Making a Living, Creatively: The Role of Intellectual Property

October 7, 2009
Speaker: Robert P. Merges, Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Berkeley Law, University of California, Berkeley

Summary: In his lecture, Robert P. Merges will revisit the idea of property rights over intellectual creations. He will begin with philosophical foundations, and then looks at contemporary debates over the continuing viability and future direction of this body of law. He will emphasize how Intellectual Property rights permit people to earn a living from their creative works, and explain why this matters. He will also discuss how the law can and must square two competing ideas: the right of an individual to exercise control over his or her creative works, and the interests of third parties, broadly conceived, whose needs justify limits on and intrusions into the protected sphere of Intellectual Property rights.

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