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Business Proposal Of Online Copyright Protection Platform For Digital Assets, Zehui Feng

MA Projects

Copyright protection is crucial for digital art assets as they are easily replicable and distributable in the digital realm. Without proper protection, artists and creators face the risk of unauthorized use, infringement, and loss of control over their work. Copyright protection ensures that artists receive recognition for their creations, have the ability to monetize their work, and maintain control over its usage. The proposed copyright protection platform aims to provide a comprehensive solution for safeguarding digital art assets. Drawing inspiration from successful platforms like Digimarc, Getty Images, and Copyscape, our platform will incorporate advanced technologies such as digital watermarking, extensive …

Opening India To International Competition In Government Procurement Markets: Cepa With Uae A Breakthrough?, Jędrzej Górski, Kanishka Bhukya

National Law School of India Review

The India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (‘CEPA’) is a landmark in India’s public procurement policy, introducing substantial liberalisation commitments for the first time. Historically insulated from international procurement obligations, India’s previous agreements, such as with Japan, were limited in scope. The CEPA, concluded in 2022, includes Chapter 10, which mandates significant procurement reforms. This article assesses whether the CEPA signifies a transformative change or a minor adjustment. Part II explores the global framework for public procurement under International Economic Law (‘IEL’) and Global Administrative Law (‘GAL’), focusing on the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (‘GPA’) standards. It details GPA’s non-discrimination and …

Universal Civil Jurisdiction And International Law: A Response To B.S. Chimni, Chimène Keitner

National Law School of India Review

The exercise of various forms of jurisdiction, and the delineation of a political entity’s jurisdictional reach over persons, places, and conduct, can sharpen and entrench inequities within and between states. One can thus aptly characterize certain exercises of jurisdiction, and particularly certain forms of extraterritorial jurisdiction, as assertions of imperial and/or hegemonic power. Importantly, however, jurisdiction can also be invoked to redress certain power inequities by providing access to judicial remedies for conduct that has evaded other forms of regulatory control. In addition, while certain assertions of extraterritorial prescriptive jurisdiction can represent overreaching by powerful states, the practice of disclaiming …

Colonialism, Jurisdiction, And Sovereignty In Palestine, Usha Natarajan

National Law School of India Review

Knowledge production is never neutral, and academia – much like international laws and institutions among other social structures – is a key conduit for the efficient operations of power. Israel’s longstanding occupation and settler colonialism in Palestine challenges mainstream accounts of the international laws of jurisdiction, whereas Chimni’s TWAIL analysis better accounts for and predicts the imperial operations of such laws and points to fruitful evolution towards fairness and justice.10 I elaborate by considering firstly the exercise of jurisdiction during occupation and settler colonialism, and secondly the exercise of universal jurisdiction by states. I conclude with some thoughts on jurisdiction …

Third World Statehood Before The ‘Third World’: Imperialism, Sovereignty, And The Making Of Latin America, Eric Loefflad

National Law School of India Review

Engaging BS Chimni’s claim that the genealogies of colonial capitalism are vital to uncovering the substantive realities that animate formalistic conceptions of jurisdiction, I argue that the independence of Latin America forms an important, yet under- theorised, site for articulating these genealogies. This is especially significant given the general lack of materialist analysis of this history in both Latin American International Law (LAIL) and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL’). Filling this lacuna, I argue that while Latin American polities emerged as bounded territorial states, their recognition as such must be understood in relation to how Europe and the …

Teaching Transaction Planning And Project Management, Michelle Sonu

Transactions: The Tennessee Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.

