How Reality TV Could Change Labor Laws in Hollywood
When Netflix’s Love Is Blind first premiered, viewers were captivated by the premise of someone falling in love without seeing their partner’s face, proposing through a wall, and then walking…
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…
The AI Input Class: Constitutional Urgency and Fair Licensing in AI Copyright Class Actions
Xuan-Thao Nguyen* & Elizabeth Porter** Download a PDF version of this article here. The humanities have long been under attack; now Big Tech is eating them for breakfast. Artificial Intelligence…
Unenforceable ‘Infringement’: The Benefits of Makeup Dupes and Legal Copying
Sarah Rosenberg * Download a PDF version of this article here. Beauty dupes–products meant to directly copy and serve as a substitute for specific luxury beauty products–are hugely profitable. Popular…
Beyond Privacy: Regulating ChatGPT for Young Adults in Educational Contexts
Yeseul Do * Download a PDF version of this article here. Conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) regulation in lawmaking and legal scholarship typically focus on data privacy issues. This Note…
An Empirical Analysis of ‘Scandalous’ and ‘Obscene’ Trade Marks in India
M P Ram Mohan*, Aditya Gupta** & Vijay V. Venkitesh*** Download a PDF version of this article here. The interaction between morality and law, particularly within the domain of intellectual…
Dupes
Alexandra J. Roberts * Download a PDF version of this article here. I. Dupe Culture II. Dupe Users III. Dupe Advertising Law IV. Duped by Dupes Conclusion I. Dupe…
Categorization of Word-Mark Distinctiveness: Poor Reasoning in United States Federal Courts
Thomas Y. Lu* Download a PDF version of this article here. United States federal judges have long recognized the importance of word mark distinctiveness in resolving disputes over a word…
The Future of Nvidia in Light of Recent Patent Infringement Lawsuit
As of 2024, Nvidia stands at the center of the artificial intelligence (AI) chip industry. Nvidia is one of the world’s most valuable publicly traded businesses with its most recent…
Can Creativity Survive Copyright Battles? The Case of Miley Cyrus’s ‘Flowers’
Just months after celebrating her first-ever Grammy win for the hit song “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus now faces a federal copyright lawsuit. On September 16th, 2024, the singer was accused of…