Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods

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Intellectual Property and Access to Im/material Goods is written by Jessica C. Lai and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1784716626 (ISBN 10) and 9781784716622 (ISBN 13).

Traditionally, in order to be protected intellectual property goods have almost always needed to be embodied or materialised (and – to a certain extent – to be used and enjoyed), regardless of whether they were copyrighted works, patented inventions or trademarks. This book examines the relationship between intellectual property and its physical embodiments and materialisations, with a focus on the issue of access and the challenges of new technologies. Expert contributors explore how these problems can re-shape our theoretical notion of the intangible and the tangible and how this can have serious consequences for access to intellectual property goods.