Privacy, Property and Personality: Civil Law Perspectives on Commercial Appropriation (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law)

Privacy, Property and Personality: Civil Law Perspectives on Commercial Appropriation (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law) List Price: $107.99 Offer Price: USD $83.13 See Latest Price & Discount Author Huw Beverley-Smith Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2006-01-02 ISBN 0521820804 Publisher:Cambridge University Press Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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.