Diversity in Intellectual Property

Identities, Interests, and Intersections

Irene Calboli, Srividhya Ragavan

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781107065529
• eBook ISBN:
  9781316309438
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Intellectual Property Law
• Index: Law

This book aims to create an interface between intellectual property and diversity - including cultural, biological, religious, racial, and gender-based diversity. While acknowledging that the historical rationale for intellectual property protection is based on theories of utilitarian incentives and property rights, the authors of this volume assert that the current intellectual property framework is not incompatible with including diversity as part of its objectives. Through its various themes, this book delves into the debate of whether such inclusion can be made possible and how intellectual property norms could be effectively used to protect and promote diversity. In this volume, leading scholars address ongoing regional, national, and international debates within the contexts of diversity, the existing legal framework, and the broader political and economic climate. The authors tackle such wide-ranging topics as the prohibition against trademarking slurs and concepts of intellectual property in ancient Indian texts.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• Editors and contributors
• Foreword: Diversifying Intellectual Property
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Recognizing and Supporting Diversity in Intellectual Property Norm Setting
• Part II The Influence of Morality, Race, and Ethnicity-Related Interests on Intellectual Property
• Part III Framing Intellectual Property through the Lenses of Religions and Philosophies
• Part IV Gender-Related Interests and Challenges: Feminist Theories and Intellectual Property
• Part V Diversity, Creative Industries, and Intellectual Property
• Part VI The Ongoing Debate on Intellectual Property and (Traditional) Cultural Diversity
• Index