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Happy IP: replacing the law and economics justification for intellectual property rights with a well-being approach (2015)
Journal Article

E.I.P.R. 197 The dominant justification for intellectual property rights at least in the West and international treaties is utilitarian, and more precisely based on the Chicago School of Law and Economics (first section). However, this school of thou... Read More about Happy IP: replacing the law and economics justification for intellectual property rights with a well-being approach.

Happy IP: aligning intellectual property rights with well-being (2015)
Journal Article

The Chicago School of the law and economics movement, on which the predominant justification for independent property rights is based in most countries, is flawed mainly because it takes economic wealth as the sole proxy for well-being. We suggest re... Read More about Happy IP: aligning intellectual property rights with well-being.