Not all intangible business interests can be protected using traditional, statutory trade-mark law, copyright law and patent law. Due to the inherent limitations of these laws, both courts and legislatures have developed alternative approaches to protecting certain kinds of intangible business interests that otherwise would not be protected. For example, information is valuable on its own. How can it be protected? The law of trade secrets and breach of confidence has been developed largely by the courts, as have such actions as unlawful interference with economic relations, inducing breach of contract, conspiracy to injure, trade libel and other torts that seek to redress unfair competition and the misappropriation of intangible assets. These mechanisms and their theoretical underpinnings will be examined.

Thursday November 2 (7PM-10PM), Friday November 3 + Saturday November 4 (9AM-5PM)