The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law

by Richard A. Posner and William M. Landes

Book Overview

This book takes a fresh look at the most dynamic area of American law today, comprising the fields of copyright, patent, trademark, trade secrecy, publicity rights, and misappropriation. Topics range from copyright in private letters to defensive patenting of business methods, from moral rights in the visual arts to the banking of trademarks, from the impact of the court of patent appeals to the management of Mickey Mouse. The history and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674012046
• ISBN13: 9780674012042
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.6"