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020 _a9781107009318 (hardback)
082 0 0 _a347.77
_bLEV
245 0 0 _aNew frontiers in the philosophy of intellectual property
260 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axvi, 342 pages ;
490 0 _aCambridge intellectual property and information law
520 _a"Are intellectual property rights a threat to autonomy, global justice, indigenous rights, access to lifesaving knowledge and medicines? The essays in this volume examine the justification of patents, copyrights and trademarks in light of the political and moral controversy over TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). Written by a distinguished international group of experts, this book draws on the latest philosophical work on autonomy, equality, property ownership and human rights in order to explore the moral, political and economic implications of property rights in ideas. Written with an interdisciplinary audience in mind, these essays introduce readers to the latest debates in the philosophy of intellectual property, whether their interests are in the restrictions that copyright places on the reproduction of music and printed words or in the morality and legality of patenting human genes, essential medicines or traditional knowledge"--
520 _a"New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property Are intellectual property rights a threat to autonomy, global justice, indigenous rights, access to life-saving knowledge and medicines? The essays in this volume examine the justification of patents, copyrights and trademarks in light of the political and moral controversy over TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). Written by a distinguished international group of experts, this book draws on the latest philosophical work on autonomy, equality, property ownership and human rights in order to explore the moral, political and economic implications of property rights in ideas"--
650 0 _aIntellectual property.
650 7 _aLAW / Intellectual Property / General.
700 1 _aLever, Annabelle,
942 _cBK
999 _c341990
_d341990