"Placing himself at the crossroads of economics, law, and sociology, Christian Bessy investigates the contemporary transformation of intellectual property rights (IPR). He demonstrates how entities previously considered inappropriate have now become the object of property rights by means of a...

Introduction to Economics -- Economics of Intellectual Property -- Patents -- Economics of copyright -- Trade Marks and Design Rights -- Trade Secrets and Other Rights -- Competition and Intellectual Property -- How Intellectual Property Delivers Value -- When Intellectual Property Delivers...

Introduction -- Tragedies in economics -- What caused the tragedy of intangible abundance -- Indications of tragedy of intangible abundance -- Toward openness : counteracting the tragedy of intangible abundance -- Conclusion.