The genie in the machine
Subtitle: how computer-automated inventing is revolutionizing law and business
By: Robert Plotkin.
Series: Stanford law books
Publisher: Stanford Law Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780804756990
Subjects: Patent laws and legislation -- United States; Inventions -- United States; Computer programs -- Patents; Intellectual property -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the coming of the artificial invention age; title: Pt. 1. Automating invention. A prehistory of genies; title: Enter the universal machine; title: The rise of wishes; title: Artificial invention today; title: Invention automation : old and new; title: Humans and their tools : partners in invention; title: Pt. 2. Regulating genies. Patenting artificial inventions; title: Follow the value; title: Free the genie, bottle the wish; title: The limits of law in a world of genies; title: Pt. 3. Living with genies. Learning how to wish; title: Competing with genies; title: Advising Aladdin; title: A genie in every home.