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Floors And Ceilings In International Copyright Treaties: Berne/Trips/Wct Minima And Maxima, Jane C. Ginsburg

Faculty Scholarship

This paper addresses “floors” – minimum substantive international protections, and “ceilings” – maximum substantive international protections, set out in the Berne Convention and subsequent multilateral copyright accords. While much scholarship has addressed Berne minima, the “maxima” have generally received less attention. This Comment first describes the general structure of the Berne Convention, TRIPS and WCT regarding these contours, and then analyzes their application to the recent “press publishers’ right” promulgated in the 2019 EU Digital Single Market Directive. Within the universe of multilateral copyright obligations, the Berne maxima (prohibition of protection for facts and news of the day), buttressed by …

Russia, Ukraine, And The Future World Order, Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk, Monica Hakimi

Faculty Scholarship

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, initiated on February 24, 2022, is among the most — if not the most — significant shocks to the global order since World War II. This piece assesses the stakes of the invasion for the core principles that lie at the heart of contemporary international law and the world order that it has helped to create. We argue, relying in part on the other contributions to the October 2022 agora on Ukraine in the American Journal of International Law, that however this war ends, it will reshape, in ways large and small, the world we …

Proving Copying, Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Peter S. Menell

Faculty Scholarship

Proof that a defendant actually copied from a copyrighted work is a critical part of a claim for copyright infringement. Indeed, absent such copying, there is no infringement. The most common method of proving copying involves the use of circumstantial evidence, consisting of proof that a defendant had “access” to the protected work, and a showing of “similarities” between the copy and the protected work. In inferring copying from the combination of such evidence, courts have for many decades developed a framework known as the “inverse ratio rule,” which allows them to modulate the level of proof needed on access …

International Bureaucracies: Extraterritorial Reach Of The European Commission’S Legal Expertise, Anu Bradford

Faculty Scholarship

The EU exercises significant influence over global regulatory standards, whether as a result of its ability to unilaterally export its rules to foreign markets via market mechanisms – a phenomenon that I have elsewhere described as ‘the Brussels Effect’ – or by entrenching them globally through bilateral or multilateral negotiations. In all cases, the legal expertise of the Commission is central. It either pro-actively supplies its expertise to their foreign counterparts or responds to the demand to offer technical expertise to create a rule-based order that closely imitates the regulatory state in Europe. Companies also resort to the Commission as …

Copyright, Creativity, Big Media And Cultural Value: Incorporating The Author, Jane C. Ginsburg

Faculty Scholarship

Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value is a wide-ranging work of immense erudition and archival research, combining several historical studies of the ‘incorporation’ of the author in different sectors of the ‘creative industries’. The book’s subtitle, ‘Incorporating the Author’, astutely encompasses multiple meanings, whose implications the book works through. These include the author as an initiating participant in a larger economic structure (Chapter 3 (print publishing)). But also, the author as a bit player enveloped by a larger economic structure (Chapter 5 (film industry)). And the author (or performer) as an autonomous object of economic value (Chapters …

Courts In Conversation, Thomas P. Schmidt

Faculty Scholarship

Ralph Waldo Emerson once suggested that we read not for instruction but for provocation. By that standard, in The Words That Made Us, Akhil Reed Amar has written a characteristically great book. This is not to deny that there is abundant instruction in its many pages: Amar offers a synoptic and yet still nuanced description of the great constitutional conversation that engulfed American political life in the eighty or so years around the founding. One of the chief values of the book, though, is that it will provoke a whole new set of additions to the constitutional conversation that …

The Game Of Teaching Resource Allocation, Ryan Samuel Sale

International Business and Entrepreneurship Faculty Publications

In response to the increased prevalence of remote learning, and exhortation that educators adopt more experiential pedagogy, a methodology is presented to use a free, commercially available game to teach a variety of resource allocation problems in various disciplines. The use of games to provide experiential learning has been shown to increase student enjoyment and mastery of learning outcomes. The technique is appropriate for students at different levels from secondary school through graduate-level university instruction. The lack of cost to the student or university coupled with the ease of adaptability of the game makes the technique widely available to all …

