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Why You Need to Know About Intellectual Property |
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1 | (14) |
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Intellectual Property: Global Governance and History |
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4 | (1) |
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What Are Intellectual Property Rights? |
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5 | (6) |
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11 | (4) |
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15 | (28) |
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Justifying Intellectual Property |
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17 | (8) |
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Triangulating the History of Intellectual Property |
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25 | (12) |
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Contestation and Change in the History of Intellectual Property |
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37 | (6) |
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The Emergence of Intellectual Property Rights |
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43 | (32) |
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Early Antecedents of Intellectual Property |
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44 | (5) |
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The Middle Ages, Guild Knowledge, and the Transition to Intellectual Property |
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49 | (9) |
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The Venetian Moment: Intellectual Property Is Born |
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58 | (7) |
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Patents, Printing, and the Venetian Economy |
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65 | (6) |
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71 | (4) |
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Commerce vs. Romantic Notions of Authorship and Invention |
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75 | (32) |
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From Venice to London: Some Continental Developments |
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76 | (4) |
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British Innovations in Patents |
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80 | (7) |
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British Innovations in Copyrights |
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87 | (10) |
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The Early Modern Period of Intellectual Property |
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97 | (10) |
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The Nineteenth Century: Technological Development and International Law |
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107 | (26) |
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Intellectual Property as Public Policy |
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108 | (3) |
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The International Diversity of Law |
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111 | (4) |
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From the Patent Controversy to Paris and Bern |
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115 | (7) |
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Thomas Edison: Patents as a Business Strategy |
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122 | (2) |
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Copyright and Works for Hire |
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124 | (2) |
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The Ascendance of the German Chemical Industry: A New Business Model |
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126 | (7) |
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The Twentieth Century: Intellectual Property Rights Consolidated |
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133 | (28) |
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Trust-busting and Cartels |
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133 | (5) |
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Skepticism About Intellectual Property Rights After 1945 |
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138 | (3) |
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Property Rights Resurgent |
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141 | (4) |
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Twentieth-Century Copyright |
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145 | (8) |
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Toward a Multilateral Settlement |
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153 | (8) |
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The Twenty-First Century: TRIPs and Beyond |
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161 | (42) |
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162 | (14) |
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After TRIPs: Contestation, Bilateralism, and Problems of Legitimacy |
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176 | (27) |
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Forgetting History Is Not an Option |
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203 | (16) |
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The Importance of History: The Global Politics of Intellectual Property Today |
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204 | (5) |
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The Resurgence of the World Intellectual Property Organization |
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209 | (6) |
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215 | (4) |
| List of Acronyms |
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219 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
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221 | (20) |
| Index |
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241 | (12) |
| About the Book |
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