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Caenegem, William van; Arup, Christopher --- "Conclusion" [2009] ELECD 447; in Arup, Christopher; van Caenegem, William (eds), "Intellectual Property Policy Reform" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009)

Book Title: Intellectual Property Policy Reform

Editor(s): Arup, Christopher; van Caenegem, William

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848441637

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: Conclusion

Author(s): Caenegem, William van; Arup, Christopher

Number of pages: 5

Extract:

15. Conclusion
William van Caenegem and Christopher Arup
The editors started out by articulating the sense that intellectual property (IP)
law's primary function in sustaining the realisation of creativity in society,
whether in technology or the arts, was at risk of being relegated to secondary
status. The growth of the edifice of IP law seemed to be casting a shadow over
IP's true goals. At the same time we were conscious of the multifarious voices
in the universities which are addressing specific issues concerning IP, innova-
tion and creativity. There appeared to be a growing divide between these
voices of scholarly concern about IP and the support for expanding intellectual
property rights (IPRs) evident in certain quarters of industry, government and
the professions. That divide might be evidence of a malaise about IP's true
goals, though it might just reflect the different roles that academics and prac-
titioners play.
We therefore thought it would be worthwhile to invite a number of
colleagues to contribute papers to this collection. The papers would be brought
under the heading of contemporary critiques of IP law. The broadly unifying
theme would be the contemporary role of IP in stimulating innovation and
creativity.
As part of this endeavour, we were also tempted to try to tease out some
extra strands in IP scholarship. We wanted to show how IP law scholarship had
grown beyond its preoccupation with the analytical study and representation
of rules (of patents or copyright law for instance). At ...