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55 Gonz. L. Rev. 401 (2019-2020)
IP Social Justice Theory: Access, Inclusion, and Empowerment

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                   IP SOCIAL JUSTICE THEORY:
         ACCESS, INCLUSION, AND EMPOWERMENT*

                             Lateef Mtima**


                             TABLE OF CONTENTS

   I. IN TRODU CTION .................................................................................... 402

   II. THE LAW AND POLICY PRE-HISTORY OF INTELLECTUAL
      PROPERTY   SOCIAL JUSTICE .................................................................. 403
      A. Judicial Social Balancing of IP Stakeholder Interests to
           Promote the Progress of the Arts and Sciences ........................... 403
      B. Countervailing Forces: The Commodification of IP Law ............ 405
      C. Challenging the Status Quo: The Advent of Deontological'
           IP Scholarship .............................................................................. 407

  III. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SOCIAL JUSTICE: A THEORETICAL
      RATIONALE FOR THE GLOBAL IP ECO-SYSTEM ................................... 410
      A.   Social Justice Enters the IP  Lexicon ............................................ 410
      B. IP Social Justice Challenges and Aspirations: Towards an
           Affirm ative  Theory  ....................................................................... 412
       C. Revealing IP Social Justice Standards: Inherent Tenets of
           Equitable Access, Inclusion, and Empowerment ......................... 413
       D. Reconciliation with Economic Mechanisms and Objectives ........ 416

  IV. IP SOCIAL JUSTICE: MAPPING THE RATIONALE ................................... 418



    *    This article is an adaptation of a presentation delivered at the Gonzaga University
School of Law on September 20, 2019, as part of the Center for Civil and Human Rights
Conference entitled: Medicine, Music, & Mascots-Furthering Social Justice in the Age of
Intellectual Property.
    **   Professor of Law, Howard University School, and Founder and Director of the
Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice, an accredited Non-governmental
Organization Member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which
advocates for the recognition and fulfillment of social justice obligations in the application of
national and global intellectual property law and policy.

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