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Note: Nft Art Heists: Analyzing Nfts Under U.S. Law And International Conventions On Art Theft, Kevin D. Brum

Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies

The non-fungible token (“NFT”) is a type of digital asset that is usually associated with an image and has a unique identifier. An NFT cannot be copied or reproduced, and records of NFT transactions are stored on the blockchain. NFTs are a recent innovation and have swept the world by storm. NFT sales tripled from 2019 to 2020 and DappRadar—the premier platform for hosting decentralized NFT portfolio management applications—estimates that NFT sales hit twenty-five billion dollars in 2021. Many NFTs appear to be artistic works and, either individually or in a collection, can be given away for free, sold for …

Note: Artistic Relevance In Artificial Intelligence? “Roger” That!, Kelly Heilman

Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies

In an era of technological revolution, artificial intelligence is shocking the legal field with its increasing popularity, power, and potential. The limits of property, personhood, and creativity are in question by both the public and the courts, leaving significant ambiguities in the law. Legal standards regarding the regulation of advanced technologies have raised unique and critical substantive questions for intellectual property rights, particularly that of trademarks, where the traditional purpose is source identification between consumers and goods.

Since the 1989 holding in Rogers v. Grimaldi, the use of trademarks for creative purposes, as a matter of First Amendment jurisprudence, …

Law Is In The Bin: New Frontiers In Conceptual Art And Legal Liability, Katelyn E. Doering

Notre Dame Law Review

Part I of this Note begins with a discussion of who Banksy is and why his work is important to this legal debate, finishing with a detailed description of the features of conceptual art that are relevant for legal analysis and an argument that the shredding stunt—the event itself, not the partially shredded canvas—is a work of conceptual art. Part II argues that the unique features of the shredding stunt, and of future works in the same artistic category, present a novel legal problem both for artists and for buyers. This novel problem is explored through the lens of …

Changes Are Not Enough: Problems Persist With Ncaa's Adjudicative Policy, Elizabeth Lombard

Notre Dame Law Review

Recently, the critical eye of the public has focused on the adjudicative and enforcement policy of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Social media sites serve as a testament to the rampant shock and confusion that the general population has harbored with regard to the enforcement and adjudication process on the heels of recent, high-profile cases. Witnessing verified sports reporters and outlets refer to the NCAA as powerless or questioning its purpose or existence altogether is evidence of the NCAA’s trying times in the court of public opinion. On the one hand, and rightfully so, one might think that this …

Lane Violation: Why The Ncaa's Amateurism Rules Have Overstepped Antitrust Protection & How To Correct, Alexander Knuth

Notre Dame Law Review Reflection

The NCAA is in the midst of an era that will define the future of collegiate athletics and determine how young people participate in sports for the foreseeable future. This Essay ultimately concludes that both the NCAA and its athletes would benefit from a system that allows for the exploitation of athletes' name, image, or likeness (NIL) rights while preserving the core educational and nonprofessional nature of college sports as a product. Currently the NCAA requires its athletes to maintain a very broadly defined amateur status to remain eligible for competition. The current amateurism definition states that athletes must forego …

The Ncaa's Transfer Conundrum, Christopher J. Gerace

Notre Dame Law Review

This Note articulates a normative framework for analyzing NCAA transfer rules, arguing that a balance must be struck between fairness for student-athletes and appropriate restrictions on transfer rules so as to prevent full-on free agency in collegiate athletics. The Note additionally argues that institutional autonomy over academics is a factor the NCAA must consider along with fairness and prevention of free agency. This Note will not wade into the complicated waters of potential antitrust issues with the NCAA, nor discuss the controversial calls for pay-for-play or unionization for student-athletes—instead, this Note will simply take for granted that it is desirable …

The Case Of The Shropshire Piano Treasure, Geoffrey Bennett

Journal Articles

In the more than twenty years since the Treasure Act 1996 (UK) c 24 came into force, there have been many dramatic discoveries of treasure.' The media frequently reports the results of remarkable finds usually made by metal detectorists in fields and open spaces. A unique, not to say bizarre, example, however, is the discovery of a cache of gold coins found concealed in a piano in Shropshire in 2016.2 It makes the point that the old law of treasure trove still has a twilight existence in circumstances that are prone to recur.

2001 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2000 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2002 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2003 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2006 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2004 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2007 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2009 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2005 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2008 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2015 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2011 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2017 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2012 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2010 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2018 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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Brief Of Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Law Professors, Mark Mckenna, Rebecca Tushnet, Yvette Joy Liebesman, John A. Conway

Court Briefs

Untethered to a sufficient public policy interest, right of publicity claims have exploded nationwide. Plaintiffs have asserted claims against inspirational plaques featuring civil rights icons, Rosa and Raymond Parks Inst. for Self Dev. v. Target Corp., 812 F.3d 824 (11th Cir. 2016),artwork commemorating significant events, Moore v. Weinstein Co., LLC, 545 Fed. App’x. 405 , 407 (6th Cir. 2013); ETW Corp. v. Jireh Publ’g, Inc., 332 F.3d 915 (6th Cir. 2003), Wikipedia edits that truthfully connected an astronaut with the watch he wore on his Moon walk, Scott v. Citizen Watch Co. of Am., Inc., 17-CV-00436-NC, 2018 WL 1626773 (N.D. …

Mets Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

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New York Mets Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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Astros Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

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Blue Jays Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

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Athletics Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

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Cubs Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

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