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TRIPS and an Equitable Fight Against COVID-19
Read moreAs the world woke up to the global threat posed by COVID-19, a race began to meet the demand...
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Deceptive Trademarks: A Free Speech Issue
Read moreLook to your left. Now look to your right. Only one of you will survive. This phrase, which purportedly...
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Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology leaves a mark for trademark licenses rejected in bankruptcy
Read moreFor decades, trademark licensees were left in the limbo when their licensors filed for bankruptcy. If a debtor-licensor exercises...
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The Siphoning of American Innovation: How China Acquires Technology
Read moreYou have probably heard by now that China is stealing America’s intellectual property. This has been one of the...
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Keeping Secrets: How Magicians Protect Their Ideas
Read moreMagicians and their ideas have come to occupy an area known as IP’s “negative space,” an area where certain...
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Matal v. Tam: The Future of Disparaging and Scandalous Trademarks
Read moreTrademarks are ubiquitous in the everyday lives of countless consumers. Indeed, some consumers have little difficulty drawing big brand...
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Sound Recording Feedback: Efficiency Noise
Read moreIn my prior post, I argued that the limited nature of the sound recording copyright has had adverse effects...
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Sound Recording Feedback: Bright-Line Rules and Blurred-Lines Jurisprudence
Read more“ood artists copy great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” – Steve Jobs1...
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Will King Meet the Same Fate as Zynga? I.P.O. in the Mobile Gaming Industry
Read moreThe stock price of King Digital Entertainment fell over 15% on its public debut on the New York Stock...
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Lenovo’s Deals with IBM and Google Likely to Survive CFIUS Review
Read moreThe Chinese leading PC maker, Lenovo, has been ambitiously using acquisitions to fuel its growth since the beginning of...