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49 AIPLA Q. J. 361 (2021)
Data, People, and Property: Modernizing Privacy through Intellectual Property Law

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                  AIPLA   QUARTERLY JOURNAL


Volume  49, Number   3       Page  361                Summer   2021


       DATA,   PEOPLE,   AND  PROPERTY: MODERNIZING
       PRIVACY THROUGH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
                               LAW

                            Stuart Leijon*

I.     IN TRO D U CTIO N ...............................................................................................362
       A .   C ON SUM ER D ATA ..............................................................................365
II.    DESIRABLE ARCHITECTURE OF A CONSUMER DATA ECONOMY ................369
III.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CONSUMER DATA ...........................376
       A.    PROPERTY RIGHTS OF DATA TRADERS IN CONSUMER DATA ..........377
       B.    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CONSUMER DATA (OR THE
             LACK THEREOF).................................................................................384
IV.    CURRENT DATA PROTECTION STATUTES.....................................................386
       A.    THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION ............................387
       B.    THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT ...................................390
       C.    GAPS IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK .........................393
V.     THEORETICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE NEW RIGHT ...................................395
       A .   LABOR TH EORY..................................................................................396
       B.    PERSONHOOD  THEORY......................................................................398
       C .   U TILITARIAN THEORY .......................................................................400
V I.   THE N EW PROTECTION ..................................................................................405
       A.    THE SCOPE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL .............................................405
       B.    THE SCOPE OF OWNER'S RIGHTS ......................................................406
       C.    LIMITS ON THE SCOPE OF PROTECTION ............................................410
V II.  C O N CLU SIO N ...................................................................................................413






       *  J.D. and Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, Lewis & Clark Law School;
          B.A. Politics & Government, Pacific University, 2015. I would like to thank
          Professor Lydia Loren for her insight, guidance, and never-ending support. I
          am also grateful to Kristen Williams and Simonne Weyand for teaching me
          how to think, although they refuse to admit they did so. Lastly, I'd like to
          acknowledge the late Professor Ed Harri for his outstanding dedication to
          making the practice of law the best it can be.