Intellectual property rights : a critical history / Christopher May and Susan K.Sell
Imprint
Boulder : Lynne Rienner, 2006
Descript
ix, 253 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Why you need to know about intellectual property -- Ideas and technology -- The emergence of intellectual property rights -- Commerce vs. romantic notions of authorship and invention -- The nineteenth century: Technological development and international law -- The twentieth century: Intellectual property rights consolidated -- The twenty-first century: TRIPS and beyond -- Forgetting history is not an option