What do Ugg boots, Chupa Chups lollipops, and the Tang Soo Karate School in Dickson City, Pennsylvania have in common? Probably not much, except that each has faced a lawsuit…
Trends have shown that Americans are turning to the internet to pursue new dating prospects, with online dating rates at an all-time high. However, a recently settled lawsuit against an…
Thank you to IPELS for letting us publish their weekly community update. IPELS is the NYU Law Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Society. To learn more, click here. Upcoming events in…
In the “golden age of surveillance,” our cellphones are subject to governmental surveillance. Government enforcement agencies have two ways to surveil cellphones. They can do it through a phone company,…
Sometimes, the devil’s in the dicta. The Supreme Court’s 6-2 decision in Commil v. Cisco rejects good-faith belief in a patent’s invalidity as a defense to induced infringement. It also…
People from all over the world share videos daily on YouTube and other video sharing platforms that may include media-rights. The recent decision in the “dancing baby” case, which features…
Andrew Moore, NYU ’15, emails us with some great opportunities for students and young lawyers interested in copyright law: My name is Andrew Moore and I am a recent…
I have a friend who competes in Rubik’s Cube championships. He can solve those puzzles with his hands (and feet!) in seconds, and you can watch his dizzying feats on…
Most copyright scholars will tell you that single words are non-copyrightable. The rationale for this is obvious: permitting copyrightability of such utterances would lead to bizarre forms of monopoly where…
Turing Pharmaceuticals recently raised the price of their drug, Daraprim, dramatically from $13.50 per pill to $750 per pill. Daraprim is mainly used to treat toxoplasmosis, a complication that only…