Intellectual Property and Immorality: Against Protecting Harmful Creations of the Mind, Ned Snow, Oxford University Press, 2022, ISBN 978 0 19761 440 2, Hardcover, pp 352. Price: £74.00. With a commendable analysis, Ned Snow builds his book upon the premise that not all inventive and expressive works inherently benefit individuals or society. Some works may endorse detrimental actions, for example, endangering human life, harming the environment or causing injury to innocent third parties. In this vein, Snow posits a rather straightforward argument: the law should not encourage such behaviours and, so, it should not extend intellectual property (IP) protection to immoral creations …
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Amanda Costa Novaes, The moral boundaries of intellectual property from a US perspective, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, volume 19, issue 4, April 2024, pages 385-386. Published: 25 January 2024.
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