CONTENTS

PROPERTY RIGHTS: TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE

SUMMARY OF IP LAW

Type of IP

Copyright

Patent

Trade Secret

Trademark

IP Rights and Relation to Tangible Property

LIBERTARIAN PERSPECTIVES ON IP

The Spectrum

Utilitarian Defenses of IP

Some Problems with Natural Rights

IP AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

Property and Scarcity

Scarcity and Ideas

Creation vs. Scarcity

Two Types of Homesteading

IP AS CONTRACT

The Limits of Contract

Contract vs. Reserved Rights

Copyright and Patent

Trade Secret

Trademark

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

Some Questionable Examples of Patents and Copyrights

BIBLIOGRAPHY