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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814495603321

Autore

George Alexandra

Titolo

Constructing intellectual property / / Alexandra George

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-139-33433-6

1-107-22988-X

1-280-39408-0

9786613572004

1-139-33776-9

1-139-34021-2

1-139-34179-0

1-139-33689-4

1-139-33863-3

1-139-03536-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxviii, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

LAW050000

Disciplina

346.04/8

Soggetti

Intellectual property - Philosophy

Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The difficulty of defining 'intellectual property' -- The metaphysics of intellectual property -- Intellectual property's core criteria -- 'Family resemblance' and intellectual property -- Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

What is 'intellectual property'? This book examines the way in which this important area of law is constructed by the legal system. It argues that intellectual property is a body of rules, created by the legal system, that regulate the documented forms of abstract objects, which are also defined into existence by the legal system. Intellectual property law thus constructs its own objects of regulation and it does so through the application of a collection of core concepts. By analyzing the metaphysical structure of intellectual property law and the concepts the legal system uses to construct 'intellectual property', the book sheds



new light on the nature of this fascinating area of law. It explains anomalies between social and intellectual property uses of concepts such as authorship - here dubbed 'creatorship' - and originality and it helps to explain the role of intellectual property from a structural (rather than the traditional normative) perspective.