To Stream or Not to Stream: Litigation Concerning Box Office Releases Moved to Streaming
It’s no secret that there’s a great deal of money to be made in the box office game. Box office revenue is a reliable measurement of a film’s success, with…
The Author Series: Ep. 3 – Trademarks, Trade Dress, and the Patient Costs of Pharmaceutical Branding
Professor Sam Halabi from Georgetown Law joins us to discuss his new piece featured in the latest issue of JIPEL. This thought-provoking discussion highlights a little-discussed area of intellectual property…
Trademarks, Trade Dress, and the Patient Costs of Pharmaceutical Branding
Sam F. Halabi* Download a PDF version of this article here. Watch our third episode of The Author Series featuring Professor Halabi here. While the high cost of prescription drugs…
Anti-Suit Injunctions and Jurisdictional Competition in Global FRAND Litigation: The Case for Judicial Restraint
Jorge L. Contreras* Download a PDF version of this article here. The proliferation of international jurisdictional conflicts and competing “anti-suit injunctions” in litigation over the licensing of standards-essential patents has…
Does Anybody See What I See?: Abandoned Patents and Their Impacts on Technology Development
Richard Gruner* Download a PDF version of this article here. Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody see what I see?† Most patented advances are ultimately abandoned by their…
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…
Short Musings on Tensions between Trademark Law and the Luxury Fashion Market
Trademark litigation in the fashion world is not a novel concept. For decades, Adidas has been engaging in a long list of trademark infringement cases in the US and across…
NFL Franchise Controversies
With the 2021-2022 NFL season underway, there is no shortage of storylines: players, teams, fantasy football, and the league as a whole. Interestingly, the ongoing lawsuit of the City of…
The Legal Boundary of Data Scraping in Light of Van Buren v. United States
The controversial HiQ v. LinkedIn, 938 F.3d 985 (9th Cir. 2019) opinion concerning data scraping was vacated and remanded this June by the Supreme Court to be reconsidered in light…
Will—and Should—VARA Cover NFTs?
Non-fungible tokens, or “NFTs,” gained worldwide notoriety in the art world last year following the sale of Beeple’s EVERYDAYS: The First 5000 Days for a staggering $69 million at Christie’s.…