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Oliar on The Copyright-Innovation Trade-Off
By propertyprof
Dotan Oliar (Virginia) has posted The Copyright-Innovation Trade-Off: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Intentional Infliction of Harm (Stanford Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Should the law secure to copyright…
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Recent SSRN Downloads
By propertyprof
In honor of the beginning of the month, here are the most downloaded property articles over the last 60 days on SSRN:1. [281 downloads] 2011 Developments in Connecticut Estate and…
PropertyProf Blog
Recent SSRN Downloads
By propertyprof
In honor of the beginning of the month, here are the most downloaded Property papers over the last sixty days: 1. [447 downloads] A Legal Analysis of Romantic Gifts Ruth…
The Faculty Lounge
Heroes to Misfits to ….
OK, so I must admit I've gotten kinda hooked on the BBC series Misfits after sitting in on an undergrad class this semester with all the students talking about it.…
PropertyProf Blog
Honda CR-V’s Super Bowl Commercial
By propertyprof
Honda has a new Super Bowl commercial for the CR-V, and has posted an extended version on the Internet. Starring Matthew Broderick, it uses multiple lines from "Ferris Bueller's Day…
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Margoni & Perry on Joint Ownership
By propertyprof
Thomas Margoni (Western Ontario) and Mark Perry (Western Ontario) have posted Ownership in Complex Authorship: A Comparative Study of Joint Works on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Copyright legislation, at least in…
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Mossoff on Locke’s Labor Theory and Intellectual Propert
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Adam Mossoff (George Mason) has posted Saving Locke from Marx: The Labor Theory of Value in Intellectual Property Theory (Social Philosophy & Policy) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The labor theory…
International Law Prof Blog
ECJ Strikes Down Method of Preventing Illegal Filesharing in Name of Human Rights
Last Thursday, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that a method used by music companies to prevent customers from illegally sharing music files violates customer rights of privacy and the right…
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Property In My Dance Moves
By propertyprof
An article at Slate discusses the requirements for claiming a property interest in a set of dance moves. The piece then reports that "Beyoncé may have cribbed dance moves from…
The Faculty Lounge
IP: Sexy!
Today in my Constitutional Adjudication seminar, the "classroom court" heard argument by two students in Golan v. Holder, the case presenting the question whether Congress has the power under the…