The Potential of 5G
Siddra Shah is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. 5G is the “fifth generation” of wireless technology. Each generation has incrementally improved mobile networks and wireless infrastructure.…
The Rise of Paparazzo v. Celebrity Lawsuits: Is Copyright Law Fair
Amanda Gonzalez Burton is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. It’s a tale as old as time. Girl dates boy. Boy gets photographed by a paparazzo while…
Draft Bill to Overhaul what is Eligible for a Patent
Magdalena Christoforou is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. On May 22, 2019, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a draft bill to rewrite the law on…
California’s “Assembly Bill 5” Threatens Unintended Consequences for the Entertainment Industry
Caitlin Hall-Swan is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. If you’re an entertainer, your income comes from “projects” – you take one job here, another there. Actors…
Body Cameras, Law Enforcement, and Privacy Law
Advocacy of body camera policing reform has been growing in the United States in response to a widespread and increasing distrust of law enforcement among minority communities.[1] Body camera reform…
Should Taste Be Copyrightable? The Court of Justice of the European Union Thinks Not
A few months ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that taste cannot be copyrighted. The case arose between two competing cheese dip makers: Levola and Smilde.…
Copyright and Publicity Rights in the Museum Context
On July 6, 2018, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí (the Dalí Foundation) filed a complaint in in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that the Dalí17…
MillerCoors Hopes to Slay the Bud Knight over Super Bowl Corn Syrup Ads
Bud Light (which currently boasts a 1.23/5 rating on RateBeer.com) is known for being cheap; light on calories and flavor; and, according to their most recent spate of commercials, advertising,…
Genetic Privacy After Carpenter
In Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court tackles the issue of whether individuals still retain an expectation of privacy in their location information when they “share” that information with…
The Nagoya Protocol: A Sui Generis Approach to Traditional Knowledge Protection
On March 31, 2019, representatives from 143 universities around the globe gathered in Washington DC to participate in the 60th edition of the world’s largest international moot court competition, the…