An Analysis Of Anatomy Education Before And During Covid-19: August-December 2020, Stefanie M. Attardi, Derek J. Harmon, Malli Barremkala, Danielle C. Bentley, Kirsten M. Brown, Jennifer F. Dennis, Haviva M. Goldman, Kelly M. Harrell, Barbie A. Klein, Christopher J. Ramnanan, Gary J. Farkas

Faculty and Staff Publications

Coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) disrupted the in-person teaching format of anatomy. To study changes in gross anatomy education that occurred during August-December, 2020 compared to before the pandemic, an online survey was distributed to anatomy educators. The 191 responses received were analyzed in total and by academic program, geographic region, and institution type. Cadaver use decreased overall (before: 74.1 ± 34.1%, during: 50.3 ± 43.0%, P < 0.0001), as well as across allopathic and osteopathic medicine, therapy, undergraduate, and veterinary programs (P < 0.05), but remained unchanged for other programs (P > 0.05). Cadaver use decreased internationally and in the US (P < 0.0001), at public and private (P < 0.0001) institutions, and among allopathic medical programs in Northeastern, Central, and Southern (P < 0.05), but not Western, US geographical regions. Laboratories during Covid-19 were delivered through synchronous (59%), asynchronous (4%), or mixed (37%) formats (P < 0.0001) and utilized digital resources (47%), dissection (32%), and/or prosection (21%) (P < 0.0001). The practical laboratory examination persisted during Covid-19 (P = 0.419); however, the setting and materials shifted to computer-based (P < 0.0001) and image-based (P < 0.0001), respectively. In-person lecture decreased during Covid-19 (before: 88%, during: 24%, P = 0.003). When anatomy digital resources were categorized, dissection media, interactive software, and open-access content increased (P ≤ 0.008), with specific increases in BlueLink, Acland's Videos, and Complete Anatomy (P < 0.05). This study provided evidence of how gross anatomy educators continued to adapt their courses past the early stages of the pandemic.

Telemedicine And The Cloud Computing: A Path To The Future, Abdul Samad Qurashi Mohammed

All Capstone Projects

The medical industry is quickly adapting to keep up with the rapid improvements in technology. The use of the technical developments that had been made in this area resulted in the conception of " telemedicine”. Methods that were previously imprecise, time-consuming, and riddled with errors are being phased out in favor of more efficient ones that make use of the internet. These methods make it possible to access data in real time while maintaining a high level of authentication. The concept revolves on the use of cloud computing and the broadcasting of media in real time. The data is uploaded …

Rent-A-Car, Mohammed Mateen Khan

All Capstone Projects

The Rent-a-Car application will improve the efficiency of the web-based Rental Car business. A renter can reserve a car from anywhere in the world. Renters from all around the world will be able to book cars through our website. The owner enters their vehicle information, which is shown on the main page. A renter who has registered on the website has the option of reserving the car they require. The renter pays the owner for the car rental and can reserve it whenever they want. The money will be deposited into the car owner's account. The vehicle's condition and details …

Data Leaks Detection Mechanism For Small Businesses, Hannan Mohammed Abdul

All Capstone Projects

The protection of sensitive customer information is a vital responsibility for companies of all sizes. In modern times, there is a significant need for not only protecting the data that is being shared but also gaining knowledge of its leakage points and the circumstances under which it is compromised. After locating the location where data is being lost, it is necessary to identify the person responsible for the breach. When it comes to protecting a company from suffering significant financial damage because of data leakage throughout the course of normal business operations, it is very essential to have a solid …

Rent-A-Car, Faheemuddin Mohammed

All Capstone Projects

The Rent-a-Car application will improve the efficiency of the web-based Rental Car business. A renter can reserve a car from anywhere in the world. Renters from all around the world will be able to book cars through our website. The owner enters their vehicle information, which is shown on the main page. A renter who has registered on the website has the option of reserving the car they require. The renter pays the owner for the car rental and can reserve it whenever they want. The money will be deposited into the car owner's account. The vehicle's condition and details …

Management System For A Restaurant, Prudveer Karne

All Capstone Projects

The Management System for a Restaurant is a web-based application. The main aim is to provide better communication between customers and restaurants. By using this application, the user can order from any location. This application will reduce all the manual processes. So, users can view the restaurant menu from nearby locations, and can place an order and view the status of the order like cooking/packed/delivered. There are three main actors in this application: Admin, Restaurant manager and User. The admin will create all menus with their corresponding price lists. Also, the admin will be able to view statistical reports for …

