Awakening the Dormant Therapies Act
Marcelo Barros is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The Patent System has a Persistent Drug Problem The U.S.’s current regime of patent laws fails to adequately…
In 2024, Mickey Mouse Will Finally Enter the Public Domain — Sort of
Jesse Kirkland is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Many who are interested in copyright issues have heard the phrase, “Mickey Mouse will never enter the public…
As California Goes, So Goes the Nation: How California Legislators Triggered a Seismic Change to the Bedrock of College Sports
Sean Cunningham is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. In September, after securing a unanimous vote in California’s senate, Senate Bill 206 was signed into law by…
Modern Opinions on the Copyrightability of Food
Nick Isaacson is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Food is not copyrightable, at least according to a U.S. district court in California. This is the holding…
The Fight for Broadcast TV
Kevin Qiao is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Providing a major win to America’s major broadcast networks, the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in American Broadcast Cos.…
Slipping Through the Cracks: Limited legal means for developers to protect the ideas behind their apps
Ashley Ulrich is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Introduction Recent news articles have documented Apple’s use of its App Store to identify and copy ideas from…
Artificial Intelligence as an Inventive Tool and Its Implication to the PHOSITA Standard
Daniel Y. Lee is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The age of AI-inventors may already be here. This year saw the first patent applications filed in…
How Indie is Indie: Employment and Copyright Considerations for the Independent Musicians Following AB-5
Patrick Reed is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. With the rise of Uber, Lyft, and an assortment of food delivery apps, the emergence of the “gig…
hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp.: Scratching the Surface of Web Scraping
Neha Mehta is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Introduction to Data Scraping It’s hard to imagine how the Internet would function without web scraping. Web scraping,…
Dangerous Type: Arguments Against Copyright in the Visual Arts
Gus Longer is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Creativity breeds innovations. In turn, innovations benefit the creative individuals who birthed them, but more generally, they tend…