The Biopolitics of Intellectual Property: Regulating Innovation and Personhood in the Information Age

by Gordon Hull

As a central part of the regulation of contemporary economies, intellectual property (IP) is central to all aspects of our lives. It matters for the works we create, the brands we identify and the medicines we consume. But if IP is power, what kind of power is it, and what does it do? Building on the work of Michel Foucault, Gordon Hull examines different ways of understanding power in copyright, trademark and patent policy: as law, as promotion of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108712053
• ISBN13: 9781108712057
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"