Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- 4 People Are the Lifeblood of Innovation
- 5 Copyright and the Interdependent Relationship Between Social Utility and Social Justice
- 6 Trademarks, Legal Remedies, and Social Injustices
- 7 Trade Secrets from an Intellectual Property Social Justice Perspective
- 8 Tattoo Use: What Does the Right of Publicity Have to Do With Social Justice?
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
4 - People Are the Lifeblood of Innovation
from Part II - IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- 4 People Are the Lifeblood of Innovation
- 5 Copyright and the Interdependent Relationship Between Social Utility and Social Justice
- 6 Trademarks, Legal Remedies, and Social Injustices
- 7 Trade Secrets from an Intellectual Property Social Justice Perspective
- 8 Tattoo Use: What Does the Right of Publicity Have to Do With Social Justice?
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
Summary
In 2019, a fierce debate erupted over the future of patent law.1 The most heavily contested issue was the fate of the judicial exceptions to patentability, rules created by federal courts that describe which types of inventions are ineligible for patent protection.2 The exceptions include abstract ideas, laws of nature, and natural phenomena.3 Throughout the twentieth century, the Supreme Court declared that these categories of discovery should be “free to all men and reserved to none” because they are the “basic tools of scientific and technological work.”4
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