Tag: Property

The Paradox of Intellectual Property in Capitalism


Free Download The Paradox of Intellectual Property in Capitalism
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031499662 | 294 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 2.2 MB
The Paradox of Intellectual Property in Capitalism is an innovative book that comprehensively discusses and analyses intellectual property under capitalistic social conditions and relations. It not only addresses some historical developments of intellectual property but also brings to the fore the very notion of what knowledge is, knowledge creation, and knowledge production and appropriation within a Marxist framework. Nonetheless, the adopted approach pays heed to multiple fields of knowledge, providing rich discussions that facilitate the understanding of actual social totality in which capitalism, knowledge production and appropriation, and the struggles of appropriation mutually reinforce each other, although not devoid of antagonisms and contradictions.

(more…)

Property Management in California


Free Download Michael Lustig, "Property Management in California"
English | 2011 | ASIN: B005G47XX2 | EPUB | pages: 433 | 0.6 mb
Property Management in California provides an overview of the field of property management and describes the major functions of property managers, including their legal, interpersonal, maintenance, accounting, administrative, and other duties. It also covers specific practices and problems in the management of various types of property. This comprehensive textbook and course workbook – approved by the California Department of Real Estate for qualification for a California Real Estate Broker License or to extend a California Real Estate Sales License – provides a historical background and job description of the property manager, describes categories of managed property, and discusses research and analysis, rents and budgets, administration, leases, risk management, maintenance, marketing, fair housing, and ethics. In addition, each chapter includes a multiple-choice written assignment for students.

(more…)

Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing


Free Download Joel Bloch, "Plagiarism, Intellectual Property and the Teaching of L2 Writing"
English | 2012 | ISBN: 1847696511, 184769652X | EPUB | pages: 200 | 0.5 mb
Plagiarism and intellectual property law are two issues that affect every student and every teacher throughout the world. Both concepts are concerned with how we use texts – print, digital, visual, and aural – in the creation of new texts. And both have been viewed in strongly moral terms, often as acts of ‘theft’. However, they also reflect the contradictory views behind norms and values and therefore are essential to understand when using all forms of texts both inside and outside the classroom. This book discusses the current and historical relationship between these concepts and how they can be explicitly taught in an academic writing classroom.

(more…)

People or Property Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground


Free Download Alessandra Jerolleman, "People or Property: Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground "
English | ISBN: 3031368746 | 2024 | 268 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place certain communities further in harm’s way. This book will unearth these contradictions in order to understand why successful community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to communities that are experiencing increasing land deterioration as a result of climate change.

(more…)

Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry Protecting Your Innovation


Free Download Ryan W O’Donnell, John J. O’Malley, "Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry: Protecting Your Innovation"
English | 2008 | pages: 151 | ISBN: 0387773886 | PDF | 1,5 mb
Considering the effort and funding devoted to a company’s success, understanding Intellectual Property rights patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and licensing is essential. Establishing appropriate internal policies from the outset can prevent companies from learning a costly and painful lesson in the courtroom. With Intellectual Property in the Food Technology Industry, currently the only book of its kind focusing specifically on the food industry, one will learn what to consider throughout the various creative phases of a product’s lifespan from initial research and development initiatives through post-production. Readers will have an understanding of the intellectual property protections afforded to U.S. corporations, methods to pro-actively reduce potential problems, and guidelines for future considerations to reduce legal spending, prevent IP theft, and allow for greater profitability from corporate innovation and inventiveness.

(more…)

Intellectual Property A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition [Audiobook]


Free Download Siva Vaidhyanathan, Shawn K. Jain (Narrator), "Intellectual Property: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition"
English | ASIN: B0CVLHXMHP | 2024 | MP3@64 kbps | ~03:33:00 | 101 MB
We all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual property policy remains a confusing and arcane subject. This engaging book clarifies both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding these fascinating areas of law, offering a layman’s introduction to copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of knowledge falling under the purview of intellectual property rights. Using vivid examples, noted media expert Siva Vaidhyanathan illustrates the powers and limits of intellectual property, distilling with grace and wit the complex tangle of laws, policies, and values governing the dissemination of ideas, expressions, inventions, creativity, and data collection in the modern world.
Through compelling case studies, including those of Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Sony, Amazon, and Google Books, Vaidhyanathan shows that the modern intellectual property systems reflect three centuries of changes in politics, economics, technologies, and social values. Although it emerged from a desire to foster creativity while simultaneously protecting it, intellectual property today has fundamentally shifted to a political dimension.

(more…)

Robert Nozick Property, Justice and the Minimal State (Key Contemporary Thinkers)


Free Download Jonathan Wolff, "Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State (Key Contemporary Thinkers)"
English | 2003 | pages: 134 | ISBN: 0745606032, 0745606024, 0804718555 | PDF | 1,2 mb
This book is the first full-length study of Nozick’s work and of the debates to which it has given rise. Wolff situates Norzick’s work in the context of current debates and examines the traditions which have influenced his thought. He then critically reconstructs the key arguments of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Focusing on Nozick’s doctrine of rights, his derivation of the minimal state, and his Entitlement Theory of Justice.

(more…)