Patent as credit: When intellectual property becomes speculative

Dossier: Property, Power, Law

Hyo Yoon Kang ~ RP 194 (Nov/Dec 2015) ~ Article

Patent as credit When intellectual property becomes speculative Hyo yoon kang Intellectual properties, the various kinds of which are known as patents, copyright and trademarks, could be regarded as central techniques of accumulation in contemporary capitalism, if immaterial knowledge is indeed what now crucially drives accumulation in a ‘knowledge economy’ or ‘creative industries’. [1] In […]

Corporate open source: Intellectual property and the struggle over value

Christopher Newfield ~ RP 181 (Sept/Oct 2013) ~ Commentary

I began to worry about open source when the corporate world stopped worrying and learned to love open source. For me the turning point was a drinks party in Paris in 2003, thrown by the wife of an American advertising executive temporarily based in the city. First, a bit of context for the party and […]