Download or read book The Innovation Society and Intellectual Property written by Josef Drexl and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intellectual property (IP) rights impact innovation in diverse ways. This book critically analyses whether additional rights beyond patents, trademarks and copyrights are needed to promote innovation. Featuring contributions from thought-leaders in the field of IP, this book examines the check and balances that already exist in the IP system to safeguard innovation and questions to what extent existing IP regimes are capable of catering to new paradigms of innovation and creativity.