Monopoly and Competition

One argument against intellectual property is that property rights should be recognized only in scarce (rivalrous) resources.

The issue of whether non-scarce things like thoughts or labor are ownable has arisen in recent debates—see, e.g.,

A free market of alcohol would become a lucrative market for countless people if left in private hands. By monopolizing it, the Russian government takes bread from the mouths of average families.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in KSR summarizes the oral arguments for KSR Inte

My friend Carl Horowitz writes a good piece urging Hollywood to

From the 2006 Supporters Summit: Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom, 27-28 October 2006, Auburn, Alabama.

From the 2006 Supporters Summit: Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom, 27-28 October 2006, Auburn, Alabama.

The trouble with online gambling was that it was too successful in the eyes of many.

In a recent issue of Greg Aharonian’s PatNews newsletter, he points out that it may be possible for patent law to be stretched to cover things like

It is often the case that the great intellects advance ideas so rich and prescient that they anticipate, in however embryonic form, ideas that are