Other criticism of intellectual property

Other criticism of intellectual property law concerns the tendency of the protections of intellectual property to expand, both in duration and in scope. The trend has been toward longer copyright protection[37] (raising fears that it may some day be eternal).[31][38][39][40] In addition, the developers and controllers of items of intellectual property have sought to bring more items under the protection. Patents have been granted for living organisms,[41] (and in the US, certain living organisms have been patentable for over a century)[42] and colors have been trademarked.[43] Because they are systems of government-granted monopolies copyrights, patents, and trademarks are called intellectual monopoly privileges, (IMP) a topic on which several academics, including Birgitte Andersen[44] and Thomas Alured Faunce[45] have written.


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