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Comparing Gdpr Against The United States’ Approach To Data Breach Notification By Examining Texas And California And The Feasibility Of A Universal Standard, Amrit Nagi
Cybaris®
No abstract provided.
Jack Daniel’S And The Unfulfilled Promise Of Trademark Use, Stacey Dogan, Jessica Silbey
Jack Daniel’S And The Unfulfilled Promise Of Trademark Use, Stacey Dogan, Jessica Silbey
Faculty Scholarship
In Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products, the Supreme Court announced a bright-line rule: whatever speech protections govern the use of trademarks in artistic works, no such rule applies “when an alleged infringer uses a trademark in the way the Lanham Act most cares about: as a designation of source for the infringer’s own goods.” Those who engage in “trademark use,” in other words, must face the usual likelihood-of-confusion standard, regardless of whether their use also has expressive dimensions. The Jack Daniel’s defendant conceded that it was engaged in trademark use, so the opinion did not do the hard work …
The New Bailments, Danielle D’Onfro
The New Bailments, Danielle D’Onfro
Washington Law Review
The rise of cloud computing has dramatically changed how consumers and firms store their belongings. Property that owners once managed directly now exists primarily on infrastructure maintained by intermediaries. Consumers entrust their photos to Apple instead of scrapbooks; businesses put their documents on Amazon’s servers instead of in file cabinets; seemingly everything runs in the cloud. Were these belongings tangible, the relationship between owner and intermediary would be governed by the common-law doctrine of bailment. Bailments are mandatory relationships formed when one party entrusts their property to another. Within this relationship, the bailees owe the bailors a duty of care …
Bully No More: Why Trademark Owners Engage In Trademark Overreach And How To Prevent It, Quynh La
Bully No More: Why Trademark Owners Engage In Trademark Overreach And How To Prevent It, Quynh La
Washington Law Review
At its core, trademark law exists as a tool for consumer protection. Thus, trademark owners use policing and enforcement to maintain a trademark’s goodwill, which in turn protects consumers from confusion. But policing and enforcement can lead to trademark overreach and bullying—which undermine the goal of trademark law. This Comment explains that trademark owners are incentivized to engage in aggressive enforcement tactics because courts weigh enforcement efforts in favor of trademark strength. And strong trademarks receive strong protection because such marks are more likely to succeed in trademark infringement litigation. To curb trademark bullying and realign trademark law with its …
Equalizing The Playing Field: The Time Has Come For Secondary Meaning In The Making In Small Restaurant Trade Dress Infringement Cases, John Pesek
Journal of Food Law & Policy
Imagine it is opening day for your first restaurant. It has taken months, if not years, to get to this point and you have spent a lot of money in developing the menu, artist style, and feel for the restaurant. A few months after the opening of your restaurant, a competing restaurant, right down the block from your restaurant, opens its doors; its menu and overall look are virtually indistinguishable from your restaurant. You are left wondering what remedies, if any, you have as a small restaurant owner. This was the case for Chef Rebecca Charles and her Pearl Oyster …
Caveat Vendor: A Call To Reform The Scope Of Rights Of Withdrawal For Off-Premises Contracts Under U.S. Consumer Protection Laws With Respect To The Auction Of Art, Sarah Fabian Maramarosy
Caveat Vendor: A Call To Reform The Scope Of Rights Of Withdrawal For Off-Premises Contracts Under U.S. Consumer Protection Laws With Respect To The Auction Of Art, Sarah Fabian Maramarosy
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
As sales of art at auction become increasingly popular and accessible, an overlooked consumer right may cause sellers of art to get “burned.” At its core, the auction process is intended to establish the price of a difficult-to-value object of art, therefore, the underlying philosophy of an auction is that sales are final. However, cooling-off rules in U.S. off-premises contracts are broad enough that auction house contracts can potentially fall within the ambit of these rules, giving rise to the consumer’s right to cancel the contract.
Arguably, permitting consumers to cancel in remorse undermines the premise of an auction and …
Internet Architecture And Disability, Blake E. Reid
Internet Architecture And Disability, Blake E. Reid
Publications
The Internet is essential for education, employment, information, and cultural and democratic participation. For tens of millions of people with disabilities in the United States, barriers to accessing the Internet—including the visual presentation of information to people who are blind or visually impaired, the aural presentation of information to people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and the persistence of Internet technology, interfaces, and content without regard to prohibitive cognitive load for people with cognitive and intellectual disabilities—collectively pose one of the most significant civil rights issues of the information age. Yet disability law lacks a comprehensive theoretical approach …
The Tethered Economy, Aaron K. Perzanowski, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Aniket Kesari
The Tethered Economy, Aaron K. Perzanowski, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Aniket Kesari
Faculty Publications
Imagine a future in which every purchase decision is as complex as choosing a mobile phone. What will ongoing service cost? Is it compatible with other devices you use? Can you move data and applications across de- vices? Can you switch providers? These are just some of the questions one must consider when a product is “tethered” or persistently linked to the seller. The Internet of Things, but more broadly, consumer products with embedded software, are already tethered. While tethered products bring the benefits of connection, they also carry its pathologies. As sellers blend hardware and software—as well as product …
Privacy In Gaming, N. Cameron Russell, Joel R. Reidenberg, Sumyung Moon
Privacy In Gaming, N. Cameron Russell, Joel R. Reidenberg, Sumyung Moon
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Video game platforms and business models are increasingly built on collection, use, and sharing of personal information for purposes of both functionality and revenue. This paper examines privacy issues and explores data practices, technical specifications, and policy statements of the most popular games and gaming platforms to provide an overview of the current privacy legal landscape for mobile gaming, console gaming, and virtual reality devices. The research observes how modern gaming aligns with information privacy notions and norms and how data practices and technologies specific to gaming may affect users and, in particular, child gamers.
After objectively selecting and analyzing …
Face Off: An Examination Of State Biometric Privacy Statutes & Data Harm Remedies, Maya E. Rivera
Face Off: An Examination Of State Biometric Privacy Statutes & Data Harm Remedies, Maya E. Rivera
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
As biometric authentication becomes an increasingly popular method of security among consumers, only three states currently have statutes detailing how such data may be collected, used, retained, and released. The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act is the only statute of the three that enshrines a private right of action for those who fail to properly handle biometric data. Both the Texas Capture or Use Biometric Identifier Act Information Act and the Washington Biometric Privacy Act allow for state Attorneys General to bring suit on behalf of aggrieved consumers. This Note examines these three statutes in the context of data security …
Harmonizing The Tension Between The First Amendment And Publicity Rights And Finding The Right Balance: Discerning How Much Freedom Is Warranted And What Needs Protection, William Buchsbaum
Harmonizing The Tension Between The First Amendment And Publicity Rights And Finding The Right Balance: Discerning How Much Freedom Is Warranted And What Needs Protection, William Buchsbaum
The University of Cincinnati Intellectual Property and Computer Law Journal
This paper examines the tension between the First Amendment and Publicity Rights considering why and how friction is emerging, the legal underpinnings and theories behind the development of publicity rights and how to reconcile this with values raised in support of the First Amendment. This collision course of rights occurs where property interests have vested in human identity itself which brings us face to face with the outer limits of free speech and expression under the First Amendment and evens tests the notion of how we define speech. The paper takes a dive into some of the currently arising issues …
Who Will Protect The Consumers Of Trademarked Goods?, James Astrachan
Who Will Protect The Consumers Of Trademarked Goods?, James Astrachan
University of Baltimore Law Review
Federal and state law recognizes multiple forms of intellectual property, including patents,1 copyrights,2 trademarks,3 and trade secrets.4 Alleged violations of patents and copyrights are required by statute to be litigated in the federal courts.5 Trademark rights can arise under the Federal Lanham Act6 or state law.7 Trademark infringement can be litigated in state or federal courts.8 Trade secrets arising under state statutes are litigated in state courts unless diversity jurisdiction exists and is pled.9
Infringement of intellectual property in the case of patents arises when a patented invention is used, manufactured or imported into the United States without authority of …
Individual Licensing And Consumer Protection, Lucie Guibault
Individual Licensing And Consumer Protection, Lucie Guibault
Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
Copyright law is not primarily directed at consumers. Their interests are therefore only marginally accounted for, as the copyright rules exempt specific uses of works from the right holder’s control. This chapter examines the impact of digital technology on the position of consumers of licensed copyrighted content. While ownership of the physical embodiment of a work does not entail the ownership of the rights in the work, how does copyright law deal with ‘disembodied’ works? Whereas digital content is now commonly distributed on the basis of individual licensing schemes, what does it mean for consumers? Do they have a claim …
3d Printers, James Barker, Nicholas Pleasants, Peter Montine, Shudan Zhu
3d Printers, James Barker, Nicholas Pleasants, Peter Montine, Shudan Zhu
Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic
A preliminary report, addressing potential market disruption, the state of the law, and recommendations on future legislative action regarding consumer-grade 3D printing.
