JIPEL Vol. 15 – No. 2
You may view and download a PDF of the complete issue here. Our Spring 2026 Issue—Volume 15, Number 2—brings together scholarship that grapples with a shared, increasingly urgent set of questions: how…
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…
Algorithmic Opacity as a Principal-Agent Problem
Abstract Principal-agent problems are central to debates over algorithmic transparency, but have been underexplored. Concerns about gaming and trade secrecy, frequently invoked to justify opacity, can also mask self-serving strategic…
Burden of History: Holocaust-Related Art Restitution and the Art Market in New York
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Chip Wall: Cybersecurity Concerns with the Chip Security Act
Abstract Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has come to appreciate the critical value of semiconductor chips (“chips”). Countries around the world have prioritized access to these chips in their…
Social Media Platform Regulation in the US and the EU: Towards a Divided Internet?
Abstract This article analyses the systems of legal regulation of online social media platforms as regards to hate speech and misinformation in the US and the EU. It engages with…
404 Justice Not Found: On the structural incompatibilities Between AI And Judicial Decision-Making
Abstract It sounds like a judge. It presents the facts of a case like a judge. It summarizes the evidence like a judge. It states the law like a judge.…
Training Data Governance
Abstract As AI-generated summaries increasingly displace traditional search results, users are less likely to visit the underlying websites where content is published. This shift has sharply reduced traffic to those…
Payola Controlla: How Drake and UMG’s Settlement Highlights the New Music Economy
All Drake needed was “a One Dance,” but recent litigation alleges it’s the record industry that’s been two-stepping with payola all along. Last year, Drake’s team filed petitions in Texas…
Deleting Data: Reinforcing Data Subjects’ Rights
The issue of personal data deletion has become a core concern in global data governance. Admittedly, many companies have provided ways for consumers to opt out in the face of…
Navigating Data Compliance Challenges: A Road Map on Bulk Sensitive Data Rules
Background In recent years, it has become increasingly complex for multinational companies to navigate the maze of data compliance challenges. On April 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)…