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As technological progress marches on, so anxiety over the shape of the public domain is likely to continue if not increase. This collection helps to define the boundaries within which the debate over the shape of law and policy should take place. From historical analysis to discussion of contemporary developments, the importance of the public domain in its cultural and scientific contexts is explored by lawyers, scientists, economists, librarians, journalists and entrepreneurs. The contributions will both deepen and enliven the reader's understanding of the public domain in its many guises, and will also serve to highlight the public domain's key role in innovation. This book will appeal not only to students and researchers coming from a variety of fields, but also to policy-makers in the IP field and those more generally interested in the public domain, as well as those more directly involved in the current movements towards open access, open science and open source.

Intellectual property --- Public domain (Copyright law) --- Technological innovations --- Philosophy --- Law and legislation --- Copyright --- IP (Intellectual property) --- Proprietary rights --- Rights, Proprietary --- Intangible property --- Public domain --- Technological innovations Law and legislation --- Intellectual property - Philosophy --- Technological innovations - Law and legislation

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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.

Intellectual property --- Law. --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- IP (Intellectual property) --- Proprietary rights --- Rights, Proprietary --- Intangible property --- Philosophy. --- Law and legislation --- Philosophy --- E-books --- Law --- General and Others --- Intellectual property - Philosophy --- Australie --- Royaume-Uni --- Etats-Unis