Privacy, property and personality civil law perspectives on commercial appropriation / [electronic resource] :
Huw Beverley-Smith, Ansgar Ohly, Agnès Lucas-Schloetter.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2005.
- xxxvii, 245 p.
- Cambridge studies in intellectual property rights .
- Cambridge studies in intellectual property rights. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.
Preface; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Table of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Property, personality and unfair competition in England and Wales, Australia and Canada; 3. Privacy and personality in the common law systems; 4. German law; 5. French law; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
The protection of privacy and personality is one of the most fascinating issues confronting any legal system. This book provides a detailed comparative analysis of the laws relating to commercial exploitation of personality in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. It examines the difficulties in reconciling privacy and personality with intellectual property rights in an individual's identity and in balancing such rights with the competing interests of freedom of expression and freedom of competition.
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