The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law

William M. Landes

Richard A. Posner

    Introduction

    1. The Economic Theory of Property

    2. How to Think about Copyright

    3. A Formal Model of Copyright

    4. Basic Copyright Doctrines

    5. Copyright in Unpublished Works

    6. Fair Use, Parody, and Burlesque

    7. The Economics of Trademark Law

    8. The Optimal Duration of Copyrights and Trademarks

    9. The Legal Protection of Postmodern Art

    10. Moral Rights and the Visual Artists Rights Act

    11. The Economics of Patent Law

    12. The Patent Court: A Statistical Evaluation

    13. The Economics of Trade Secrecy Law

    14. Antitrust and Intellectual Property

    15. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Law

    Conclusion

    Acknowledgments

    Index

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William M. Landes is Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.

Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.