Intellectual Property Rights in Frontier Industries: Software and Biotechnology

By Robert W. Hahn

Book Overview

This essential and timely collection, edited by AEI scholar Robert W. Hahn, brings leading experts together on the high-stakes debate over intellectual property rights, exploring how patent, copyright, and open-source protection can spur innovation in software, biotechnology, and bioinformatics without stifling follow-on research, and the economics behind the landmark court decisions shaping tomorrow's technology.

In this volume, leading scholars tackle the debate over intellectual property rights in high-technology industries and express their views on how to improve the current system.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844771910
• ISBN13: 9780844771915
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: AEI Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"