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On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology

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Rosenberg, A
Published in: Politics, Philosophy & Economics
January 1, 2004

This article argues that considerations about the role and predictability of intellectual innovation make the protection of intellectual property morally obligatory even when it greatly reduces short-term welfare. Since the provision of good new ideas is the only productive input not subject to decreasing marginal productivity, welfarist considerations require that no impediment to its maximal provision be erected and the potentially substantial welfare losses imposed by a patent system be mitigated by taxation of other sources of wealth and income. © 2004, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.

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Politics, Philosophy & Economics

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1741-3060

ISSN

1470-594X

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Volume

3

Issue

1

Start / End Page

77 / 95

Related Subject Headings

  • 2203 Philosophy
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1499 Other Economics
 

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Rosenberg, A. (2004). On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 3(1), 77–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X04039983
Rosenberg, A. “On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology.” Politics, Philosophy & Economics 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 77–95. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X04039983.
Rosenberg A. On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology. Politics, Philosophy & Economics. 2004 Jan 1;3(1):77–95.
Rosenberg, A. “On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology.” Politics, Philosophy & Economics, vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 77–95. Scopus, doi:10.1177/1470594X04039983.
Rosenberg A. On the Priority of Intellectual Property Rights, Especially in Biotechnology. Politics, Philosophy & Economics. 2004 Jan 1;3(1):77–95.
Journal cover image

Published In

Politics, Philosophy & Economics

DOI

EISSN

1741-3060

ISSN

1470-594X

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Volume

3

Issue

1

Start / End Page

77 / 95

Related Subject Headings

  • 2203 Philosophy
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 1499 Other Economics