Intellectual Property Protection in Outer Space Activities

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sankalp Jain
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Intellectual Property Protection ◽  
Space Activities

The Commercial Exploitation of Outer Space: Issues of Intellectual Property Rights and Liability

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-304
Author(s):  
Hanneke van Traa-Engelman
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
National Level ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Commercial Exploitation ◽  
International Space ◽  
Commercial Space ◽  
Space Law ◽  
Space Activities

Rights and obligations connected with intellectual property and liability will influence the commercial exploitation of outer space by private entities. Whilst international space law facilitates private enterprise participation in space endeavour, additional action has been taken, on national as well as multi-national level, to provide the business community with the necessary incentives to play their role in the commercialization of space activities. The situation and legal developments described in this article mark the very beginning of a movement towards the consolidation and diversification of commercial space exploitation.

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