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Chapter 1: Introduction to Intellectual Property

Chapter 1: Introduction to Intellectual Property

pp. 1-14

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, City University of London
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This chapter introduces the three foundational questions of IP: what are intellectual things (the metaphysical question)? Is intellectual property really property (the conceptual question)? And should intellectual things be property (the normative question)? It highlights the role of argument and reason in contemporary IP law.

Keywords

  • foundational questions
  • metaphysics
  • concepts
  • norms
  • arguments
  • problem of monopoly

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