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Sample-Based Hip-Hop Music And Fair Use Laws In The Age Of Streaming Services, Michael Vanbuhler Apr 2020

Sample-Based Hip-Hop Music And Fair Use Laws In The Age Of Streaming Services, Michael Vanbuhler

Senior Theses

This thesis takes an in depth look at the history and processes behind creating sample-based music. Sampling was popularized during the beginnings of hip-hop music and now a wide variety of genres use samples or techniques created by sample-based music. Early hip-hop beats took samples of drum breaks or a portion of a track from another artist or band. As hip-hop grew in the late 80s and early 90s, the use of samples became a question of intellectual property rights and if it was acceptable to sample someone’s copyrighted work. Lawsuits in the early 90’s helped to create new caselaw …


A Comparative Study Of Trademarks: Usmca (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) And Nafta (North American Free Trade Agreement), Roberto Rosas Apr 2020

A Comparative Study Of Trademarks: Usmca (U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement) And Nafta (North American Free Trade Agreement), Roberto Rosas

Faculty Articles

The definition of a trademark has expanded under the U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement ("USMCA "'), which provides more protection for rights holders. Currently, these three countries are bound by the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"'), which has a narrow definition for trademarks. The North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"'), which came into effect on January 1, 1994, was a significant agreement between some of the largest, strongest, and well-developed economies in the world: United States and Canada. It also helped to invigorate Mexico's future economic development. NAFTA's broad purpose was to regulate the exchange of capital, goods, and services across …


Rejection Hurts: Trademark Licenses And The Bankruptcy Code, Amanda E. James Apr 2020

Rejection Hurts: Trademark Licenses And The Bankruptcy Code, Amanda E. James

Vanderbilt Law Review

Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code empowers debtors to reject burdensome executory contracts. From 1988 until May 2019, the effect of such a rejection on trademark licenses was unclear. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC settled the matter definitively: all rejections under § 365(g) operate exactly as a breach would outside the bankruptcy context. As such, if the trademark license would allow the licensee to continue using the mark after a breach, the licensee may continue to use the mark after a rejection. While this decision comports with the language of the Code …


Patenting New Uses For Old Inventions, Sean B. Seymore Apr 2020

Patenting New Uses For Old Inventions, Sean B. Seymore

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

A bedrock principle of patent law is that old inventions cannot be patented. And a new use for an old invention does not render the old invention patentable. This is because patent law requires novelty--an invention must be new. But while a new use for an old invention does not make the old invention patentable, the new use itself might be patentable. In fact, new-use patents comprise a significant part of the patent landscape-particularly in pharmaceuticals, when drug companies obtain new-use patents to repurpose old drugs. This trend has fueled debates over follow-on innovation and patent quality. But there is …


Pseudo-Gambling And Whaling: How Loot Boxes Pray On Vulnerable Populations And How To Curtail Future Predatory Behavior, Alexander Mann Apr 2020

Pseudo-Gambling And Whaling: How Loot Boxes Pray On Vulnerable Populations And How To Curtail Future Predatory Behavior, Alexander Mann

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

The video game industry has blossomed from a niche hobby into a mainstream cultural industry, outpacing global box office sales in annual revenue. Yet the price of a video game has barely increased since the industry’s inception, and the current standard price point of sixty dollars has survived for over a decade. Competitive market forces drive companies to invest ever more time and money into creating increasingly complex software in order to remain on the cutting edge of graphics and design, while simultaneously increasing revenue. Thus, video game developers and publishers have developed a multitude of alternative money- making services …


The International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council’S 3rd Annual U.S. Conference: The State Of Innovation In The Union, Neel U. Sukhatme, Paul R. Zielinski, G. Nagesh Rao, Pj Bellomo, Matthew Byers, Meghan Gaffney Buck, Everardo Ruiz Apr 2020

The International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council’S 3rd Annual U.S. Conference: The State Of Innovation In The Union, Neel U. Sukhatme, Paul R. Zielinski, G. Nagesh Rao, Pj Bellomo, Matthew Byers, Meghan Gaffney Buck, Everardo Ruiz

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council (“IIPCC”) presented its third annual policy conference at the United States Capitol on May 6, 2019. The conference’s theme explored the question of “what is the state of innovation in the United States?” Panelists included The Honorable Andrei Iancu – Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Dr. Carl J. Schramm – University Professor, Syracuse University and Former President of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Mr. Patrick Kilbride – Senior Vice President of the Global Innovation Policy Center (“GIPC”) at the U.S. Chamber of …


