pt. 1. Intellectualproperty, law and economics -- pt. 2. Normative analysis -- pt. 3. Central intervention and private ordering -- pt. 4. Positive analysis
Summary
This book explores the economic analysis of intellectualproperty law, with a special emphasis on the Law and Economics of informational goods in light of the past decade's technological revolution. In recent years there has been massive growth in the Law and Economics literature focusing on intellectualproperty, on both normative and positive levels of analysis. The economic approach to intellectualproperty is often described as a monolithic, coherent approach that may differ only as it is applied to a particular case. Yet the growing literature of Law and Economics in intellectual prope