Luke, I think you'd really appreciate this book on action-based property law by Konrad Graf: https://www.amazon.com/Are-Bitcoins-Ownable-Legal-Theory-Implications/dp/1517410371/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1471898671&sr=8-1&keywords=Are+bitcoins+ownable
It does a great job at articulating a cohesive theory of property and ownership and discusses what forms of IP should and should not be protected under the proposed theory.
Oh, very interesting! Thanks, Sean.