JIPEL Vol. 15 – No. 1
You may view and download a PDF of the complete issue here. Our Fall 2025 Issue—Volume 15, Number 1—examines how intellectual property doctrine is straining (and adapting) across a set of…
JIPEL Vol. 14 No. 2
Our Spring 2025 Issue—Volume 14, Number 2—examines issues newly arising out of innovations in technology and the marketplace and the ways that intellectual property law can respond to these new…
JIPEL Vol. 14 No. 1
Our Fall 2024 Issue–Volume 14, Number 1–addresses various questions that our intellectual property systems are currently facing or will soon face. First, Professor Zheng compares how the U.S., Europe, and…
JIPEL Vol. 13 – No. 2
Our Spring 2024 Issue—Volume 13, Number 2—looks to how intellectual property (IP) shapes culture and society in various spaces. Our authors consider the effects of governance—social, technological, and legal—as places…
JIPEL Vol. 13 – No. 1
Our Fall 2023 Issue—Volume 13, Number 1—takes a step back to reimagine foundations of IP law as the source of, and potentially the solution to, modern problems. First, Professor Zachary…
JIPEL Vol. 12 – No. 3 (Symposium Issue)
This year’s Special Issue — Volume 12, Issue 3 — compiles the proceedings of the 2023 Symposium, and includes original works of scholarship from several participants in the event: You…
JIPEL Vol. 12 – No. 2
Our Spring 2023 Issue—Volume 12, Issue 2—focuses on novel landscapes in intellectual property law. First, Professor Robin Feldman challenges the limits of the Fifth Amendment’s Compensation Clause in the context…
JIPEL Vol. 12 – No. 1
Our Fall 2022 Issue—Volume 12, Issue 1—focuses on interdisciplinarity in understanding the development and future of intellectual property law. First, Professor S. Sean Tu and Charles Duan present a study…
JIPEL Vol. 11 – No. 3
Our Spring 2022 Issue—Volume 11, Issue 3—considers intellectual property debates happening across the world. We begin in India, where a pending copyright case threatens access to academic literature. Authors M…
JIPEL Vol. 11 – No. 2
Our Fall 2021 Issue—Volume 11, Issue 2—contains three articles that challenge current perceptions and practices in our intellectual property system. The articles not only offer rich analyses but also propose…
JIPEL Vol. 11 – No. 1 (Symposium Issue)
On March 10, 2021, our journal partnered with the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy to host a symposium addressing the role and impact of U.S. innovation policy on…
JIPEL Vol. 10 – No. 2
Our Spring 2021 issue – Volume 10, Issue 2 – explores practical and theoretical problems in our intellectual property system. All modern and unsettled. First, Professors William E. Kovacic, Robert…
JIPEL Vol. 10 – No. 1
This Fall 2020 issue – Volume 10, Issue 1 – contains works exploring a multitude of continuing and timely legal issues in intellectual property and our digital world. Notably, they…
JIPEL Vol. 9, No. 2 – Spring 2020
Our Spring 2020 issue, Volume 9, Issue 2, is comprised of five individual pieces that explore significant, current themes in intellectual property and entertainment law, ranging from providing guidance from…
JIPEL Vol. 9, No. 1 – Fall 2019
Our Fall 2019 issue, Volume 9, Issue 1, includes an exciting and rich collection of works that spans an unusually broad, yet timely and relevant, variety of topics in the…
JIPEL Vol. 8, No. 2 – Spring 2019
This spring, JIPEL is proud to present our readers with five cutting edge pieces. From ongoing litigation challenging our intellectual property laws, to cutting edge technology doing the same, our…
JIPEL Vol. 8, No. 1 – Fall 2018
Legal journals are sometimes criticized as disconnected from the real world or labeled sounding chambers for academics. Like many of our favorite publications, our fall issue stands in stark contrast…
JIPEL Vol. 7, No. 2 – Spring 2017
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 7 Issue 2 of the Journal. While PDFs of the individual articles may be found accompanying…
JIPEL Vol. 7, No. 1 – Fall 2017
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 7 Issue 1 of the Journal. While PDFs of the individual articles may be found accompanying…
JIPEL Vol. 6, No. 2 – Spring 2017
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 6 Issue 2 of the Journal.
JIPEL Vol. 6, No. 1 – Fall 2016
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 6 Issue 1 of the Journal.
JIPEL Vol. 5, No. 2 – Spring 2016
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 5 Issue 2 of the Journal.
JIPEL Vol. 5, No. 1 – Fall 2015
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 5 Issue 1 of the Journal.
JIPEL Vol. 4, No. 2 – Spring 2015
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 4 Issue 2 of the Journal. While individual PDFs of articles may be found accompanying their…
JIPEL Fall 2014 Edition
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 4 Issue 1 of the Journal. While individual PDFs of articles may be found accompanying their…
Damien Hirst’s 200-Year Posthumous Art Plan: A Critical UK Copyright Perspective
Introduction Death is a central theme lingering in Damien Hirst’s art. Now, it’s making an appearance in an all-new way. In May of 2025, in an interview with the London…
The 2025 GENIUS Act: A First Step in Regulating Crypto and Blockchain
After almost two decades of near-unsupervised digital currency innovation, the United States has finally enacted legislation targeting one corner of the cryptocurrency (or “crypto”) ecosystem. In July 2025, President Trump…
De Minimis Copying: An Empirical Study
Jessica Silbey* & Samantha Zyontz** Download a PDF version of this article here. In the internet age, the copyright de minimis defense has increased in relevance as copyright lawsuits (and…
The Cost of Music: Has Digitization Made Copyright Obsolete?
Sean A. Pager* & Eric Priest** Download a PDF version of this article here. Commentators have repeatedly claimed that digital technologies render producers and recording engineers effectively obsolete. Supposedly, any…
Common Law Notice-and-Takedown
Michael P. Goodyear* Download a PDF version of this article here. Platform liability is a complex landscape under U.S. law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has generated significant…
Coordinated Patents
Taorui Guan* Download a PDF version of this article here. As the United States and China compete ever more intensely for technological primacy in fields ranging from artificial intelligence to…
Reasonable Intelligence: How Should Platforms Be Held Accountable For AI-Assisted Copyright Infringement?
Ben Anderson * Download a PDF version of this article here. AI platforms present a challenge for our current doctrines of secondary copyright infringement. Currently, AI platforms’ degree of exposure…
From Amchem to AI: Overcoming Certification in Generative AI Copyright Class Actions
Cindy L. Chang* Download a PDF version of this article here. Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence have fueled a wave of copyright class action litigation by authors, artists, and…
Addressing the Problem of Low Technical Literacy in the Judiciary
It’s no secret that lawyers are not scientists. The data is clear. An incredibly small portion of law school applicants, and later lawyers, have backgrounds in STEM. What follows is…