scholarly journals Some Economics of Trade Secret Law

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D Friedman ◽  
William M Landes ◽  
Richard A Posner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Trade Secret ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Trade Secrets ◽  
Positive Economic ◽  
The Common

Despite the practical importance of trade secrets to the business community, the law of trade secrets is a neglected orphan in economic analysis. This paper sketches an approach to the economics of trade secret law that connects it more closely both to other areas of intellectual property and to broader issues in the positive economic theory of the common law.

The New Private Law and Intellectual Property

2020 ◽  
pp. 408-426
Author(s):  
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Concepts And Categories ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Courts ◽  
Legal Concepts

This chapter studies intellectual property (IP). A hallmark of the New Private Law (NPL) is attentiveness to and appreciation of legal concepts and categories, including the traditional categories of the common law. These categories can sometimes usefully be deployed outside of the traditional common law, to characterize, conceptualize, and critique other bodies of law. For scholars interested in IP, for example, common law categories can be used to describe patent, copyright, trademark, and other fields of IP as more or less “property-like” or “tort-like.” Thischapter investigates both the property- and tort-like features of IP to understand the circumstances under which one set of features tends to dominate and why. It surveys several doctrines within the law of copyright that demonstrate how courts move along the property/tort continuum depending on the nature of the copyrighted work at issue—including, in particular, how well the work’s protected contours are defined. This conceptual navigation is familiar, echoing how common law courts have moved along the property/tort continuum to address disputes over distinctive types of tangible resources.

Part VIII Remedies For Default, 27 Debt and Other Agreed Sums

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrews Neil
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Breach Of Contract ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Liquidated Damages ◽  
Specific Performance ◽  
The Common ◽  
Judicial Remedies

This Part mostly concerns judicial remedies for breach of contract (the self-help remedy of forfeiture of a deposit is noted at [27.109]). The chapter sequence reflects both the division between Common Law (chapters 27 and 28) and Equity (chapter 29) but, more importantly, the practical importance of the judicial remedies, debt mattering more than damages, and in turn damages more than specific performance or injunctions. And so chapter 27 concerns ‘Debt’ (but agreed damages, ie liquidated damages clauses, are treated in the same chapter because the sum payable is, by definition, fixed or calculable in advance; but technically, agreed damages are damages and not a cause of action sounding in debt). Chapter 28 concerns damages, that is, compensation. Damages is a branch of the law which continues to generate a mass of intricate case law. Finally, chapter 29 concerns the equitable remedies of specific performance, injunctions, account of profits, and declarations. It is a fundamental principle that specific performance can be granted only if the Common Law remedies (debt and damages) are inadequate on the relevant facts. Chapter 27: The predominant claim for contractual default is the action for debt, to compel payment. Statistically this is the front-runner amongst remedies for breach. The availability of interest is also noted in this chapter.

Intellectual Property Law and Redressive Autonomy

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-186
Author(s):  
Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
Additional Layer ◽  
The Common ◽  
Strong Commitment

Intellectual property law remains a body of private law, but for reasons that transcend its reliance on ideas and concepts from the common law of property and tort. This essay argues that the connection between forms of intellectual property law and private law is rooted in a form of autonomy that characterizes private law regimes—known as “redressive autonomy.” It shows how a strong commitment to redressive autonomy undergirds the unique right–duty structure of intellectual property, informs intellectual property’s central doctrines, and injects an additional layer of normative complexity into its functioning.

The Bondsman's Burden: An Economic Analysis of the Common Law of Southern Slavery

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 433
Author(s):  
Andrew T. Fede ◽  
Jenny Bourne Wahl
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Common Law ◽  
The Common

What nanotech inventors need to know about trade secrets and the prior user rights defense

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinh H. Pham ◽  
Ross Spencer Garsson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trade Secret ◽  
Trade Secrets ◽  
The World ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Many

AbstractThe America Invents Act (AIA) presents new challenges and strategy considerations for nanotechnology inventors and companies that seek to protect their intellectual property in the United States. Among the many notable changes, the AIA expands the “prior user rights” defense to infringement and broadens the classes of patents that are eligible for the new limited prior user rights defense. While this defense is limited in some instances, such as against universities, it could be invaluable in others, such as when a competitor independently discovers and patents the trade secret. In the world of nanotechnology, where inventions and products are increasingly complex, this protection can prove to be vitally important.

scholarly journals Perlindungan Pemilik Rahasia Dagang Dalam Perjanjian Waralaba

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anik Tri Haryani
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Trade Secret ◽  
Trade Secrets ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Legal Consequences ◽  
Research Show

Tight business competition requires creativity for entrepreneurs to stay competitive by seeking new breakthroughs in developing their businesses. Many franchise models are chosen to develop businesses. One of the criteria for franchising is the Intellectual Property Rights that have been registered including trade secrets. The purpose of this study is to examine the legal protection of trade secret owners in a franchise agreement, and legal consequences if there is a violation of trade secrets in the franchise agreement. The method used in this study is juridical normative with a law approach and conceptual approach. The results of the research show that the protection of trade secrets in the franchise agreement can be done by making an agreement which contains a confidential information, non disclosure agreement clause, a non compete agreement as well as a non solicitation agreement clause. Legal consequences in the event of a violation of trade secrets in the franchise agreement can be prosecuted civilly by paying compensation through a lawsuit to court or can be resolved through arbitration or alternative dispute resolution. In addition, it can also be prosecuted according to Article 17 paragraph (1) of Law Number 30 of 2000 concerning Trade Secrets with the penalty of imprisonment of a maximum of two years and a maximum fine of three hundred million rupiah.

scholarly journals Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2016 - Chapters 1 and 2

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lemley
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Trade Secret ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Trade Secrets ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Right ◽  
Trade Secret Protection

Rapid advances in digital and life sciences technology continue to spur theevolution of intellectual property law. As professors and practitioners inthis field know all too well, Congress and the courts continue to developintellectual property law and jurisprudence at a rapid pace. For thatreason, we have significantly augmented and revised "Intellectual Propertyin the New Technological Age.The 2016 Edition reflects the following principal developments:● Trade Secrets: Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, oneof the most momentous changes in the history of trade secret protection. Thenew law opens up the federal courts to trade secret cases, provides for exparte seizures of misappropriated trade secrets in “extraordinarycircumstances,” and establishes immunity for whistleblowers.● Patents: The past several years have witnessed some of the mostsignificant developments in U.S. patent history — from the establishment ofthe new administrative review proceedings at the Patent Office to importantshifts in patent-eligibility, claim indefiniteness, and enhanced damages atthe Supreme Court and means-plus-function claim interpretation andinfringement doctrine at the Federal Circuit. We have restructured thepatent chapter to illuminate these areas. We have also significantlyexpanded coverage of design patents in response to the growing importanceof this form of protection.● Copyrights: The Supreme Court issued important decisions addressing thepublic performance right and the first sale doctrine. The past few yearsalso witnessed important developments in the Online Service Provider safeharbor, fair use, and state protection for pre-1972 sound recordings. Wehave also integrated the digital copyright materials into a unifiedtreatment of copyright law and substantially revamped the fair use sectionto reflect the broadening landscape of this important doctrine.● Trademarks: We have integrated important cases on federal registrabilityof disparaging marks, merchandising rights, likelihood of confusion on theInternet, and remedies.● Other State Protections: We have updated material on the right ofpublicity, an active and growing area. We have also reorganized the chapterand focused it on IP regimes.

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