New intellectual property regimes are entrenching new inequalities. Access to information is
fundamental to the exercise of human rights and marketplace competition, but patents are …

With the pervasiveness of the information revolution, the preservation of intellectual property
rights through patents, copyrights, and trademarks has become far more difficult. Knock-off …

With intellectual property widely acknowledged today as a key component of economic
development, those accused of stealing knowledge and information are also charged with …

Radical legal innovations in intellectual property protection have been introduced by the
little noticed European Database Directive of March 1996. This initiative, part of the larger …

In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or
intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership …

Imagine sending a magazine article to 10 friends-making photocopies, putting them in
envelopes, adding postage, and mailing them. Now consider how much easier it is to send …

Computer technology and the proliferation of digital networks have radically altered how
ideas and information are gathered and manipulated and generated new conflicts between …

While the importance of finance in contemporary capitalism is broadly acknowledged, this
paper explores its relationship with the knowledge economy through the shifting regimes of …

Rules regulating access to knowledge are no longer the exclusive province of lawyers and
policymakers and instead command the attention of anthropologists, economists, literary …

A movement emerges to challenge the tightening of intellectual property law around the
world. At the end of the twentieth century, intellectual property rights collided with everyday …