policy trajectory has reflected the influence of an "accidental alliance" of two...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "For almost two decades, U.S. courts, legislators, and antitrust regulators have consistently taken actions to reduce the strength of intellectual property rights in technology and creative markets. This policy trajectory has reflected the influence of an "accidental alliance" of two core constituencies that have common commitments to relaxed enforcement (or, in some cases, abolition) of intellectual property rights. These constituencies include, on the one hand, thought leaders in the scholarly and advocacy communities that resist robust intellectual property rights on ideological or other intellectual grounds, and on the other hand, digital intermediaries and vertically integrated firms that have an economic interest in reducing the cost of acquiring content or technology assets. This policy consensus reflects overstated or incomplete assertions concerning the impact of robustly enforced intellectual property rights and overlooks the enabling function played by intellectual property rights in facilitating investment, innovation, and competition in technology and creative environments. In both patent and copyright law, policy groupthink has resulted in a truncated property-rights regime that threatens the long-term performance of the U.S. and global innovation ecosystem by favoring technology platforms and content aggregators over "stand-alone" innovation specialists in biopharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and other critical sectors in technology and creative markets"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197629550 0197629555 9780197629536 0197629539 9780197629543 0197629547 |