Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
- 24 Intellectual Property and Social Justice Futures
- 25 Patenting Custom Fit, Aspiring for Social Justice
- 26 A Primer on Critical Race Intellectual Property
27 - Intellectual Property After George Floyd
from Part VII - IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
- 24 Intellectual Property and Social Justice Futures
- 25 Patenting Custom Fit, Aspiring for Social Justice
- 26 A Primer on Critical Race Intellectual Property
Summary
Intellectual property (IP) and social justice as a critical intellectual movement has come of age. This volume builds on more than two decades of work at the start of the twenty-first century by founding scholars who explored the human rights obligations and other social justice dimensions of the IP regime,1 and introduces new voices who take as their starting point that IP law is deeply implicated in structuring national, racial, gender, and other inequalities.2 The volume represents significant accomplishments. First among those is the recognition that IP rights do far more than the utilitarian economic theories that dominated twentieth century IP scholarship proposed. The old view of IP rights as narrow tools to incentivize the optimal production of creative goods is incomplete.3 Today scholars recognize the myriad ways that IP rights affect not only efficiency in innovation markets, but also human rights, including access to education4 and healthcare;5 freedom of speech;6 and distributive justice.7
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024