{"id":128,"date":"2016-11-07T09:33:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T14:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T15:28:14","slug":"undersecretary-nelotsky-is-alive-and-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Undersecretary Nelotsky is Alive and Well!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the landmark misappropriation case <em>International News Service v. Associated Press<\/em>, 248 U.S. 215 (1918), \u00a0the Supreme Court identified a quasi-property right created by the investment of effort and money in an intangible thing, such as &#8220;hot new.&#8221; \u00a0The case arose from INS&#8217;s copying and redistribution of news stories gathered by AP, which was allegedly discovered when INS ran a false planted story about a Russian Foreign Undersecretary Nelotsky (&#8220;STOLEN&#8221; spelled backwards, with a &#8220;KY&#8221; added for Russiany goodness).<\/p>\n<p>The misappropriation doctrine or <em>INS<\/em> doctrine, as it is sometimes called, has been criticized over the years, but is not entirely discredited. \u00a0This is probably due to a general sense of unfairness felt when someone is caught &#8220;reaping where they have not sown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>World Chess US, Inc. dusted off the misappropriation doctrine when it sued\u00a0Chessgames Services, LLC, in the Southern District of New York (Civil Action 1:16-cv-08629-VM) for its real time republication of moves in chess games reported by World Chess and its authorized licensees. \u00a0The websites of World Chess and its licensees prohibits any such viewers from publishing updates of the games for the duration of each\u00a0game.<\/p>\n<p>The continued validity of the misappropriation doctrine is an interesting question, as is the validity of terms of use that attempt \u00a0impose an embargo on information during the game. \u00a0 If someone gets information from\u00a0World Chess&#8217;s site and starts a discussion, that results in postings on\u00a0Chessgames Services&#8217; site, is\u00a0Chessgames Services to blame? \u00a0Can you make someone keep information secret that is not really secret?<\/p>\n<p>This will be an interesting case to watch. \u00a0Your move\u00a0Chessgames Services!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the landmark misappropriation case International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215 (1918), \u00a0the Supreme Court identified a quasi-property right created by the investment of effort and money in an intangible thing, such as &#8220;hot new.&#8221; \u00a0The case &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/?p=128\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missapropriation","category-terms-of-use","tag-misappropriation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipmanagement.harnessip.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}