Public Domain

Public Domain is a legal status in intellectual property law that distinguishes non-copyrighted works, to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply, from copyrighted works, thereby permitting free use, distribution, and adaptation by the public without requiring permission.

393

Publications

18.5K

Citations

546

Authors

245

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

393

Follow the Leader: Mimetic Isomorphism and Entry Into New Markets

Heather A. Haveman · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1993 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Law, Decision Sciences, Consumer Protection +4

The Genius and the Copyright: Economic and Legal Conditions of the Emergence of the 'Author'

Martha Woodmansee · Eighteenth-Century Studies · 1984 · 610 citations

Law, Intellectual Property Law, Jurisprudence +12

The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain

James Boyle · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2003 · 609 citations · Full text

Law, Constitutional Law, Property Law +12

Measuring thirty facets of the Five Factor Model with a 120-item public domain inventory: Development of the IPIP-NEO-120

John A. Johnson · Journal of Research in Personality · 2014 · 539 citations

Social Sciences, Educational Measurement, Psychology +14

The public domain: enclosing the commons of the mind

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 505 citations · Full text

Law, History, Science Communication +3

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Authors

546

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Christophe Geiger
Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli, Italy
6 publications · 227 citations
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Pamela Samuelson
University of California, Berkeley, United States
5 publications · 252 citations
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Paul J. Heald
Illinois College, United States
5 publications · 151 citations
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Jane C. Ginsburg
Columbia University, United States
5 publications · 198 citations
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Graeme B. Dinwoodie
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
4 publications · 144 citations
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Institutions

245

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 44 publications · 2.1K citations
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eYLS (Yale Law School)
Repository · 8 publications · 199 citations
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 7 publications · 937 citations
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Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
JIPLP · 7 publications · 200 citations
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First Monday
6 publications · 164 citations
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