The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This Handbook brings together scholars from around the world in addressing the global significance of controversies over and alternatives to intellectual property (IP) today. It brings together over fifty of the leading authors in this field across the spectrum of academic disciplines from law economics geography sociology politics and anthropology.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This volume addresses the full spectrum of IP issues including copyright patent trademarks and trade secrets as well as parallel rights and novel applications. In addition to addressing the role of IP in an increasingly information based and globalized economy and culture it also challenges the utility and viability of IP today and addresses a range of alternative futures.</span></p>