U.S. intellectual property law is firmly rooted in utilitarian principles. Copyright law is viewed as a means to give … proper monetary incentives to authors for their creative effort. Many European copyright systems pursue additional goals … moral rights protection should differ across the Atlantic and whether a purely profit-based theory of copyright law is …

limitation of intellectual property rights does exist, but that efficient copyright protection must also be above a minimum level … of protection. Furthermore, it is argued that even optimum copyright protection will not produce a first best solution …

More intensive copyright enforcement reduces piracy, raises prices, and lowers consumer surplus. We show that these …-value buyers such as corporate and government users, the copyright holder has an incentive to charge super-monopoly prices, thereby … encouraging piracy among low-value buyers. Extending enforcement down the demand curve broadens the copyright holder's captive …

a copyright-, trademark- and patent-eligible subject matter, a European perspective is still lacking in the literature …

, establishes a two-tiered system of protection, amending copyright with a sui generis rule that grants protection against unfair …

attributed to the territoriality of the copyright management regime. In most cases rights holders are in a position to issue …