Document Type
Lecture Draft
Publication Date
3-2010
Language
en-US
Abstract
It is sometimes observed that questions of "justice in acquisition" do not much arise any more. However, judges face those questions on a daily basis in courtrooms adjudicating copyright and patent matters. In United States copyright law, for example, an intriguing dilemma regarding derivative works has developed that raises what appears to be a new issue regarding John Locke's sufficiency proviso.
Recommended Citation
Wendy J. Gordon, Copyright's Derivative Works Doctrine and an Upside-Down Proviso (Mar. 2010) (unpublished manuscript).
Comments
This is a draft for a Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law Guest Lecture given at the University of Cambridge on March 8, 2010 that was ultimately titled "Derivative Rights in the US: Turning Locke's Proviso Upside Down."