$uInformation, property rights and innovation -- The most-used information protection means : capability and marketing -- Protecting disembodied information : 'intellectual property' -- International information protection -- Information protection and visions of the public good -- How interests...

Information, property rights and innovation -- The most-used information protection means : capability and marketing -- Protecting disembodied information : 'intellectual property' -- International information protection -- Information protection and visions of the public good -- How interests...

"The regulation of innovation and the optimal design of legal institutions in an environment of uncertainty are two of the most important policy challenges of the twenty-first century. Innovation is critical to economic growth. Regulatory design decisions, and, in particular, competition policy...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Innovation, IP and intellectual capitalism -- 2. Analytical framework -- 3. Patents and innovations for growth and welfare - a literature review -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Patents, innovations and growth - empirical analysis -- 6. What explains fluctuations in patenting...