The Global Battle Over Intellectual Property - The Cat-and-Mouse Game of Protection and Enforcement

In The Global Battle Over Intellectual Property, Susan K. Sell examines the many reasons that IP is such a contested field, and she focuses on the dynamics driving change and the implications they have for governance and implementing more equitable policies. Throughout, she relies on the metaphor of cat and mouse to capture the complex dynamics of power, the strategic use of institutions, and discourse that drive the politics of IP. Throughout, Sell combines insights from political economy, law, and sociology and offers new insights into regime complexity and dynamics. More broadly, the framework she develops can be applied to a variety of highly contested issues, including financial regulation and climate change.