The Law and Economics of Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: The Limits of Analysis / Edition 1

by Niva Elkin-Koren, Eli Salzberger

Overview

This book explores the economic analysis of intellectual property 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 intellectual property, on both normative and positive levels of analysis. The economic approach to intellectual property 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 property does not speak in one voice. The economic discourse used in legal scholarship and in policy-making encompasses several strands, each reflecting a fundamentally different approach to the economics of informational works, and each grounded in a different ideology or methodological paradigm.

This book delineates the various economic approaches taken and analyzes their tenets. It maps the fundamental concepts and the theoretical foundation of current economic analysis of intellectual property law, in order to fully understand the ramifications of using economic analysis of law in policy making. In so doing, one begins to appreciate the limitations of the current frameworks in confronting the challenges of the information revolution. The book addresses the fundamental adjustments in the methodology and underlying assumptions that must be employed in order for the economic approach to remain a useful analytical framework for addressing IPR in the information age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415499088
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2012
Series:	Routledge Research in Intellectual Property , #5
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Niva Elkin-Koren is Professor of Law and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Law, the University of Haifa, Israel.

Eli Salzberger is Professor of Law and Dean at the Faculty of Law, the University of Haifa, Israel.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Intellectual Property, Law and Economics Introduction 1. Introduction to Law and Economics 2. The Rise of Intellectual Property Part 2: Normative Analysis 3. The Incentives Paradigm 4. The Proprietary Model of Intellectual Property Part 3: Central Intervention and Private Ordering 5. Intellectual Property and the Rise of Private Ordering 6. Intellectual Property in the Digital Era: Economic Analysis and Governance by Technology Part 4: Positive Analysis 7. A positive Analysis of Intellectual Property Law