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…
The Food Microbiome as Traditional Knowledge
Jacob Golan* Download a PDF version of this article here. Introduction I. Scientific and Legal Boundaries of Fermented Foods’ Microbiome A. Issues with Defining “Microbes” and “Fermentation” B. Disentangling Biogeography…
Announcing JIPEL’s 2022 Symposium:
The Step Ahead: The Return of Broadway in the Age of Coronavirus
On March 25, 2022, NYU’s Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law will host its annual symposium, this year titled “The Step Ahead: The Return of Broadway in the Age…
Dance, Dance, Litigation: The Copyrightability of Dance
Everyone’s seen them. With the massive success of Epic Games’ Fortnite, the free-to-play battle royale video game, many of the in-game dances have gained mainstream notoriety among the younger generations.…
Williams v. Gaye Rules that Blurred Lines Infringes on the Copyright in “Got to Give it Up”
On Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the song hit song, Blurred Lines by artists, Pharell Williams, Robin Thicke and Clifford Harris Jr, infringed on the copyright…
Anderson Corp. v. GED Integrated Sol., Inc.: The Future of AIA Derivation Proceedings
Under the pre-AIA first-to-invent regime, interference proceedings were available to contest which of two (or more) parties invented the claimed subject matter first. With the AIA’s shift to a first-to-file…
YouTube’s Demonetization Debate: How Smaller YouTubers are Disproportionately Affected
I have been vaguely aware of YouTube’s practice of “demonetization” for some time, that which has something to do with ad revenues. However, it wasn’t until a recent tragedy at…
Machine Learning, Blockchain and an Inefficient Patent System
The digitalization of information and the implementation of computer-based processes in society has fundamentally changed how humans interact with the world and one another. Now, almost everyone in the US…
Is Using a Shared Netflix Password a Federal Crime?
Following the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in United States v. Nosal, 844 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2016) (“Nosal II”), several commentators in the media queried whether using a borrowed password for…