Jacob Golan* Download a PDF version of this article here. Introduction I. Scientific and Legal Boundaries of Fermented Foods’ Microbiome A. Issues with Defining “Microbes” and “Fermentation” B. Disentangling Biogeography…
Our Spring 2022 Issue—Volume 11, Issue 3—considers intellectual property debates happening across the world. We begin in India, where a pending copyright case threatens access to academic literature. Authors M…
It’s the policy of an increasing number of news outlets to retain ownership of the professional social media accounts of their reporters. In the first case of its kind in…
In 2016, Christopher Correa, a former employee of the St. Louis Cardinals, was sentenced to forty-six months in prison for violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when he accessed…
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…
Since the beginnings of the modern fragrance industry, fragrance manufacturers have relied on secrecy to protect information about distillation techniques, product composition, and other elements of the production process. In…
Climate change is a pressing issue confronting the global community. The rapid development and diffusion of clean technologies (i.e., technologies necessary for adapting to or mitigating climate change) must be…
The dawning of the information age, coupled with a greater understanding of the value of intellectual property, has increased the quantity of proprietary information businesses choose to keep as trade…