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Constructing Intellectual Property.
This book examines the way in which this important area of law is constructed by the legal system.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CONSTRUCTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Brief Contents; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Authorities; Abbreviations; 1: Introduction; 1.1. An Intellectual Property Fairy Tale; AND SO IT IS WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?; 1.2. Drawing Analogies and Questioning Assumptions; 1.2.1. Assumptions About the Existence of Intellectual Property; 1.2.2. Assumptions About the Authority of 'Intellectual Property'; 1.2.3. Compliance with Assumptions and Social Norms; 1.3. Exploring the Nature of Intellectual Property; 1.4. Structure of This Book.
- 1.4.1. Overview of the Argument1.4.2. Introduction; 1.4.3. What Is 'Intellectual Property'? (Chapter 2); 1.4.4. The Metaphysics of Intellectual Property (Chapter 3); 1.4.5. Intellectual Property's Core Criteria (Chapter 4); 1.4.6. 'Family Resemblance' and Intellectual Property (Chapter 5); 1.4.7. Concluding Remarks (Chapter 6); 1.5. Scope of Analysis in This Book; 1.5.1. Locating This Research; 1.5.2. Intellectual Property Doctrines and Examples Considered; 1.5.3. Jurisdictional Focus; 1.5.4. Audience; 1.6. Investigating the Fairy Tale; 2: The Difficulty of Defining 'Intellectual Property'
- 2.1. The Importance of Defining 'Intellectual Property'2.1.1. The Symbolic Strength of 'Intellectual Property'; 2.1.1.a A Case for Abandoning 'Intellectual Property'?; 2.1.1.b Confronting the Charisma of 'Intellectual Property'; 2.1.1.c The Realpolitik of Intellectual Property; 2.1.2. The Growth of the Idea of 'Intellectual Property'; 2.1.3. Conclusion; 2.2. Common Methods of Defining 'Intellectual Property'; 2.2.1. Definition by Enumeration; 2.2.1.a Intellectual Property as the Enumerated Sum of Its Legal Doctrines.
- 2.2.1.b Intellectual Property as the Enumerated Sum of Its Objects of Regulation2.2.2. Defining Intellectual Property as a Type of 'Property'; 2.2.3. Stipulative Definition; 2.2.4. Intuitive Definition and Intangibility; 2.3. The Inadequacy of Common Definitional Methods; 3: The Metaphysics of Intellectual Property; 3.1. From Description to Constitution; 3.2. Law as a Social Construct; 3.3. Intellectual Property as an Institutional Fact; 3.3.1. The Nature of Intellectual Property 'Law'; 3.3.2. The Nature of Intellectual Property's Physical Object: The 'Documented Form'
- 3.3.3. The Nature of Intellectual Property's 'Ideational Object'3.3.4. The Nature of the 'Intellectual Property Object'; 3.3.5. The Intellectual Property Object as an Institutional Fact; 3.4. Intellectual Property's Institutional Facts in Practice; 3.4.1. A Copyright Example; 3.4.2. A Trademark Example; 3.4.3. Conclusion; 3.5. Constructing Intellectual Property's Institutional Facts; 3.5.1. Intellectual Property as a Legal Fiction?; 3.5.2. The Role of Performative Utterance ('Speech Acts'); 3.5.3. Who Determines the Boundaries of Intellectual Property Objects?