The Science Commons Protocol mentions “unfair competition” and I don’t see this in the PDDL. What is it and how is it addressed in the PDDL?
The short answer to the unfair competition issue is that after some initial research it looks like that most (if not all) unfair competition claims would be negated by using this document and making the data publicly available. “Unfair competition” in US law (presumably what was intended by Science Commons) is a REALLY broad term for quite a few distinctly different rights of action, including: • Trade secrets; • Publicity rights; • Trade mark claims; • Passing off (which is a lot like trade mark); • Deceptive advertising; • Other kinds of unfair methods of competition As you can imagine, the areas outlined above have a variety of different elements. One common theme that could be said about many of these areas is that they involve using some aspect of a business without permission. And permission to use the data is, after all, what is granted in the PDDL. Take trade secrets for example. The law protects secret information. If you use the Public Domain Dedication & Licence and make you
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