The Eureka Myth: Creators, Innovators, and Everyday Intellectual Property

by Jessica Silbey

Book Overview

Are innovation and creativity helped or hindered by our intellectual property laws? In the two hundred plus years since the Constitution enshrined protections for those who create and innovate, we're still debating the merits of IP laws and whether or not they actually work as intended. Artists, scientists, businesses, and the lawyers who serve them, as well as the Americans who benefit from their creations all still wonder: what facilitates innovation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804783381
• ISBN13: 9780804783385
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Stanford Law Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"