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Speech In The Role Of Fiduciary Law And Trust In The Twenty-First Century, Wendy J. Gordon Oct 2010

Speech In The Role Of Fiduciary Law And Trust In The Twenty-First Century, Wendy J. Gordon

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As someone who is not a specialist in the area, I am grateful to be included in today's conference. I wanted to be here to mark the admiration I have for Professor Frankel. Like Ken Simons, I have benefited from Tamar's knowledge base which is both deep and wide, her lively and inexhaustible curiosity, her imagination, and the immense intellectual stimulation she inevitably provides. Her new book under discussion today reveals some of her extraordinary powers, in its skillful use of materials from sources as diverse as Hammurabi and Grotius, from histories ancient and modem, traditions religious and secular, and …


Footnote Draft Of Render Copyright Unto Caesar - 2004, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2004

Footnote Draft Of Render Copyright Unto Caesar - 2004, Wendy J. Gordon

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This essay, however, does not press any particular agenda; rather, it tries to make our thinking about the topic more flexible. It is my hope that some conduct-specific rule as was adopted in the defamation context will eventually be adopted for intellectual property. Copyright law cannot continue forever closing its eyes and hoping its house will stop being haunted.


Draft Of Rendering Copyright Into Caesar - 2003, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 2003

Draft Of Rendering Copyright Into Caesar - 2003, Wendy J. Gordon

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This article makes a simple suggestion. Copyright rules by money, so let it rule the money-bound. Let a different set of rules evolve for more complex uses, particularly when the users have a personal relationship with the utilized text. Copyright. When new artists make transformative use of existing works in settings not characterized by pre-use commercial negotiations, copyright should avoid imposing a distorting burden.


The Economics Of Copyright, Robert G. Bone, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 1996

The Economics Of Copyright, Robert G. Bone, Wendy J. Gordon

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Copyright law protects works of creative expression. At its relatively uncontroversial core lie songs, plays, novels, paintings, and other works of aesthetic value. But copyright is not confined solely to aesthetic subject matter; in many countries, it extends to works of fact, such as biographies, maps, and telephone directories, and to works with practical value. For example, one of the most controversial issues in copyright law today is whether and how much copyright should protect computer programs.


Toward A Third Approach: Modifying The Corrective Justice Model, Wendy J. Gordon Oct 1991

Toward A Third Approach: Modifying The Corrective Justice Model, Wendy J. Gordon

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The conception of the judicial role described in the second model is, of course, no more than a partial account of what some judges may do sometimes. A third way to approach "reap/sow" draws on a broader conception that whatever the role played by community norms, judges also aim to achieve a result that is consistent both with their own sense of justice and with precedent. As for precedent, perhaps the frequent references to "unjust enrichment" in intellectual property cases should be taken seriously. Perhaps the courts are analogizing to that area of law most directly concerned with imposing liability …


Letter To Bruce Ackerman, Wendy J. Gordon Sep 1986

Letter To Bruce Ackerman, Wendy J. Gordon

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I shall be heading back to Rutgers for classes shortly, and I'm sending you a draft of the "Copyright and Copy-privilege" piece in the hope of receiving some additional comments before I enter into the final "polishing" stages later this month. As you know from my last note, the suggestions you made have proved extremely useful -- the title is the least of it. Among other things, your suggestions for reorganization led, indirectly, to a way of unifying the piece on copyright and contract with another piece I've been working on, regarding copyright and tort. I'm very pleased with the …


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.


Notes On Misc Re Contract - 1981, Wendy J. Gordon Jan 1981

Notes On Misc Re Contract - 1981, Wendy J. Gordon

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Once there is a patent, voluntarily-accepted user restrictions may not be enforceable. Or, at least, an attempt on the patentee's part to condition access of certain types on obtaining such restrictions, may be impossible. See 30 BNA PTCJ 104 (5/30/85)(Restrictions voided on availability of deposited yeast strains.) Filed under Yeast case.