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…
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…
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…
The Author Series: Ep. 3 – Trademarks, Trade Dress, and the Patient Costs of Pharmaceutical Branding
Professor Sam Halabi from Georgetown Law joins us to discuss his new piece featured in the latest issue of JIPEL. This thought-provoking discussion highlights a little-discussed area of intellectual property…
Trademarks, Trade Dress, and the Patient Costs of Pharmaceutical Branding
Sam F. Halabi* Download a PDF version of this article here. Watch our third episode of The Author Series featuring Professor Halabi here. While the high cost of prescription drugs…
Anti-Suit Injunctions and Jurisdictional Competition in Global FRAND Litigation: The Case for Judicial Restraint
Jorge L. Contreras* Download a PDF version of this article here. The proliferation of international jurisdictional conflicts and competing “anti-suit injunctions” in litigation over the licensing of standards-essential patents has…
Does Anybody See What I See?: Abandoned Patents and Their Impacts on Technology Development
Richard Gruner* Download a PDF version of this article here. Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody see what I see?† Most patented advances are ultimately abandoned by their…
JIPEL Vol. 11 – No. 2
Our Fall 2021 Issue—Volume 11, Issue 2—contains three articles that challenge current perceptions and practices in our intellectual property system. The articles not only offer rich analyses but also propose…
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…