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Jefferson vs. the Patent Trolls: A Populist Vision of Intellectual Property Rights
Jeffrey H. Matsuura
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Description for Jefferson vs. the Patent Trolls: A Populist Vision of Intellectual Property Rights
Hardcover. Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson had the most substantial direct experience with the issues surrounding intellectual property rights and their impact on creativity, invention, and innovation. This title discusses the lessons Jefferson's efforts offer us. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAB; LAZ; LNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson had the most substantial direct experience with the issues surrounding intellectual property rights and their impact on creativity, invention, and innovation. In our own digital age, in which IP has again become the object of intense debate, his voice remains one of the most vital in American history on this crucial subject. Jefferson lived in a time of immense change, when inventions and other creative works impacted the world profoundly. In this atmosphere, it became clear that the developers of creative works and the users of those works often have competing interests. Jefferson ... Read more
Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson had the most substantial direct experience with the issues surrounding intellectual property rights and their impact on creativity, invention, and innovation. In our own digital age, in which IP has again become the object of intense debate, his voice remains one of the most vital in American history on this crucial subject. Jefferson lived in a time of immense change, when inventions and other creative works impacted the world profoundly. In this atmosphere, it became clear that the developers of creative works and the users of those works often have competing interests. Jefferson ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927718
SKU
V9780813927718
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Ref
99-22
About Jeffrey H. Matsuura
Jeffrey H. Matsuura, former Director of the Program in Law and Technology at the University of Dayton School of Law, is currently counsel at the Alliance Law Group in Northern Virginia. He is the author of several books on intellectual property, technology and law, including Managing Intellectual Assets in the Digital Age.
Reviews for Jefferson vs. the Patent Trolls: A Populist Vision of Intellectual Property Rights
With the increasing importance of innovation to economic development and national and international well-being, Jeffrey Matsuura's book is both timely and important. Thomas Jefferson's property rights experiences and deliberations are the foundation for the U.S. intellectual property system and provide a framework for analyzing today's industry-changing intellectual property debates. Not only a good history read, Mr. Matsuura's book is an ... Read more