Sources from the Founding Era, as well as 19th-century court decisions and additional documents, confirm that intellectual property rights are property. The Supreme Court and lower federal courts in ...

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Intellectual property rights refer to legal protection granted to creators and businesses for their inventions, artistic works, brands, and designs. There are several types of intellectual property ...

Does intellectual property law conflict with free market principles? Most free market advocates, being fans of property rights, probably don’t think so. In recent years, however, a group of dissenters ...

Chapter: 2 Intellectual Property Institutions and the Panda's Thumb: Patents, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets in Economic Theory and History Unfortunately, this book ...