Rent-A-Car, Irfan Mohammad Masood Ali

All Capstone Projects

The Rent-a-Car application will improve the efficiency of the web-based Rental Car business. A renter can reserve a car from anywhere in the world. Renters from all around the world will be able to book cars through our website. The owner enters their vehicle information, which is shown on the main page. A renter who has registered on the website has the option of reserving the car they require. The renter pays the owner for the car rental and can reserve it whenever they want. The money will be deposited into the car owner's account. The vehicle's condition and details …

Management System For A Restaurant, Srikar Macha

All Capstone Projects

The Management System for a Restaurant is a web application that allows customers to make online orders by choosing their favorite food items from the restaurant's menu. This website's user-friendly layout organizes a variety of food items. Customers can order food courses and items online and pick them up at a nearby location. This web application consists of a database that stores information about customers, the food menu, and inventory. This application provides a feasible way to order inventory for owners. The motive for designing this web application is to encourage the cloud kitchen concept. Nowadays, due to COVID, most …

Management System For An Apartment, Srihari Mondem

All Capstone Projects

We all know that the population is growing daily, and the existing resources are not satisfying the population's needs. If we consider a city where in finding a home for rent, knowing the amenities of the house, rent of the house, location of the house is difficult. In the current system, finding a house for rent is difficult for a tenant, but managing the home by the owner is also a complicated issue. Keeping in mind about the issues of the tenant and owner, a new application is developed which is known as Management system for Apartment.
This application will …

Management System For An Apartment, Sai Mohan Manukonda

All Capstone Projects

We all know that the population is growing daily, and the existing resources are not satisfying the population's needs. If we consider a city where in finding a home for rent, knowing the amenities of the house, rent of the house, location of the house is difficult. In the current system, finding a house for rent is difficult for a tenant, but managing the home by the owner is also a complicated issue. Keeping in mind about the issues of the tenant and owner, a new application is developed which is known as Management system for Apartment.
This application will …

Management System For A Restaurant, Naga Nikhila Vallabhaneni

All Capstone Projects

The Management System for a Restaurant is a web-based application. The main aim is to provide better communication between customers and restaurants. By using this application, the user can order from any location. This application will reduce all the manual processes. So, users can view the restaurant menu from nearby locations, and can place an order and view the status of the order like cooking/packed/delivered.

There are three main actors in this application: Admin, Restaurant manager and User. The admin will create all menus with their corresponding price lists. Also, the admin will be able to view statistical reports for …

Registration (Management) System For An Academic Conference, Sravya Lingala

All Capstone Projects

In every college or university, people will conduct different academic conferences so that students will know what is going on in the world related to the latest technological updates. The conference information should be distributed globally to reach a larger number of people. For many people, physical communication is insufficient, and it won't help people clear their doubts. We propose an online registration management system for the conduct of academic conferences in any college or university to overcome all of the limitations of a physical system in conducting the conference.

This new web application will reach every nook and cranny …

Registration (Management) System For An Academic Conference, Manikanta Borra

All Capstone Projects

In every college or university, people will conduct different academic conferences so that students will know what is going on in the world related to the latest technological updates. The conference information should be distributed globally in order to reach a larger number of people. For reaching many people, physical communication is not sufficient, and it won't help the people to clear their doubts. We propose an online registration management system for the conduct of academic conferences in any college or university to overcome all of the limitations of a physical system in conducting the conference.

This is a new …

Career Engine, Aishwarya Lankoti

All Capstone Projects

Career Engine is a website where people can search for jobs, apply for one or multiple positions, or review a company as a current or past employee. A recruiter, who represents a company, can post openings on the website, contact applicants, or conduct interviews. Job postings on this website are free to be searched or browsed by anyone visiting the site. However, if one needs to apply for a job, this user needs to register with or log in to the website. All recruiters also need accounts to post job openings.

