Intellectual Property and the Open (Information) Society / Anne Barron -- Economic Foundations of IP / Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams -- Idea of International Intellectual Property / Shubha Ghosh -- Globalization and Intellectual Property / Debora Halbert -- TRIPS and Development / Daniel Gervais -- Deja Vu in the International Intellectual Property Regime / Peter Yu -- Intellectual Property in Chile : Problems and Conflicts in a Developing Society / Salvador Millaleo and Hugo Cadenas -- Musical Property Rights Regimes in Tanzania and Kenya after TRIPs / Alex Perullo and Andrew Eisenberg -- Slow Logo : Brand Citizenship in Global Value Networks / Margaret Chon -- Counterfeit Commerce : The Illegal Accumulation and Distribution of Intellectual Property / Chris Rojek -- Geographical Indications : The Promise, Perils and Politics of Protecting Place-Based Products / Rosemary J. Coombe, Sarah Ives and Daniel Huizenga -- Social Imaginary of Geographical Indicators in Contested Environments : The Politicized Heritage and the Racialized Landscapes of South African Rooibos Tea / Rosemary J. Coombe, Sarah Ives and Daniel Huizenga -- Farmers' Rights and the Intellectual Property Dynamic in Agriculture / Chidi Oguamanam -- Political Economy of Traditional Knowledge, Trademarks and Copyright in South Africa / Colin Darch -- Author and Cultural rights : The Cuban Case / Lillian Alvarez -- Communicating Copyright : Discourse and Disagreement in the Digital Age / Lee Edwards, Bethany Klein, David Lee, Giles Moss, Fiona Philip -- Creativity and copyright: the international career of a new economy / Dave O'Brien -- Nonprofits in the Commons Economy / Jyh-An Lee -- Copyright and Copyleft in India : Between Global Agendas and Local Interests / Pradip Thomas -- Treasuring IP : Free Culture, Media Piracy, and the International Pirate Party Movement / Lisa Dobbin and Martin Zeilinger -- Copyright and ownership of fan created works : fanfiction and beyond / Raizel Liebler -- Copyright and Film Historiography : The Case of the Orphan Film / Claudy Op den Kamp -- Dangerous Undertakings : Sacred Texts and Copyright's Myth of Aesthetic Neutrality / John Tehranian -- Streaming Sport and the Bi-Passing of Copying in Copyright Infringement / Matthew David, Andrew Kirton and Peter Millward -- Piracy or Parody : moral Panic in the Age of New Media / Matthew David and Natasha Whiteman -- Intellectual Property and the Construction of Un/Ethical Audiences / Natasha Whiteman -- Copyright Law and Video Games : A Brief History of an Interactive Medium / Greg Lastowka -- Promoting Progress : A Qualitative Analysis of Creative and Innovative Production / Jessica Silbey -- Copyright and Industrial Objects : Aesthetic Considerations and Policy Discriminations / Uma Suthersanen -- Copyright technologies and clashing rights / Ian Brown -- / Andrew Kirton -- Copyright, trolling and speculative invoicing in the shadow of the law / David S. Wall -- Politics, Law of and Discourse : Patents and Innovation in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Colin Darch -- Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Innovation : What's left to discuss? / Graham Dutfield -- Patentable subject matter : a comparative jurisdictional analysis of the discovery/invention dichotomy / Susanna H.S. Leong -- Who Owns the Extended Mind? The Neuropolitics of Intellectual Property Law /Jake Dunagan -- Outer Space, Alien Life and IP Protocols : an opportunity to rethink life patents / William R. Kramer -- Intellectual Property and Global Warming : Climate Justice / Matthew Rimmer.

The Handbook brings together scholars from around the world to address the global significance of, controversies over and alternatives to intellectual property today. A major statement in a booming field of study.