Reshaping Intellectual Property Scholarship from Within

Authors

Peter K. Yu, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2024

Journal Title

University of Pittsburgh Law Review

ISSN

0041-9915

DOI

10.5195/lawreview.2024.1057

Abstract

Written for the Symposium collecting papers from the Race + IP 23 Conference, this article explores intellectual property scholarship that has been either overlooked or marginalized. Because scholars of color are often outsiders looking in, the article identifies opportunities to reshape intellectual property scholarship from within. Even though the focus of this article was chosen with readers of this Symposium in mind, its insights will be relevant to all scholars.

This article begins by calling on scholars to develop a deeper appreciation of the intrinsic motivations of authors and inventors. It then discusses the oft-overlooked inequalities of creativity and innovation within national borders. The article concludes by exploring the linkage between what some commentators have now called "critical race intellectual property" as well as other scholarship on international intellectual property law, including postcolonial studies, third world approaches to international law (TWAIL), and comparative legal analyses.

First Page

857

Last Page

890

Num Pages

34

Volume Number

85

Issue Number

4

Publisher

University of Pittsburgh, School of Law

Recommended Citation

Peter K. Yu, Reshaping Intellectual Property Scholarship from Within, 85 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 857 (2024).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/2218

File Type

PDF