TY  - UNPD
A1  - Peukert, Alexander
T1  - A doctrine of the public domain
T2  - Arbeitspapier / Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main = Research paper / Faculty of Law, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Nr. 2016,1
N2  - The article, which summarizes key findings of my German book ‘Die Gemeinfreiheit. Begriff, Funktion, Dogmatik’ (‘The Public Domain: Theory, Func-tion, Doctrine’), asks whether there are any provisions or principles under Ger-man and EU law that protect the public domain from interference by the legisla-ture, courts and private parties. In order to answer this question, it is necessary to step out of the intellectual property (IP) system and to analyze this body of law from the outside, and – even more important – to develop a positive legal conception of the public domain as such. By giving the public domain a proper doctrinal place in the legal system, the structural asymmetry between heavily theorized and protected IP rights on the one hand and a neglected public do-main on the other is countered. The overarching normative purpose is to devel-op a framework for a balanced IP system, which can only be achieved if the public domain forms an integral part of the overall regulation of information.
T3  - Arbeitspapiere / Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft, Goethe-Universität = Research paper / Faculty of Law, Goethe University - 2016, 1 
KW  - Public Domain
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Patent
KW  - Trademark
Y1  - 2016
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/39016
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-390165
N1  - Forthcoming in: Josef Drexl (ed), The Innovation Society and Intellectual Prop-erty, EIPIN Series, Edward Elgar Publishing.
PB  - Goethe-Univ., Fachbereich Rechtswiss.
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -