This article examines the use of covenants non to compete in employment contracts, clauses which raise the issue of firm intangible assets appropriation and the sharing of the rent with the employees. It relies on the recent theoretical developments that show how the law can ensure innovation...

"Placing himself at the crossroads of economics, law, and sociology, Christian Bessy investigates the contemporary transformation of intellectual property rights (IPR). He demonstrates how entities previously considered inappropriate have now become the object of property rights by means of a...