Francesca Masella is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The unauthorized adornment of streets, often referred to as graffiti, started becoming positively recognized as street art in…
Joe Rabinovitsj is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. §512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and §230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) each provide…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…