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Conversation With Whit Gray - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 1985

Conversation With Whit Gray - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon

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Whit Gray argued that even for things most of us would feel comfy saying AREN'T property, like the "idea" of shopping malls, we wouldn't feel so comfy with copying if the blueprints for the idea were copied prior to the time they became public. He argues also, that something more than "privacy" is at issue in our anger at visualizing such an intrusive prepublication copying.


Intellectual And Industrial Property In A Nutshell, Thomas G. Field Jr. Jan 1974

Intellectual And Industrial Property In A Nutshell, Thomas G. Field Jr.

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First, intellectual and industrial property is property--extremely valuable property at that. However, this is not a subject that gets more than passing attention in many curricula, and none in most. Consequently, few lawyers, aside from the specialists, know much about it. Moreover, unlike most areas of legal specialization, such as tax, labor, and anti-trust law, the basic principles of which are known to most general practitioners, if a generalist knows anything about literary or industrial property, it is apt to be wrong. Furthermore, because clients tend to approach generalists first, substantial and incurable injury may result from a generalist's mistaken …