Aplin on Filling the IP Gap: Privacy and Tabloidism

Tanya Aplin, King’s College London, is publishing Filling the IP Gap: Privacy and Tabloidism, in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property in Media and Entertainment (M. Richardson and S. Ricketson eds., Edward Elgar, 2016). Here is the abstract.

This chapter examines how confidential information and trade secrets is used to combat privacy intrusions by tabloid media. It examines the genesis and scope of the English tort of misuse of private information, the extent to which this action overlaps with breach of confidence and the impact of trade secret protection on privacy.

Download the essay from SSRN at the link.