Christopher Sprigman, professor of law at the University of Virginia discusses his upcoming book the Knockoff Economy: How Imitation sparks Innovation co authored with Kal Raustiala. The book is an accessible look at how industries that do not have heavily enforced copyright law, such as the fashion and culinary industries, are still thriving and innovative. Sprigman explains how copyright was not able to be litigated heavily in these cases and what the results could teach us about what other industries that do have extensive copyright enforcement, such as the music and movie industries, could look like without it.
- “The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation”, Sprigman and Raustiala
- “The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design”, by Sprigman and Raustiala
- “Standup comedy and the rise of an informal intellectual property regime”, Bloomberg BNA
- “Why There Are Too Many Patents in America”, Posner Article
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