Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation

by Christopher Sprigman and Kal Raustiala

Book Overview

From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation--and economic success. But are copyrights and patents always necessary? In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman provocatively argue that creativity can not only survive in the face of copying, but can thrive.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195399781
• ISBN13: 9780195399783
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"