January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
... scope of the boundaries of exisiting legislation, such as the Outer Space Treaty which was ratified in 1967. Freedom of exploration and the use of outer space is not only allowed by the Treaty (and the 1963 Declaration of Legal Principles Governing...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... Universe’. This Declaration adopts the basic precedents of such documents as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Outer Space Treaty and other applicable historic credos, while articulating the new reality of an open frontier that is owned...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
... first issue is which country’s jurisdiction space falls into. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty (Article VIII) states that “a State Party to the Treaty on whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control...
04 February 2018
The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Outer Space Activities
... other celestial bodies has been under discussion, by space lawyers at least, since the signing of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967; the typical answer has always been ‘no-one owns outer space’ because it is part of the ‘heritage of mankind’. This view...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
..., with at least 10 missions scheduled before the end of 2021. International treaties such as the Outer Space Treaty (OST) are clear that no territorial claims can be made in space, but the legality of resource extraction is less clear. This position...
05 August 2019
Weaponised satellites to be part of new space force says France
... personnel on 26 July. The minister did emphasise however that France has no intention of violating the international Outer Space Treaty of 1967 which prohibits the testing of weapons of mass destruction or nuclear weapons in orbit. Neither do they...
