LAW 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Easement, Nonpossessory Interest In Land, Life Estate
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Outline: what is property (real, personal, ip, what rights are attached to ownership, limits on those right, division of property interest, possession: from finders keepers to aboriginal title. Types of property interests: real property (land, personal property (tangible and intangible, tangible is something you can touch phone, watch, intangible is something you can"t touch a stock. Intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, patents: key rights, use and employment to exclusion of others (victoria park, exploitation, alienation or sell the property. I as the occupier have a superior claim. Parker: on november 15, 1978, the plaintiff, alan george parker, had a date with fate and perhaps with legal immorality. He found himself in the international executive lounge at terminal one, heathrow airport. He also found a gold bracelet lying on the floor: we know very little about the plaintiff, and it would be nice to know more. He was lawfully in the lounge and, as events showed, he was an honest man.
