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Infringement, Unbound, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec
Infringement, Unbound, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec
Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec
No abstract provided.
Creative Communities And Intellectual Property Law, Laura A. Heymann
Creative Communities And Intellectual Property Law, Laura A. Heymann
Laura A. Heymann
No abstract provided.
Copyright Law’S Origin Stories, Laura A. Heymann
Copyright Law’S Origin Stories, Laura A. Heymann
Laura A. Heymann
No abstract provided.
Are Legal Restrictions On Disparaging Personal Names Unconstitutional? In Re The Slants, Laura A. Heymann, Eric Goldman
Are Legal Restrictions On Disparaging Personal Names Unconstitutional? In Re The Slants, Laura A. Heymann, Eric Goldman
Laura A. Heymann
No abstract provided.
Who Owns The Law? How To Restore Public Ownership Of Legal Publication, Leslie A. Street, David R. Hansen
Who Owns The Law? How To Restore Public Ownership Of Legal Publication, Leslie A. Street, David R. Hansen
Leslie Street
No abstract provided.
The Rise And Decline Of The Intellectual Property Powers, Peter K. Yu
The Rise And Decline Of The Intellectual Property Powers, Peter K. Yu
Peter K. Yu
Since its reopening to foreign trade in the late 1990s, China has been the poster child of intellectual property piracy and counterfeiting. Virtually every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) lists China on its watch list or priority watch list. The country’s piracy and counterfeiting problems have also been frequently mentioned in connection with international intellectual property enforcement initiatives, such as the highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and the equally problematic domestic legislative proposals for heightened copyright enforcement. In a recent report, the International Trade Commission estimated that “firms in the U.S. [intellectual property]–intensive economy …
Still Dissatisfied After All These Years: Intellectual Property, Post-Wto China, And The Avoidable Cycle Of Futility, Peter K. Yu
Still Dissatisfied After All These Years: Intellectual Property, Post-Wto China, And The Avoidable Cycle Of Futility, Peter K. Yu
Peter K. Yu
No abstract provided.
Drugs, Drugs Everywhere But Just Not For The Poor, Srividhya Ragavan
Drugs, Drugs Everywhere But Just Not For The Poor, Srividhya Ragavan
Srividhya Ragavan
The objective for this article is to understand the legitimacy and limitations of US involvement in another country’s sovereign actions taken expressly in the public interest, or to protect public health, such as the compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals.
Betty Boop And The Return Of Aesthetic Functionality: A Bitter Medicine Against "Mutant Copyrights"?, Irene Calboli
Betty Boop And The Return Of Aesthetic Functionality: A Bitter Medicine Against "Mutant Copyrights"?, Irene Calboli
Irene Calboli
This article offers a brief overview of the history and developments of the doctrine of aesthetic functionality in the United States and examines the recent decisions in Fleischer Studios, Inc v AVELA, Inc . In particular, the article argues that the courts in Fleischer added an important element to the interpretation of the doctrine, namely the fact that the courts seemed willing to resort to aesthetic functionality to counter the consequences resulting from the practice of using trade mark law as an additional form of protection for copyrighted, or once copyrighted, creative works.
Preliminary Thoughts On Copyright Reform, Pamela Samuelson
Preliminary Thoughts On Copyright Reform, Pamela Samuelson
Pamela Samuelson
The article discusses the relevance of revising the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. According to the author, the Copyright Act of 1976 has already undergone more than 20 amendments since it was ratified into law which compromises its regulations because of the diverse inter and intra industrial negotiations as well as increases controversial issues on law and policymaking. Moreover, the author stresses that revision of the legislation is necessary because it contains lapses and insufficient policies in addressing advanced technological innovations and digital applications. It also cites the codification development model of copyright law and the guidelines to consider in …
A Manifesto Concerning The Legal Protection Of Computer Programs, Pamela Samuelson, Randall Davis, Mitchell D. Kapor, J. H. Reichman
A Manifesto Concerning The Legal Protection Of Computer Programs, Pamela Samuelson, Randall Davis, Mitchell D. Kapor, J. H. Reichman
Pamela Samuelson
No abstract provided.
China's New Copyright Law Reforms: A Comparative Analysis, Shruti Rana, Garland Rowland
China's New Copyright Law Reforms: A Comparative Analysis, Shruti Rana, Garland Rowland
Shruti Rana
Nations and businesses around the globe have been battling over copyright protection rules, with industrialized nations pressuring developing nations to adopt Western-style copyright regimes. These battles have escalated as copyright piracy grows and developing nations struggle to formulate laws that will protect their own intellectual properties as well as those of industrialized nations. China is at the cutting edge of these debates; in the summer of 2012, China released transformative new proposals to modify its copyright rules. This Article, which we believe is the first in-depth academic piece analyzing China’s new reforms, critiques China’s new proposals and argues that China …