“Some people believe that there is, strictly speaking, no such thing as intangible property. Mark Thompson gave this view short shrift. I agree with Mark that the law does rightly recognise intangible property – for example intellectual property and financial instruments and investments – but there is certainly controversy over the nature of private property that leaves room for doubt about how we should understand intangible property. The first half of this paper is concerned with private property in general and the second half applies the analysis to intangible property, and in particular it considers the treatment of confidential information and contractual rights in OBG v Allan. ‘Intangible property’ means intangible ‘objects of property’ …”
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Peter Jaffey, ‘Private property and intangibles’ [2022] 1 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 47-69.
First posted 2022-03-24 17:00:30
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