Intellectual Property and Access to Im/Material Goods

ISBN-13: 9781784716615 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 360 str.

Jessica C. Lai

Opis

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 serious consequences for access to intellectual property goods.