Adverse possession has been proposed as a possible solution to discourage abuses of intellectual property rights like cybersquatting, excessive copyright, and patent trolling. Applying adverse ...

Retail, commercial, and industrial property owners need to be diligent about policing their property boundary lines to avoid losing valuable property rights to an encroaching neighbor. The ...

In some cases, a squatter may gain legal rights to the property through adverse possession, a legal doctrine that allows individuals to claim ownership of land under certain conditions.

It’s almost 60 years since the first staging of John B Keane’s play The Field illustrated our obsession with land and the ...

Commonly called “squatter’s rights,” these cases are rarely ... Actual, the adverse possessor must be truly in possession of the property Exclusive, the adverse possessor must exclude ...

The courts struggle with possession delays as Renters’ Rights Bill ends no-fault evictions, risking landlord confidence and ...