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The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law
The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law Author:William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner This book takes a fresh look at the most dynamic area of American law today, comprising the fields of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrecy, publicity rights, and misappropriation. Topics range from copyright in private letters to defensive patenting of business methods and from moral rights in the visual arts to the management of Mickey M... more »ouse. The book demonstrates the fundamental economic rationality of intellectual property law, but is sympathetic to critics who believe that in recent decades Congress and the courts have gone too far in the creation and protection of intellectual property rights.« less