Innovation and Nanotechnology: Converging Technologies and the End of Intellectual Property

by David R . Koepsell (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $139.24

  This title presents explores how emerging nanotechnologies demand a new approach to scientific discovery. It develops a theory of authorship, artifacts and intentionality in relation to public policies and institutions. It concludes that localized manufacturing, distributed design and nanotechnology call into question intellectual property regimes.