Debts, money, intellectual property, data and the concept of dematerialised property

Rahmatian, A. (2020) Debts, money, intellectual property, data and the concept of dematerialised property. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law, 11(2), pp. 186-199.

Abstract

Debts, (electronic) money, intellectual property, and, in principle, data and digitised objects (if ownership rights are to be recognised for these), can be conceptualised as versions of the general principle of dematerialised property. This article discusses first the concept of dematerialised property and its application to debts, money and intellectual property. Then it deals with the idea of ownership of data within traditional property concepts. While data ownership can theoretically be accommodated fairly easily within the framework of dematerialised property, there are several reasons, both theoretical and from a legal policy perspective, which make the introduction of data ownership modelled upon conventional (intellectual) property rights problematic.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Rahmatian, Professor Andreas
• Authors: Rahmatian, A.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Journal Name: Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law
• Publisher: Digital Peer Publishing
• ISSN: 2190-3387
• ISSN (Online): 2190-3387
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 Andreas Rahmatian
• First Published: First published in Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law 11(2):186-199
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under the Digital Peer Publishing Licence (DPPL)