A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects

Author: Claudy Op den Kamp (Bournemouth University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 440 What do the Mona Lisa, the light bulb, and a Lego brick have in common? The answer - intellectual property (IP) - may be surprising, because IP laws are all about us, but go mostly unrecognized. They are complicated and arcane, and few people understand why they should care about copyright, patents, and trademarks. In this lustrous collection, Claudy Op den Kamp and Dan Hunter have brought...Read more