Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1080222022-10-03T09:08:41Z Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs Fauchart, Emmanuelle von Hippel, Eric A. Sloan School of Management von Hippel, Eric A. Fauchart, Emmanuelle von Hippel, Eric A. A version of this paper with an updated license is available in the MIT Open Access Articles collection at https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/127244. In this paper we propose that norms-based intellectual property (IP) systems exist today and are an important complement to or substitute for law-based IP systems. Norms-based IP systems, as we define them, operate entirely on the basis of implicit social norms that are held in common by members of a given community. Within that community, they offer functionality similar to contemporary law-based IP systems with respect to both the nature of rights protected and the effectiveness of the protection provided. We document the existence of a norms-based IP system among a sample of accomplished French chefs. These chefs consider recipes they develop to be a very valuable form of IP. At the same time, recipes are not a form of innovation that is effectively covered by law-based IP systems. Via grounded research, we identify three strong implicit social norms related to the protection of recipe IP. Via quantitative research, we find that accomplished chefs enforce these norms and apply them in ways that enhance their private economic returns from their recipe-related IP. In our discussion, we compare the attributes of norms-based and law-based IP systems, arguing that each has different advantages and drawbacks. We also point out that the existence of norms-based IP systems means that many information commons may prove to be criss-crossed by norms-based fences, with community access controlled by community IP owners. 2017-04-10T18:28:30Z 2017-04-10T18:28:30Z 2008-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1047-7039 1526-5455 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108022 Fauchart, Emmanuelle, and Eric von Hippel. “Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs.” Organization Science 19, no. 2 (April 2008): 187–201.© 2008 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-1032 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1070.0314 Organization Science Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Prof. von Hippel |
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| title | Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs |
| title_full | Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs |
| title_short | Norms-Based Intellectual Property Systems: The Case of French Chefs |
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