Description
Book SynopsisIt is very easy to infringe intellectual property rights without meaning to. This book introduces the concept of 'IP accidents', for example orphan works and the actions of patent trolls, to establish a new way to look at IP law and its enforcement.
Trade Review'In this engaging, readable book, Patrick Goold makes a compelling case that we are wrong to hold people liable for inadvertently infringing patents and copyrights. He explains why this matters and what we can do about it.' Mark Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law at and Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, Stanford Law School
'Goold's monograph elegantly explains how the history and theory of negligence law, combined with the expansion of the scope of patent and copyright law, should lead us to reject talismanic invocations of strict liability in intellectual property cases.' Rebecca Tushnet, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, Harvard Law School
Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Accidents; 3. History; 4. Efficiency and equity; 5. Fairness; 6. Negligence; 7. Conclusion (On property, tort, and IP).