Gender In The Making Of The Constitution: Proposals For A Feminist Inquiry Into Indian Constitutional History, Achyut Chetan

National Law School Journal

A feminist inquiry into the framing of the Indian Constitution must retrieve and see the interventions of the women members of the Constituent Assembly for what they historically represent, namely, a feminist authorial voice that was developed over a period of time by the pre-Independence women’s movement in India. For a proper understanding of this voice, we must understand the gendered character of the Constituent Assembly, its architecture, its procedures, the dynamics of the gendered relations among its members, and above all, the performative aspects of the debates. This inquiry must also investigate the language employed by the members and …

Ghost-Hunting In Al And The Law, Meghan J. Ryan

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Generative AI is booming. This technology offers amazing opportunities for growth in various business sectors and creates the opportunity for swift progress on medical innovations, climate change, world hunger, and innumerable other areas. AI also poses a number of challenges, though, such as replacing human workers and exacerbating pernicious biases. Another major concern about generative AI is singularity-the idea that this technology could surpass human intelligence and subjugate us or render us extinct. Although some commentators discount this possibility, the fact that AI experts such as Geoffrey Hinton, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk share the singularity concern should at least …

Identifying Youth Appeals In Alcohol Alternative Social Media Content Through Framing, Melina Oneal

West Chester University Master’s Theses

Proposed regulations for alcohol advertising prevent beverage companies from targeting people under the legal drinking age. However, similar regulations for alcohol alternative beverages are less explored, which could allow alcohol alternative products to create awareness for alcoholic beverages among youth. Alcohol alternatives beverages, including no-alcohol and low-alcohol products, are increasing in popularity and can function as compliments to alcoholic products to decrease the total alcohol volume consumed or as substitutes for alcoholic products. Framing theory can be operationalized through the Content Appealing to Youth Index, an index of content elements found in research literature to be appealing to youth, to …

The Jack Daniel’S Dialogues, Michael Grynberg

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC threatened to upend the balance between trademark rights and expressive freedom. While not going as far as it might have, the opinion limits the ability of defendants to resist trademark claims that target artistic or noncommercial speech.

As important as this result is, we should not overlook a fundamental preliminary question. How could a dog chew toy that mocks Jack Daniel’s whiskey be the basis of a viable trademark infringement claim? Answering that question requires discussing deep issues within modern trademark law.

These antecedent questions were not directly before the Court, but …

Corporate Governance And Risk-Taking: A Statistical Approach, Steven L. Schwarcz

The University of Chicago Business Law Review

Because prudent corporate governance often requires managers to take risks based on statistically expected outcomes, corporate failures that have a small but finite chance of occurring cannot always be prevented. This Article makes three related claims about risk-taking in corporate governance.

This Article’s first claim is that managers should not automatically be presumed to be at fault for corporate failures that result from risk-taking decisions based on statistical methodologies that reasonably justify the decisions ex ante. Conceptually, the business judgment rule should protect corporate managers for engaging in a reasonable decision-making process, including one that is statistically based. Jurisdictionally, however, …

The Ascertainable Standards That Define The Boundaries Of The Sec’S Rulemaking Authority, Bernard S. Sharfman

The University of Chicago Business Law Review

On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, the “major questions” doctrine quickly came to be perceived as a significant impediment to the finalization of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule on climate-related disclosures.

This Article presents a new argument against finalization, an argument that does not require the application of the major questions doctrine. This argument finds its authority in the policy objectives and the one policy constraint found in the statutes that underlie the proposed rule. These policy standards, referred to as ascertainable standards in the Article, not only …

The Model Public-Health Emergency Authority Act, Robert Gatter

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

The Uniform Law Commission recently approved the Model Public-Health Emergency Authority Act (MPHEAA or the Act or the Model Act). The MPHEAA grants governors specific and plenary powers to issue public health emergency orders while also ensuring executive branch transparency and accountability. The Act improves public health emergency preparedness by resecuring the legal foundation for states to respond effectively to future emergencies. However, more work is needed to enhance data collection and support vulnerable populations in emergencies.

