non rivalrously

MaryW commented on the word non rivalrously

while copyright, patent, trademark and unfair competition are conventionally conjoined—perhaps to give the field more heft—is the combination coherent? After all, few lawyers' practices encompass all of these.

Nonetheless, these subjects share certain characteristics. Because all these legal regimes cover intangibles that can be enjoyed "non rivalrously"—that is, without depriving other consumers of equal benefit—they require justification.

Jane C. Ginsburg & Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss, "Introduction and Overview," in Intellectual Property Stories (New York: Foundation Press, 2006), p. 1

July 20, 2018