Introduction Intellectual property rights foster innovation. But if, as it surely does, intellectual property means not just intellectual property rules the law of patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, and unfair competition but also intellectual property institutions the courts, police, regulatory agencies, and collecting soc- ties that administer these rules what are the respective roles of intellectual property rules and institutions in fostering creativity? And, to what extent do forces outside intellectual property rules and institutions economics, culture, politics,...

A gripping inside look at high-stakes lawyering, A Patent Lie is further evidence that Paul Goldstein is an emerging master of the legal thriller.After being forced from his high-powered Manhattan law firm, Michael Seeley--the tough-but-wounded hero of Errors and Omissions--has set up shop in his native Buffalo. Partly out of need, partly out of pride, Seeley takes on a case for his estranged brother, whose small biotech firm is suing a Swiss pharmaceutical giant over a controversial new AIDS vaccine. Seeley heads out to Silicon Valley to lead the case, but soon realizes there...

Introduction Intellectual property rights foster innovation. But if, as it surely does, intellectual property means not just intellectual property rules the law of patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, trade secrets, and unfair competition but also intellectual property institutions the courts, police, regulatory agencies, and collecting soc- ties that administer these rules what are the respective roles of intellectual property rules and institutions in fostering creativity? And, to what extent do forces outside intellectual property rules and institutions economics, culture, politics,...