This Article discusses the origins of the MPHEAA, key policy and drafting choices the Drafting Committee made in creating the MPHEAA, and the …

Desegregating Behavioral Health Care For Medicaid Youth, Caroline M. Marsh, Valarie K. Blake

Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy

The Supreme Court held in Olmstead v. L.C. ex rel. Zimring, 527 U.S. 581, 581 (1999) that it is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for states to rely on institutionalized care when home and community-based care is more appropriate. Yet, over a quarter of a century later, states persist in institutionalizing youth experiencing behavioral health disabilities. This article explores Olmstead’s impact thus far on deinstitutionalization of youth behavioral health care, and the limits of Olmstead as a vehicle for lasting change. We argue that, although recent enforcement actions reflect critical change, Olmstead enforcements alone cannot succeed …

ข้อพิจารณาการคุ้มครองข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลในราชกิจจานุเบกษา : หลักการประมวลผลข้อมูลเท่าที่จำเป็น เปรียบเทียบกับสหราชอาณาจักรและนิวซีแลนด์, ศุกลภัทร โพธิ์ทอง

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การนำเรื่องไปประกาศในราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทยเป็นมาตรการการเปิดเผยข้อมูลข่าวสารของทางราชการเพื่อให้ประชาชนได้รับทราบในเรื่องสำคัญที่อาจมีผลกระทบต่อสิทธิและเสรีภาพ ตลอดจนความเป็นอยู่ของประชาชน โดยเรื่องที่จะลงประกาศในราชกิจจานุเบกษาสามารถจำแนกออกเป็น 4 ประเภท คือ ประเภท ก ฉบับกฤษฎีกา ประเภท ข ฉบับทะเบียนฐานันดร ประเภท ค ฉบับทะเบียนการค้า และประเภท ง ฉบับประกาศและงานทั่วไป แต่ทั้งนี้ เรื่องที่ลงประกาศในราชกิจจานุเบกษาดังกล่าวมีการเปิดเผยข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลไว้ด้วย จึงมีประเด็นปัญหาว่า การเปิดเผยข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลดังกล่าวเป็นไปตามหลักการประมวลผลข้อมูลเท่าที่จำเป็นตามกฎหมายคุ้มครองข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลหรือไม่ วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้จึงศึกษาเกี่ยวกับกิจกรรมที่มีการประกาศข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลและรายการข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลในราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทยแต่ละประเภท โดยเปรียบเทียบกับกิจกรรมที่มีการประกาศใน United Kingdom Gazette และ New Zealand Gazette ซึ่งสามารถสรุปผลการศึกษาใน 2 ประเด็นดังนี้ (1) ประเด็นเรื่องกิจกรรมที่มีการประกาศข้อมูลส่วนบุคคล โดยราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทยทั้ง 4 ประเภท มีการประกาศกิจกรรมที่มีการประกาศข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลมากกว่า United Kingdom Gazette และ New Zealand Gazette แต่ไม่ได้มีจำนวนมากกว่าอย่างที่มีนัยสำคัญ และ (2) ประเด็นเรื่องรายการข้อมูลส่วนบุคคล โดย (ก) ราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทย ประเภท ก เปิดเผยรายการข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลมากกว่า United Kingdom Gazette และ New Zealand Gazette ซึ่งโดยส่วนใหญ่เปิดเผยเหมาะสมกับกิจกรรมที่ประกาศแล้ว แต่กิจกรรมประกาศรายชื่อผู้สมัครรับเลือกตั้งอาจเป็นการเปิดเผยมากเกินความจำเป็น (ข) ราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทย ประเภท ข ไม่ได้เปิดเผยรายการข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลน้อยกว่า United Kingdom Gazette และ New Zealand Gazette ซึ่งโดยส่วนใหญ่เปิดเผยเหมาะสมกับกิจกรรมที่ประกาศแล้ว แต่กิจกรรมในกลุ่มงานสถาปนาและถอดถอนอาจเป็นการเปิดเผยมากเกินความจำเป็น (ค) ราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทย ประเภท ค ไม่ได้เปิดเผยรายการข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลน้อยกว่า United Kingdom Gazette และ New Zealand Gazette และเปิดเผยเหมาะสมกับกิจกรรมที่ประกาศแล้ว และ (ง) ราชกิจจานุเบกษาประเทศไทย ประเภท ง เปิดเผยรายการข้อมูลส่วนบุคคลมากกว่า United …

Ai Voice Enters The Copyright Regime: Proposal Of A Three-Part Framework, Prachi Patel

