000444499 000__ 02834cam\a2200397Ia\4500 000444499 001__ 444499 000444499 005__ 20220628100333.0 000444499 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000444499 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000444499 008__ 101105s2011\\\\enka\\\\o\\\\\001\0\eng\d 000444499 010__ $$z2010047516 000444499 020__ $$a9780674061125$$qelectronic book 000444499 020__ $$z9780674049482 000444499 020__ $$z0674049489 000444499 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn754718526 000444499 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10491784 000444499 035__ $$a444499 000444499 037__ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674061125$$bDOI 000444499 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$cCaPaEBR 000444499 05014 $$aK1401$$b.M475 2011eb 000444499 1001_ $$aMerges, Robert P. 000444499 24510 $$aJustifying intellectual property$$h[electronic resource] /$$cRobert P. Merges. 000444499 260__ $$aCambridge, MA :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2011. 000444499 300__ $$a1 online resource (xiv, 405 p.) :$$bill. 000444499 500__ $$aIncludes index. 000444499 5050_ $$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. 000444499 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000444499 520__ $$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. 000444499 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000444499 650_0 $$aIntellectual property$$xPhilosophy. 000444499 650_0 $$aIntangible property$$xPhilosophy. 000444499 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aMerges, Robert P.$$tJustifying intellectual property.$$dCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011$$z9780674049482$$w(DLC) 2010047516$$w(OCoLC)676725419 000444499 85280 $$bebk$$hHarvard University Press 000444499 85640 $$3Harvard University Press$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674061125$$zOnline Access 000444499 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:444499$$pGLOBAL_SET 000444499 980__ $$aEBOOK 000444499 980__ $$aBIB 000444499 982__ $$aEbook 000444499 983__ $$aOnline