The first edition established itself as one of the leading books to situate the issue of
intellectual property within the discipline of International Political Economy (IPE). Since its …

'Biopiracy'refers either to the unauthorised extraction of biological resources, such as plants
with medicinal properties, and associated traditional knowledge from indigenous peoples …

Abstract Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become ubiquitous in the current debate
and have emerged as the key issue of global innovation policy. The 'Trade Related Aspects …

Digital media are a new form of communication, emerging as a result of ongoing
technological change, that do not compulsorily require a physical carrier. With the term …

This chapter applies the framework of public goods to knowledge. It shows that knowledge
has some characteristics of public good, such as being non‐rival in consumption and in the …

This book tells the story of diverse online creators–women, ethnic and racial minorities,
queer folk and those from hardscrabble backgrounds–producing low budget, high cultural …

Although often now presented as a potentially universal set of legal principles, the particular
history of the initial development of intellectual property rights (IPRs), first in Venice, then …

Autor i dzieło to fundamentalne pojęcia, wokół których zbudowana jest koncepcja
współczesnego prawa autorskiego. Jednak nowoczesna koncepcja autorstwa i utworu, jako …

Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of
sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions …

English summary: In what way do works of art, inventions and other subject matter of
intellectual property rights exist? Alexander Peukert shows that the notion of such an …