Browsing Faculté de droit – Travaux et publications by Subject "Intellectual property"

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  • The Economics of Life: Reflections on the Term of Copyright 

    Mackaay, Ejan (CIRANO (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations / Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization), 2011-04)
    Copyright, and indeed all intellectual property, reflects a compromise between the need for reward on creations we see – by reserving them to the creator – and the need to let information freely flow so as to permit further creations to emerge with as ...

  • The L&E of Intellectual Property – Do we get maximum innovation with the current regime? 

    Mackaay, Ejan (2015-07-31)
    Innovation is crucial to economic growth – the essential path for lifting much of the world population out of dire poverty and for maintaining the living standard of those who already have. To stimulate innovation, the legal system has to support the ...

  • Sui Generis Rights on Folklore Viewed from a Property Rights Perspective 

    Mackaay, Ejan (CIRANO (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations / Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization), 2011-06)
    This paper looks at sui generis rights claimed for the protection of folklore. Since rights should not be created in any which way if one is to avoid privileges and rent-seeking, it is important to be clear about design constraints stemming from such ...