Judicially Crafted Property Rights in Valuable Intangibles
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-3597-8 (ISBN)
Apostolos G. Chronopoulos examines the doctrine of misappropriation offering a comprehensive and critical review of the relevant case law that takes into consideration the rich academic commentary on the topic.
In the INS case, the Supreme Court held that a news agency may enjoin third parties from copying its news stories while these are still ‘fresh’. Chronopoulos seeks to clarify the heavily debated doctrinal issues that have since arisen as to: the exact legal nature of the recognized entitlement; whether the Supreme Court sought to establish a principle of general application; and the extent to which state claims to protect valuable intangibles under a common-law theory of liability survive federal preemption. Chronopoulos argues that the protection offered at state level should not be confined to the availability of a narrow tort of unfair competition protecting highly time-sensitive subject matter against parasitic appropriation by direct competitors; rather, the application of the misappropriation doctrine is bound to generate judge-made property rights in intangibles with time value.
This book is an indispensable resource for academics who would have an interest in reexploring and revisiting the topic from a doctrinal perspective. Practitioners would also find the book’s theoretical groundwork useful.
Apostolos G. Chronopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London and member, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI), UK
Contents
Preface
Table of cases
1 Introduction: a brief overview of the legal and policy issues
2 The INS case: a property right in news
3 Early applications of the INS doctrine: property rights in
the fruits of one’s labor, organizational efforts and goodwill
4 Federal pre-emption of state remedies against the
appropriation of valuable intangibles
5 Judge-made property rights in valuable intangibles: case
law analysis
6 Theoretical enquiries about the doctrinal underpinnings of
the misappropriation doctrine
7 Examining the relevance of various legal concepts to the INS case
8 Ethics, competition, freedom of speech, and judicial
engagement with property activity in respect of valuable
intangibles
9 Conclusion: misappropriation as a doctrine enabling state
courts to recognize property rights in valuable intangibles
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.08.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0353-3597-2 / 1035335972 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0353-3597-8 / 9781035335978 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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