Books by Kal Raustiala

2. Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman, The Knockoff Economy: How Imitation Sparks Innovation .  Have you ever wondered how recipes, fashion, fonts, and comedians’ jokes function without strong intellectual property protection in the classic sense?  We have needed a book on that and now we have one, this is both fun and instructive.

The authors are Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman, and the subtitle is How Imitation Spurs Innovation .  Here is one excerpt: