JIPEL Vol. 7, No. 2 – Spring 2017
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 7 Issue 2 of the Journal. While PDFs of the individual articles may be found accompanying…
A Judicial ‘Supplement’ to Advertising Law: The Fourth Circuit’s GNC Decision and Policy Implications for the Dietary Supplement Industry
In Brown v. GNC Corp., the Fourth Circuit offered a novel solution to the truth-in-advertising dilemma that plagued the dietary supplement industry. Plaintiffs alleged that claims made in connection with…
Think Big! The Need for Patent Rights in the Era of Big Data and Machine Learning
From personalized medical diagnostics to election prediction, recent advancements in machine learning enables unprecedented, powerful applications of big data. Machine learning users can extract insights hidden in massive amounts of…
The ‘Enhanced No Economic Sense’ Test: Experimenting with Predatory Innovation
This paper originates from a long-standing anachronism of antitrust law with regard to high-tech markets. Conventional wisdom assumes that antitrust law mechanisms are well suited to the study of practices…
The Hybrid Trademark and Free Speech Right Forged From Matal v. Tam
This article provides an analysis of the potential ramifications of the 2017 U.S. Supreme Court case, Matal v. Tam, which has forged a hybrid trademark and free speech right. In…