Stepping off the Shoulders of Giants: Nonlinear Innovation in Intellectual Property Law
Le Centre des politiques en propri茅t茅 intellectuelle pr茅sente le professeur , Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 h茅bra茂que de Jerusalem.
搁茅蝉耻尘茅
(En anglais seulement) 鈥淐ontemporary IP theory concentrates on the cumulative and incremental nature of innovation and creation. A prevalent image in this context depicts authors and inventors as "standing on the shoulders of giants". This talk highlights an additional type of innovation that has been largely overlooked in IP discourse: innovation that breaks up with convention, disputes existing paradigms, or in other words--"steps-off" the shoulders of giants. Drawing on multi-disciplinary literature, from the history and philosophy of science to studies of creativity, it explores nonlinear innovations across various cultural, artistic and scientific domains. It then proceeds to examine whether intellectual property policy and doctrine, particularly patent and copyright law, can foster nonlinear innovations and facilitate stepping-off giants' shoulders.鈥�
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