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THE WORLD IS FLAT: "If you're not worried, you're not paying attention"

by Mark VB Partridge on Sun 31 Jul 2005 01:00 AM EST | Permanent Link

The World Is Flat (Farrar, Staus and Giroux 2005), by best-selling author, Thomas L. Friedman, is important reading for those of us trying to "sort out" the effects of globalization on intellectual property rights.

Friedman discusses the "flatteners" of globalization, recognizing the international tensions arising from the politics of IP rights (p. 218):

"Who owns what?" is sure to emerge as one of the most contentious political and geopolitical questions in a flat world . . . If you are in the business of selling words, music, or pharmaceuticals and you are not worried about protecting your intellectual property, you are not paying attention.

He goes on - "Somebody, please, sort all this out" - giving IP lawyers our assignment for the future, and much to think about.

Keywords: intellectual, property, Chicago, litigation

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