Private Law Theory

ABSTRACT
Intellectual Property (IP) scholarship is generally concerned with how innovation policy impacts social welfare by providing appropriate incentives for innovation. But lately, the question of who participates in IP creation – with an eye to distributive justice as well as social welfare more broadly – has been getting more attention. Most scholars writing in this vein acknowledge IP’s shortcomings in achieving proportionate participation and representation across socioeconomic, race, and gender lines. But many argue that in spite of these flaws, IP regimes can advance distributive justice by giving the poor and other members of disadvantaged groups opportunities to accumulate wealth and improve their position in society …

Plamondon Bair, Stephanie, Impoverished IP (April 3, 2019).

First posted 2019-05-06 07:36:10