1. Intellectual Property Boston College Law School April 19, 2007 State Law – Misappropriation

2. State Intellectual Property Laws Different areas –Trade Secret –Misappropriation –Contract –Publicity –Moral Rights –Trespass Preemption

3. Feist Hypo Facts of Feist –Rural publishes white pages –Assume substantial cost to collect and assemble –Feist uses data to create competing directory Misappropriation under INS?

4. NBA v. Motorola “Hot news” misappropriation claim –(i) Plaintiff collects information at cost/expense –(ii) Value of info highly time-sensitive –(iii) Defendant’s use free rides on effort to collect –(iv) Defendant’s use is in direct competition –(v) Free-riding so reduces incentives to collect that existence or quality of information substantially affected

5. Misappropriation Examples Data Scraping –Auction data –Travel data –Real estate listings Sports tracking internet sites Fantasy sports league sites

6. Database Legislation European Union Directive –Requires protection of certain databases –Those requiring substantial investment –Right to prevent use of large portions U.S. Database Bills –Similar structure –Based on a misappropriation tort

7. Database Legislation Arguments in support –Public goods problem for certain databases –Limited right against misappropriation Arguments against –No public goods problem Other forms of legal protection Availability of self-help, business models –Potential costs of tying up data

8. Administrative Next Assignment –Read VII.B – Contract