Boundaries of Information Property

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-83970-230-3
Verlag: Intersentia Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 882 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1430 g

This book is the result of a long-term comparative research project on intellectual property, with topics ranging from patents to copyright, examined across 16 jurisdictions. It does not aim at commenting on current policy issues. The country reports unearth the culturally, morally and historically imprinted thought patterns across Europe which underpin current discussions on the appropriation of information, and which do not change quickly. The research results question the common narratives of the distinctiveness of private and public law, contracts and property, and morality and the law. The focus is on public interests which are pursued when assigning information as property. The 14 selected cases, based on recent, and in some cases futuristic when the project began in 2001, scenarios, aim to identify how boundaries of information property emerge, the areas of law that are applied and the principles that are followed in order to balance the conflicting interests at stake. The book shows how some national discussions appear similar on the surface, in terms of resorting to parallel principles, but subsequent domestic policy answers vary greatly. Even legislation which aims at harmonisation may result in more diversity. Inversely, in pursuing an identical policy, the research shows that countries install contrasting legal rules which aim to instigate exactly the same behavioural change. Boundaries of Information Property is aimed at researchers in IP and practitioners interested in the foundational theory of their subject. It is an inspiring read for those interested in the deeper structures of regulating information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Godt, Christine

Van Overwalle, Geertrui

Guibault, Lucie

Beyleveld, Deryck

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Van Overwalle, Geertrui
CIR, Professor KU Leuven/TILT, Tilburg University

Beyleveld, Deryck
CHRISTINE GODT is Professor of International and European Economic Law and Hanse Law School Director at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany). She was a Senior Researcher at the Centre for European Law and Policy (ZERP) at the University of Bremen between 1997 and 2007. In 2005, Professor Godt completed her Habilitation at the University of Bremen (“Eigentum an Informationâ€, Mohr Siebeck, 2007) and in 1995 received her PhD from the same University (“Haftung für Ökologische Schädenâ€, Dunker & Humblot, 1997). She was fellow at the Center of Excellence, University of Constance; Visiting Professor at UCLA Los Angeles. Professor Godt completed her First and Second State Exams in 1991 and 1997, respectively, in Berlin and studied Law and History in Tübingen, Berlin and Washington DC.

Godt, Christine
Prof. Dr. jur., University of Oldenburg.

Guibault, Lucie
LL.M. (Université de Montréal), LL.D. (Universiteit van Amsterdam), professeur adjoint à l'Université d'Amsterdam et chercheur attachée à l'Instituut voor Informatierecht (IViR).