Document Type
Notes
Publication Date
1992
Language
en-US
Abstract
Copyright and patent take the form of ordinary property. As tangible property has physical edges, intellectual property statutes create boundaries by defining the subject matters within their zone of protection. As real property owners have rights to prevent strangers from entering their land. intellectual property statutes and case law grant owners rights to exclude strangers from using the protected work in specified ways. As tangible property can be bought and sold, bequeathed and inherited, so can copyrights and patents.
Recommended Citation
Wendy J. Gordon, Handwritten Notes on Of Harms and Benefits: Torts, Restitution, and Intellectual Property (1992).
