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You're way off. Possession, contrary to popular cliché, is not 9/10ths of the law. Property, real or personal, has an owner. In the case of real estate and cert
by nknight 15y ago
You're way off. Possession, contrary to popular cliché, is not 9/10ths of the law. Property, real or personal, has an owner. In the case of real estate and certain other property (such as a car), that ownership is usually even on record with the county or state.
Short of actual abandonment, which is a narrow, and generally hard-to-prove case, ownership of property in any form cannot be transferred without some sort of contract. Although some property might be transferred by oral contract, that still requires evidence that a contract was formed, which requires a "meeting of the minds". You actually have to prove there was an intent by the owner to transfer the property.
That's a high bar to clear, especially with something as inherently personal as a linkedin account, where any reasonable person would assume the account belongs to the individual, not the corporation.