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| Tekijä: | Bonaccorsi, A. Calvert, J. Joly, P-B. |
| Otsikko: | From protecting texts to protecting objects in biotechnology and software: a tale of changes of ontological assumptions in intellectual property protection |
| Lehti: | Economy and Society
2011 : NOV, VOL. 40:4, p. 611-639 |
| Asiasana: | intellectual property law legislation patents copyright software bio-technology inventions |
| Vapaa asiasana: | ontology |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Recently, both software and agricultural inventions have become patentable. This paper argues that legislation on intellectual property (herein as: i-p.) is shaped by ontological considerations, that is, ideas about the object to be protected. It is proposed that the introduction of patenting in software and biotechnology marks a change from protecting a text to protecting an object. However, this change rests on outdated assumptions about the relationship btw. structures and functions in both fields. Such an ontological perspective opens a deeper understanding of i-p. regimes' recent transformations. |
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