The Cambridge Handbook of Investment-Driven Intellectual Property
This handbook challenges the conventional wisdom that intellectual property is law of creativity. Traditionally, IP has been instrumental for protecting creations mind, with only inventors original works enjoying exclusive rights. Related, sui generis, and quasi-IP rights, which protect monetary investments efforts rather than originality inventiveness, were considered exceptions to general principles IP. But increasingly, rights are being granted safeguard corporate investments. brings together an international roster contributors explore this emerging trend. Why primary driver legal protection, often main requirement obtain it? Who benefits from such new forms protection? What should scope these be? And they desirable in first place? In doing so, volume highlight systematically critique move 'intellectual' 'investment' property.
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