Cluster 2: Property law - Objects of Property law

3 important questions on Cluster 2: Property law - Objects of Property law

What is the difference in ownership between tangible and intangible goods?

In different legal systems property rights are only applicable to tangible objects. In the netherlands you are the right holder of tangibles,, which has legal implications where ownership-specific powers are reserved for owners, not right holders

What are the 4 types of goods?

Tangible goods
- movable/goods  objects you can take with you
- immovables/land objects attached to land

intangible goods 
- intellectual property rights: database rights, copyrights and patents. The invention is protected not the physical  copy of the invention.
- claims: right a person has on another. You can sell and trasnfer claims and they are part of everything you own. Can be a contractual right or repayment.

When does something belong to property law?

Everything can be categorised as tangible or intangible, but only certain objects have a relation to property rights.

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