Iconic guitar manufacturer Gibson Brands served up a clear reminder of the potential consequences associated with failing to enforce intellectual property rights. Earlier this year, Gibson filed a complaint against...
On November 5, 2019, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Allen v. Cooper.[footnote]Howard M. Wasserman, Argument analysis: Justices pillage state arguments for sovereign immunity for copyright infringement, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 6, 2019, 11:20 AM),...
Copyright infringement continues to plague the Internet.[footnote]Twitter Inc., 15th Transparency Report: Increase in proactive enforcement on accounts, Twitter Blog (Oct. 31, 2019), https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/twitter-transparency-report-2019.html. [https://perma.cc/ND5Q-U33S][/footnote] Because of how easy it is...
After three years of law school and many years on the bench, you are now an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. You pen a historic...
The past three decades have seen a substantial uptick in the number of professional sports franchises that have relocated to a different city or state.[footnote]Sports Law—Come Back, Shane: The Movement...
Wake up and smell the trademarks! Kylie Jenner is turning yet another viral moment into a business venture. Last month, a video of the beauty mogul singing the phrase “rise and...
As of October 2018, European consumers can profit off of their personal data.[footnote]Joe Wallen, As Of Today, European Consumers Can Profit From Selling Their Own Personal Data, Forbes (Oct. 11,...
The issue of patentable subject matter continues to be litigated at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”). In the recent case of ChargePoint, Inc., v....
The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW)[footnote]Organization for Transformative Works, www.transformativeworks.org (last visited Nov. 9, 2019).[https://perma.cc/7YKL-QKJZ][/footnote] is a non-profit organization that supports a number of fan projects, most notably Archive of...
Stop and reconsider Grease, the generationally acclaimed musical teeming with budding love, greasers, poodle skirts, and 1950s nostalgia. Have you ever wondered how the film has aged? Recall Grease’s “happy...
