Intellectual Property and Immorality
Against Protecting Harmful Creations of the Mind
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 May 2022
- ISBN 9780197614402
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages360 pages
- Size 165x249x35 mm
- Weight 726 g
- Language English 445
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Short description:
Should a machine that emits harmful levels of pollution receive patent protection? Should pornography receive copyright protection? These seemingly simple questions raise a host of issues in intellectual property law. This book explores the issues and considers whether the theories that underlie intellectual property law suggest that morality may be reason to deny protection. It entertains counterarguments about whether such denials would even be an effective means of addressing social problems. It interprets the Constitution to understand whether the Intellectual Property Clause suggests denying protection. It reviews judicial doctrines that seem to provide courts discretionary authority.
MoreLong description:
Should a machine that emits harmful levels of pollution receive patent protection? Should pornography receive copyright protection? This book argues that certain intellectual creations should not receive patent or copyright protection on the grounds that those works are harmful to society. The book posits that the theories of intellectual property and the Intellectual Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution suggest this conclusion. It also considers several counterarguments: in particular, that denying protection might increase the output of objectionable works, that other laws should address moral problems, and that intellectual property functions better under a laissez-faire approach. Despite these counterarguments, the book contends that law should never encourage or reward harmful behavior. This simple principle implies that courts should exercise their equitable powers to deny enforcement of intellectual property for works involving unlawful conduct. It implies that courts should deny protection for works that clearly fall outside the Intellectual Property Clause's scope of protectable works. And it implies that Congress should consider denying protection for works that pose clear harms to society. The book also addresses the intersection between denying intellectual property protection and maintaining free speech protection. In that regard, the book recognizes that the Free Speech Clause severely limits Congress's discretionary authority to deny copyright protection for expression that it deems immoral. The book concludes that courts, Congress, and government agencies should exercise limited discretion in deciding whether certain intellectual works are morally eligible for intellectual property protection.
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Detailed Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Moral Limitations in IP Theory
Chapter 3: Arguments Against Denying Protection
Chapter 4: The Problem of Judicial Moral Discretion
Chapter 5: Works Involving Unlawful Conduct
Chapter 6: Judicial History on Unlawful Works
Chapter 7: The Progress Provision as a Limitation
Chapter 8: Progress, Science, and useful Arts
Chapter 9: Legislating Morality
Chapter 10: Free Speech
Chapter 11: Tying It All Together
Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index
