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Disclosure Of Specific Types Of Ideas: Misappropriation, Homer C. Mcrae Jan 1960

Disclosure Of Specific Types Of Ideas: Misappropriation, Homer C. Mcrae

Cleveland State Law Review

Normal procedure in attempting sale of a valuable idea is for the claimant to offer his idea for sale to the recipient who usually will refuse to buy it until disclosure. Then, after disclosure, the recipient may or may not promise to pay for the idea if he uses it. In either case, the recipient may use the idea later, perhaps in a modified form, and refuse to compensate the claimant.


Submission And Receipt Of Ideas: Conflicting Rights, Joseph R. Teagno Jan 1960

Submission And Receipt Of Ideas: Conflicting Rights, Joseph R. Teagno

Cleveland State Law Review

An idea has little or no value in the isolation of the conceiver's mind. Artistic creations and developments and improvements in products, machines, and methods are examples of such ideas. Value may be imparted to such an idea by communicating it to others who value it for its utilitarian or esthetic characteristics. Property rights arise from appreciation of such value by others, following communication.