By using this website, companies or recruiters can also …

Career Engine [Jobesy], Tejaswini Kapa

All Capstone Projects

The "Career Engine" software is focused with job posting and registration. We may also use this application to look for employment openings in a certain location, and the name of the firm will be presented. Timings and other details are also available online. It will assist you in applying for a better job than the one you now have. Position seekers may select and register for positions that interest them, and the information received from the recruiter providing the job will be shown on the job details site. We chose the MERN stack to develop our "JobEsy" career engine website, …

Registration Management System For Online Learning, Vishal Reddy Shyamala

All Capstone Projects

As there are so many changes occurring in the current education system. If we see the last 2 years, most of the student community faced a lot of issues in attending classes. To overcome all those issues, all the educational organizations transformed their current manual teaching-learning system into an online learning system. Sudden transformation to an E-Learning system is creating issues like managing the students, schedules, communication, and other information. Keeping all this in mind, we want to manage all the student and teacher data with the help of automating the current manual system.

To learn the courses online, educational …

Management System For An Apartment, Yashwanth Setty

All Capstone Projects

One of the fundamental aspects of society is the rental housing issue. If one searches physically nowadays, it is difficult to find acceptable housing in urban regions. However, the landowner must also rent the residence. A building owner may lose money if it is difficult to attract tenants only to post a lease sign on it. In this situation, a shared online platform might be quite important. The goal of the project is to create a standard web-based online platform for renters and homeowners so that both parties may profit from the system. This essay discusses the creation of online …

Rakshak (Hire A Friend), Fnu Khaleel Haqaique Hussain

All Capstone Projects

In today’s busy world, people or families always needs support through some or other means to move forward with their daily routine life. For example: On a daily life routine, we may have come across situations where we may need skilled resources to help us for “Ex: House Keeping”, “Shifting apartments”, “Plumbing or Electrical Appliance Maintenance”, “Wall Painting…etc”. But, while we try to contact the resources we need (contacts through several sources), we often come across many challenges which are as documented below:

• Fit for purpose (Does the resource has relevant skill set).
• Manual effort is always required. We need …

Online Learning Management System, Eli Abhishek Boppi

All Capstone Projects

Online Learning websites have completely altered the learning, course search, or learning process. Instructors and Students can now search and enroll in learning courses from the convenience of their own homes. The student/instructor can use an online learning website to find courses that align with their interests and career path. An Online Learning Management System may significantly improve a student’s course application process and an instructor’s enrolling process for their courses by utilizing the internet (Jeremy Roschelle, 1992). Seeking and enrolling in a course has grown simpler, more accessible, and faster in recent years.

One of the primary features of …

Career Engine, Anudeep Gudimalla

All Capstone Projects

Everyone's learning is increasing in this competitive environment, to the point that professional chances are becoming scarce. Companies desire the greatest personnel in their areas. It was difficult to find persons who were bright enough to be recruited at the time. Companies’ attempts to find qualified employees are also increasing. The purpose of this application is to provide a system that allows employers and candidates to communicate with one another. The idea is to speed up the recruiting process by facilitating contact between interested parties. A career engine is a website that offers recruiters and job seekers with online information. …

Career Engine, Naga Manasa Nallapaneni

All Capstone Projects

Everyone's learning is increasing in this competitive environment, to the point that professional chances are becoming scarce. Companies desire the greatest personnel in their areas. It was difficult to find persons who were bright enough to be recruited at the time. Companies’ attempts to find qualified employees are also increasing. The purpose of this application is to provide a system that allows employers and candidates to communicate with one another. The idea is to speed up the recruiting process by facilitating contact between interested parties. A career engine is a website that offers recruiters and job seekers with online information. …

Career Engine, Vikas Suroju

All Capstone Projects

Career Engine is a website where people can search for jobs, apply for one or multiple positions, or review a company as a current or past employee. A recruiter, who represents a company, can post openings on the website, contact applicants, or conduct interviews. Job postings on this website are free to be searched or browsed by anyone visiting the site. However, if one needs to apply for a job, this user needs to register with or log in to the website. All recruiters also need accounts to post job openings.

By using this website, companies or recruiters can also …

Career Engine [Jobsey], Santhosh Reddy Chappidi

All Capstone Projects

The "Career Engine" software is focused with job posting and registration. We may also use this application to look for employment openings in a certain location, and the name of the firm will be presented. Timings and other details are also available online. It will assist you in applying for a better job than the one you now have. Position seekers may select and register for positions that interest them, and the information received from the recruiter providing the job will be shown on the job details site. We chose the MERN stack to develop our "JobEsy" career engine website, …