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From the 1960s, cognitive sciences and economics developed a new paradigm centered on creativity which no more dedicated to a marginal role, mainly in the artistic field, but appearing as a key component of human thinking and of social activity (Gaut and Kieran 2018). For economists creativity is related to two conditions:
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It is a mental ability to create, i.e., to introduce a new thing (opus, idea, representation, etc.) where previously there was nothing similar (Sternberg 2006), as the image of God’s creation.
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Goods based on creativity are mainly produced by the human brain, an idiosyncratic input, and do not result from the use of generic and standard economic resources as energy, equipment, and labor.
Within the field of law and economics creativity approach considers the creative behavior of judges and jurists in the legal processes. Afterwards it studies the specificities of legal tools, mainly IPR, regarding creative products.
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Barrère, C. (2021). Creativity. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_126-2
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