001399530 000__ 02872cam\a2200397Ia\4500 001399530 001__ 1399530 001399530 005__ 20220628100343.0 001399530 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001399530 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001399530 008__ 220628s2011\\\\enka\\\\o\\\\\001\0\eng\d 001399530 010__ $$z2010047516 001399530 020__ $$a9780674061125$$qelectronic book 001399530 020__ $$z9780674049482 001399530 020__ $$z0674049489 001399530 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn754718526 001399530 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491784 001399530 035__ $$a444499 001399530 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674061125$$bDOI 001399530 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 001399530 05014 $$aK1401$$b.M475 2011eb 001399530 1001_ $$aMerges, Robert P. 001399530 24510 $$aJustifying intellectual property$$h[electronic resource] /$$cRobert P. Merges. 001399530 260__ $$aCambridge, MA :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2011. 001399530 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiv, 405 p.) :$$bill. 001399530 500__ $$aIncludes index. 001399530 5050_ $$aLocke -- Kant -- Distributive justice and IP rights -- Midlevel principles of IP law -- The proportionality principle -- Creative professionals, corporate ownership, and transaction costs -- Property in the digital era -- Patents and drugs for the developing world. 001399530 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001399530 520__ $$aWhy should a property interest exist in an intangible item? In recent years, arguments over intellectual property have often divided proponents - who emphasize the importance of providing incentives for producers of creative works - from skeptics who emphasize the need for free and open access to knowledge. In a wide-ranging and ambitious analysis, Robert P. Merges establishes a sophisticated rationale for the most vital form of modern property: IP rights. His insightful new book answers the many critics who contend that these rights are inefficient, unfair, and theoretically incoherent. But Merges' vigorous defense of IP is also a call for appropriate legal constraints and boundaries: IP rights are real, but they come with real limits. Drawing on Kant, Locke, and Rawls as well as contemporary scholars, Merges crafts an original theory to explain why IP rights make sense as a reward for effort and as a way to encourage individuals to strive. He also provides a novel explanation of why awarding IP rights to creative people is fair for everyone else in society, by contributing to a just distribution of resources. Merges argues convincingly that IP rights are based on a solid ethical foundation, and - when subject to fair limits - these rights are an indispensable part of a well-functioning society. 001399530 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 001399530 650_0 $$aIntellectual property$$xPhilosophy. 001399530 650_0 $$aIntangible property$$xPhilosophy. 001399530 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aMerges, Robert P.$$tJustifying intellectual property.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011$$z9780674049482$$w(DLC) 2010047516$$w(OCoLC)676725419 001399530 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central Academic Complete 001399530 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10491784$$zOnline Access 001399530 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:444499$$pGLOBAL_SET 001399530 980__ $$aEBOOK 001399530 980__ $$aBIB 001399530 982__ $$aEbook 001399530 983__ $$aOnline