Book contents
- IP Accidents
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- IP Accidents
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Tables, and Examples
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes and Treaties
- Abbreviations
- I Introduction
- 2 Accidents
- 3 History
- 4 Efficiency and Equity
- 5 Fairness
- 6 Negligence
- 7 Conclusion (on Property, Tort, and IP)
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
5 - Fairness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 January 2022
Book contents
- IP Accidents
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
- IP Accidents
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures, Tables, and Examples
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes and Treaties
- Abbreviations
- I Introduction
- 2 Accidents
- 3 History
- 4 Efficiency and Equity
- 5 Fairness
- 6 Negligence
- 7 Conclusion (on Property, Tort, and IP)
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
Summary
Negligence liability is a fairer way to allocate responsibility for accidental infringement of IP rights. The chapter considers and rebuts four arguments that seek to defend the morality of strict liability in IP: the causation argument, the property argument, the fault argument, and the reciprocity argument. Because owners and users bilaterally cause accidents, legal responsibility ought not to fall unilaterally on one party as a categorical matter.
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- IP AccidentsNegligence Liability in Intellectual Property, pp. 82 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022