Licensing on the Global Information Infrastructure: Disharmony in Cyberspace

The past several decades witnessed an explosion of international interest in the legal treatment of intellectual property and digital information. The attention centered on intangible property brings to the forefront of international commerce the various types of transactions within which intangible...

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Published in:Northwestern journal of international law & business 1995-12, Vol.16 (2), p.224
Main Author: Nimmer, Raymond T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Choice of law
Commercial law
Contract law
Electronic commerce
Intangible assets
Intellectual property
International trade
Licenses
Licensing
State court decisions
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Summary:The past several decades witnessed an explosion of international interest in the legal treatment of intellectual property and digital information. The attention centered on intangible property brings to the forefront of international commerce the various types of transactions within which intangible property and the rights related to that property are conveyed. Unlike goods, most transactions involving intangibles occur under a license contract, rather than a sale. The law and practice of license contracts, therefore, play a major role in modern commerce. A paper explores some of the issues in international licensing and, particularly, in the evolution of information-based contracts centered on the global information infrastructure (GII). These issues include: 1. intellectual property law, 2. licensing law, and 3. contract law in the electronic world of licensing of electronic rights and digital product.
ISSN:0196-3228