The logic of international intellectual property protection -- The public contract basis of intellectual property rights -- Liberty of contract and the free market foundations of intellectual property -- Intellectual property rights and compulsory licensing -- The common purposes of intellectual property and antitrust -- Unalienable rights and alienable intellectual property -- Modernizing the Copyright Office for the digital age economy -- Modernizing civil copyright enforcement -- Modernizing criminal copyright law to combat online piracy -- Modernizing international agreements to combat copyright infringement.
Summary:
"This book examines copyrights and patent rights within the context of America's Constitution and its political economy, and it and tracks key historical developments of those intellectual property (IP) rights. More particularly, the book's primary focus is on copyrights during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The book connects constitutional principles and historical insights to specific recommendations for modernizing U.S. copyright law to meet the marketplace and technological challenges of the digital age"-- Provided by the publisher.
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