Individual, Multiple and Collective Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights - Which Impact on Exclusivity?

Peukert, Alexander

Individual, Multiple and Collective Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights - Which Impact on Exclusivity?

The Structure of Intellectual Property Law, Annette Kur & Vytautas Mizaras, eds., Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, U.S., Edward Elgar, 2011, 195-225

21 Pages Posted: 7 Mar 2010 Last revised: 20 Dec 2013

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Alexander Peukert

Goethe University Frankfurt - Faculty of Law

Date Written: March 3, 2010

Abstract

The paper explores to what extent the general balance of intellectual property protection is modified due to different ownership structures. For this purpose, individual, multiple and collective ownership structures in all areas of intellectual property law including the protection of traditional knowledge are identified, defined and distinguished. With regard to each category, the paper asks whether there are repercussions on the scope of exclusivity, which bear on the different ownership structures.

Keywords: Intellectual Property, Ownership, Exclusivity, Individual, Multiple, Collective, Traditional Knowledge, Geographical Indications

JEL Classification: O34

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Peukert, Alexander, Individual, Multiple and Collective Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights - Which Impact on Exclusivity? (March 3, 2010). The Structure of Intellectual Property Law, Annette Kur & Vytautas Mizaras, eds., Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, U.S., Edward Elgar, 2011, 195-225, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1563990