Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Northwestern University Law Review
Abstract
The article discusses the discrepancy between patent and copyright laws in terms of protectability standards. It examines the differences between protectability in patent and copyright law and the explanations for these distinctions. It proposes that the distinctions in the protectability standards governing patent and copyright law agree with psychological findings on creativity, although it is unlikely that these findings motivated the enactment of the different standards. It presents the psychological literature on creativity.
First Page
1441
Volume
104
Publication Date
2010
Recommended Citation
Jeanne C. Fromer,
A Psychology of Intellectual Property,
104
Northwestern University Law Review
1441
(2010).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-articles/1441