(Trade)Mark America Great Again: Should Political Slogans Be Able To Receive Trademark Protection?, Katherine Kerrick Mar 2020

(Trade)Mark America Great Again: Should Political Slogans Be Able To Receive Trademark Protection?, Katherine Kerrick

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

In late 2016, Donald Trump was granted trademark protection for his presidential campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” This registration is one of few—if not the only—political slogans registered as a trademark with the USPTO. Four years later, and four years after the completion of the presidential campaign which effectuated the slogan, the MAGA registration is still live and President Trump and his campaign committee continue to sell merchandise featuring the slogan prominently. However, looking at the applications and the evidence presented therein, it is not clear that the MAGA slogan constitutes a phrase worthy of trademark protection. This Note …


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King Mar 2020

State Preemption And Single Use Plastics: Is National Intervention Necessary?, Ethan D. King

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess Mar 2020

The Right To Legally Sourced Lumber? How The Effective Enforcement Of The Lacey Act Is A U.S. Human Rights Obligation And Critical To Preventing Abuse In The Illegal Logging Industry, Melanie Hess

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret Mar 2020

An Ace Up Their Sleeve Or A House Of Cards: Can The Epa's Affordable Clean Energy Rule Withstand Chevron Deference?, Shannon Zaret

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman Mar 2020

Lake Erie Bill Of Rights Gets The Ax: Is Legal Personhood For Nature Dead In The Water?, Devon Alexandra Berman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer Mar 2020

The Use Of The Regular Militaries For Natural Disaster Assistance: Climate Change And The Increasing Need For Changes To The Laws In The United States, China, Japan, The Philippines, And Other Countries, Donald D.A. Schaefer

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Brianna Delduca, Hannah Gardenswartz

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri Mar 2020

How Syria's Failure To Uphold The Kyoto Protocol And Paris Agreement Exacerbated The Effects Of Climate Change In The Levant, Nivea A. Ohri

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez Mar 2020

Continuing A Broad Application Of Section 9 Of The Esa To Prevent Future Mass Extinctions, Alicia Martinez

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie Mar 2020

Does Importing Endangered Species' Body Parts Help Conservation? Discretion To Import Trophies Under The Trump Administration, Brianna Marie

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ferc Ruling Undermines Energy Federalism And Arbitrarily Targets Mid-Atlantic Region Renewables, Philip Killeen Mar 2020

Ferc Ruling Undermines Energy Federalism And Arbitrarily Targets Mid-Atlantic Region Renewables, Philip Killeen

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Jam V. Ifc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Nicholas Johnson Mar 2020

Jam V. Ifc: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?, Nicholas Johnson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Can The Expansion Of 45q Effectively Spur Investment In Carbon Capture?, Shannon Zaret Mar 2020

Can The Expansion Of 45q Effectively Spur Investment In Carbon Capture?, Shannon Zaret

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


No Take Backs: Presidential Authority And Public Land Withdrawls, Christian Termyn Mar 2020

No Take Backs: Presidential Authority And Public Land Withdrawls, Christian Termyn

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Mar 2020

End Notes, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Ban On Plastic Microbeads: Too Narrow, Or Just Narrow Enough?, Liz Michalowska Mar 2020

Ban On Plastic Microbeads: Too Narrow, Or Just Narrow Enough?, Liz Michalowska

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Real Property Sublessors Escape Cercla Owner Liability In The Second Circuit, Alison Shlom Mar 2020

Real Property Sublessors Escape Cercla Owner Liability In The Second Circuit, Alison Shlom

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Data Accuracy Of Air Pollutants Under The Clean Air Act, Lauren Palley Mar 2020

Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Data Accuracy Of Air Pollutants Under The Clean Air Act, Lauren Palley

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Can Courts Stop Citizens From Prosecuting Criminal Cases Under The Clean Water Act?, Hannah Gardenswartz Mar 2020

Can Courts Stop Citizens From Prosecuting Criminal Cases Under The Clean Water Act?, Hannah Gardenswartz

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


A Pattern Of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided By Justice Kavanaugh, William J. Snape Iii Mar 2020

A Pattern Of Ruling Against Mother Nature: Wildlife Species Cases Decided By Justice Kavanaugh, William J. Snape Iii

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt Mar 2020

Editor's Note, Nicole Waxman, Elizabeth Platt

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.