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Innovation and Nanotechnology Converging Technologies and the End of Intellectual Property David Koepsell
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o-technology is, where it came from, where it is going - and above all the wild west of innovation and social disruption it will throw David K. Levine, Washington University
This title explores how emerging nanotechnologies demand a new approach to scientific discovery. It develops a theory of authorship, artifacts and intentionality in relation to public policies and institutions. It concludes that localized manufacturing, distributed design and nanotechnology call into question intellectual property regimes.

Innovation and Nanotechnology grapples with and enlightens us about the whatness of contemporary technology and what it may mean for social order interwoven with a scientifically designed and constructed artifice. - Carl Mitcham, Colorado Shool of Mines In this groundbreaking and important book Koepsell sets forth an intriguing argument, focusing on the emerging field of nanotechnology, to show that the demise of intellectual property is inevitable and what innovators can do to prepare for it. - Stephan Kinsella, Ludwig von Mises Institute Like it or not, the old world of intellectual property is coming to an end. David Koepsell shows us why. Koepsell examines why intellectual property makes neither moral nor economic se by the nanotech revolution, and what kinds of alternatives might be worth exploring. - Gary Chartier, La Sierra University This is a visionary book in which a future filled with "nanowares" is predicted, described and advocated. The author's arguments for such future to realize within a reasonable amount of time are powerful and interesting, which makes the book absolutely worth reading. While I am not sure that the nanotechnology revolution would have such a dramatic impact has he predicts on "economic scarcity", chances are it may dramatically alter the economic landscape of innovation, make intellectual property no longer necessary. The latter is, from my perspective at least, the most interesting and even fascinating prediction you will find in this book, full of fascinating prediction. Intellectual property will eventually become a useless tool in a world where innovation will be driven by nanotechnology and its creators. - Michele Boldrin, Washington University

David Koepsell is currently Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He is the author of Who Owns You?: The Corporate Gold Rush to Patent Your Genes and Science and Ethics: Can Science Help us Make Wise and Moral Judgments? Also an attorney, his recent research focuses on the nexus of science, technology, ethics and public policy. He has previously held posts at Yale University, SUNY at Buffalo and the University of Antigua.

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