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

We are told that our voice is one of the most powerful tools we have. However, is it just as powerful if it can be replicated? Artificial intelligence has developed to the point where it can create an exact clone of a person’s voice. While there have been many advancements in this field, there are few laws that address artificial intelligence and its use. Artificial intelligence has been used to create artificial voices of well-known figures, both deceased and alive, some without their consent. This creates a need to balance the incentivization of technological development and the protection of an …

Ductus Exemplo: A Model Municipal Executive Order On Food Waste Reduction, Linda Breggin, Darby Hoover, Jessica Sugarman

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

Managing Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals In Healthcare: A Perplexing Prescription, Garrison Rosser

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

A Space Age Stuck In The Past: Should Cold War Treaties Dictate Modern Space Law?, Justin Potter

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

Pollution Discrimination: The Epa’S Utilization Of Title Vi Of The Civil Rights Act To Bring Justice To Overburdened African American Communities, Lindsay Bates

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

Speaking For The States: A Response To The Proposal Of Subnational Forest Federalization, Joseph White

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

No abstract provided.

The Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule And Why It Deserves Chevron Deference, Joseph Retzer

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This Article reviews the history of CWA Section 401 and finds that it supports affording EPA’s newest interpretive rule Chevron deference. The CWA Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule serves as an important case study of the doctrine which faces mounting criticisms and two cases challenging its legality in the Supreme Court at the time of this publication. Although its application delegates lawmaking authority to unelected officials who change policies with the tides of each election, this delegation has been necessary in many areas of the law due to Congress’s failure to act in recent years. Instead of simply …

Second-Tier Marriages, Jeremiah A. Ho

Saint Louis University Law Journal

This Essay interrogates the reasoning behind the retrenchment toward LGBTQ rights progress that has taken place since marriage equality. With marriage rights for same-sex couples now “on the books,” the Supreme Court’s treatment of same-sex couples in both Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm’n and 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis reveals the status quo’s hesitancy to recognize same-sex relationships on equal footing. Retrenchment, however, only describes the moment itself; it alludes to but offers no comprehensive or satisfying theory that identifies the motives behind the moves. This Essay theorizes from within the context of the Supreme Court’s LGBTQ …

The Trial Of The Jurors - A Commentary On 12 Angry Men, Jonathan Van Patten

Faculty Publications

The movie, 12 Angry Men, is a fictionalized portrayal of a deliberation in a murder case from inside the jury room.  It provides a memorable treatment of the difficulty of deciding a case solely on the evidence admitted, as well as illuminating the dynamics of argument, emotion, and persuasion, particularly where deep-seated passions preclude honest evaluation of the evidence.

Consumer Impacts Of California's Climate Agenda: Vehicle Electrification Agreements May Violate Antitrust Law, Jessica D. Quinn

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Line: Ai And The Future Of Personhood, James Boyle

Faculty Books

The line that distinguishes people from animals, systems, and things is getting harder to draw. For all the concern about AI and genetic engineering, there has been surprisingly little discussion of the possible personhood of the new entities this century will bring us: what about their claims to be inside the line, to be "us" -- not machines or animals but persons -- deserving all the moral and legal respect that any other person has by virtue of their status?

Volume 50, Issue I - Full Combined Issue

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.

Biogen Int’L V. Banner Life Scis. Llc: Exploring The Other Possibility That Could Have Resulted, Priyal Patel

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Refounding Copyright In The Right To Dialogue. Consequences For Chatgpt And Other Artificial Intelligence Services, Juan Carlos Riofrio

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

The Need For Corporate Guardrails In U.S. Industrial Policy, Lenore Palladino

Seattle University Law Review

U.S. politicians are actively “marketcrafting”: the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act collectively mark a new moment of robust industrial policy. However, these policies are necessarily layered on top of decades of shareholder primacy in corporate governance, in which corporate and financial leaders have prioritized using corporate profits to increase the wealth of shareholders. The Administration and Congress have an opportunity to use industrial policy to encourage a broader reorientation of U.S. businesses away from extractive shareholder primacy and toward innovation and productivity. This Article examines discrete opportunities within the …