Recent Developments in the Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art
Over the course of this winter, the art world has seen several significant developments in legal cases concerning the restitution of art looted by the Nazis during World War II.…
How NFTs Could Change the Music Industry – For Better or Worse
Non-fungible tokens, known colloquially as NFTs, have gained popularity due to both their scarcity and variety. NFTs can link to underlying assets that range from physical works of art to…
Nintendo’s Actions Demonstrate Our Intellectual Property Laws are Broken
Nintendo has a love-hate relationship with some of its biggest fans. The competitive Super Smash Bros. community, a group of hardcore gamers who compete head-to-head with one another in games…
Metaverse: Fashion Trademark Battles to Watch
While society cannot yet live on different planets, we continue to create parallel [virtual] realities. The most recent of them is the metaverse, and similar to what has happened to…
The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical: The easy permission model of Netflix should be the future for fan-created works
Bridgerton is the Netflix television sensation that enraptured the United States in late 2020. Arriving just in time for the Christmas holiday season after a fraught election cycle and during…
The Ongoing Gold Rush in Music Catalog Sales
Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Nicks. Acclaimed musicians, iconic cultural figures and a few of the many artists who have recently sold copyright ownership in their songs. And the…
Taking the Mona Lisa Effect from Illusion to Reality: Enhancing the Museum Experience with Augmented and Virtual Reality
From July 2017 to April 2018, the Art Gallery of Ontario (the “AGO”) staged an exhibition titled “ReBlink,” which urged visitors to “[t]ake a second look… with a modern lens:”…
To Stream or Not to Stream: Litigation Concerning Box Office Releases Moved to Streaming
It’s no secret that there’s a great deal of money to be made in the box office game. Box office revenue is a reliable measurement of a film’s success, with…
Short Musings on Tensions between Trademark Law and the Luxury Fashion Market
Trademark litigation in the fashion world is not a novel concept. For decades, Adidas has been engaging in a long list of trademark infringement cases in the US and across…
NFL Franchise Controversies
With the 2021-2022 NFL season underway, there is no shortage of storylines: players, teams, fantasy football, and the league as a whole. Interestingly, the ongoing lawsuit of the City of…