Intellectual Property Copyright is long lasting and easy to get,patent short and hard.Why? Copyright is better suited to be property because It is easier to mark and observe boundaries Accidental violation is unlikely,for the same reason that... There is no problem of depleting the commons. But all of this is for protectionagainst literal copying Look and feel and derivative works raise more of a problem Because they have fuzzier boundaries Patent is worse suited to be property because Boundaries are fuzzy and invisible Patent races are evidence of a problem of depleting the commons of ideas to be invented Intellectual Property • Copyright is long lasting and easy to get, patent short and hard. Why? • Copyright is better suited to be property because • It is easier to mark and observe boundaries • Accidental violation is unlikely, for the same reason that … • There is no problem of depleting the commons. • But all of this is for protection against literal copying • Look and feel and derivative works raise more of a problem • Because they have fuzzier boundaries • Patent is worse suited to be property because • Boundaries are fuzzy and invisible • Patent races are evidence of a problem of depleting the commons of ideas to be invented