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Note On The Four Faces Of The "Sharing Benefits" Issue With Handwritten - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Note On The Four Faces Of The "Sharing Benefits" Issue With Handwritten - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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Any overall theory must first be capable of describing what it seeks to theorize about. This article will now do that. In giving a taxonomy, the article may be making its greatest contribution, Lockean theory will hardly be the last world in intellectual property unification theory. But I will have at lest set the terms for debate so we can finally speak clearly to each other, articulate the issues, see their implications.
Notes On "Natural Property Rights" In Products Of The Mind: Lock And Contemporary Controversies In Intellectual Property - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Notes On "Natural Property Rights" In Products Of The Mind: Lock And Contemporary Controversies In Intellectual Property - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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Outline Of Desert Theory: The No-Harm Notion - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
Outline Of Desert Theory: The No-Harm Notion - 1985, Wendy J. Gordon
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In seeking to understand what lies behind the court's apparent eagerness to grant property in intellectual products, a helpful starting place would seem to be the labour theory of property found in Locke's SECOND TREATIES OF GOVERNMENT. Speaking most generally, the theory suggests that a person who successfully uses his to her efforts to make useful those things which no one else has used or claimed may be rewarded with ownership of the things. The common law has long used a simpler variant of such a principle, awarding ownership to those who take possession of unclaimed physical resources. Creators of …