Matthew David & Debora Halbert 
Owning the World of Ideas [EPUB ebook] 
Intellectual Property and Global Network Capitalism

Key Concepts and Why they Matter so much Today
Origins, History and Globalization of Intellectual Property
Copyright Controversies Today
Patents and Traditional Knowledge
Trademark, Designs and Identifiers in Question
Conclusions and Paradoxes

Debora J. Halbert is a Professor of political science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She teaches futures studies, public policy, and law and society. Her academic interests include the study of law and policy with a focus on intellectual property. Along with numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and law reviews, she has published three books, Intellectual Property in the Information Age:  the politics of expanding rights (Quorum 1999), Resisting Intellectual Property (Routledge, 2005) and The State of Copyright (Routledge 2014).  Additionally, she has recently co-edited The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property (2015) with Professor Matthew David, and has completed a second co-authored piece with Professor David for the SAGE Swifts series, Owning the World of Ideas (SAGE, 2015).