Virtual Currencies: Bitcoin & What Now After Liberty Reserve, Silk Road, And Mt. Gox?, Lawrence J. Trautman
Virtual Currencies: Bitcoin & What Now After Liberty Reserve, Silk Road, And Mt. Gox?, Lawrence J. Trautman
Lawrence J. Trautman Sr.
During 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department evoked the first use of the 2001 Patriot Act to exclude virtual currency provider Liberty Reserve from the U.S. financial system. This article will discuss: the regulation of virtual currencies; cybercrimes and payment systems; darknets, Tor and the “deep web;” Bitcoin; Liberty Reserve; Silk Road and Mt. Gox. Virtual currencies have quickly become a reality, gaining significant traction in a very short period of time, and are evolving rapidly. Virtual currencies present particularly difficult law enforcement challenges because of their: ability to transcend national borders in the fraction of a second; unique jurisdictional issues; …
E-Commerce And Electronic Payment System Risks: Lessons From Paypal, Lawrence J. Trautman
E-Commerce And Electronic Payment System Risks: Lessons From Paypal, Lawrence J. Trautman
Lawrence J. Trautman Sr.
What are the major risks perceived by those engaged in e-commerce and electronic payment systems? What development risks, if they become reality, may cause substantial increases in operating costs or threaten the very survival of the enterprise? This article utilizes the relevant annual report disclosures from eBay (parent of PayPal), along with other eBay and PayPal documents, as a potentially powerful teaching device. Most of the descriptive language to follow is excerpted directly from eBay’s regulatory filings. My additions include weaving these materials into a logical presentation and providing supplemental sources for those who desire a deeper look (usually in …
Privacy, Transparency & Google's Blurred Glass, Jonathan I. Ezor
Privacy, Transparency & Google's Blurred Glass, Jonathan I. Ezor
Jonathan I. Ezor
No matter the context or jurisdiction, one concept underlies every view of the best practices in data privacy: transparency. The mandate to disclose what personal information is collected, how it is used, and with whom and for what purpose it is shared, is essential to enable informed consent to the collection, along with the other user rights that constitute privacy best practices. Google, which claims to support and offer transparency, is increasingly opaque about its many products and services and the information they collect for it, posing a significant privacy concern.
Marks, Morals, And Markets, Jeremy N. Sheff
Marks, Morals, And Markets, Jeremy N. Sheff
Faculty Publications
The prevailing justification for trademark law depends on economic arguments that cannot account for much of the law's recent development, nor for mounting empirical evidence that consumer decisionmaking is inconsistent with assumptions of rational choice. But the only extant theoretical alternative to economic analysis is a Lockean "natural rights" theory that scholars have found even more unsatisfying. This Article proposes a third option. I analyze the law of trademarks and unfair competition as a system of moral obligations between producers and consumers. Drawing on the contractualist tradition in moral philosophy, I develop and apply a new theoretical framework to evaluate …
Buying A Lie: The Harms And Deceptions Of Ghostwriting, T. J. Fosko
Buying A Lie: The Harms And Deceptions Of Ghostwriting, T. J. Fosko
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
Ghostwriters are hired by politicians, celebrities, professionals and even established authors to do the work of writing for significant monetary compensation. Although ghostwriters receive no professional credit for their authorship, publishers who employ ghostwriters enjoy the financial windfall of marketing a book by a well-known person. While the economic harm of purchasing a relatively inexpensive book from what the consumer thought was a best-selling author is relatively slight, the serious harm of ghostwriting is the message received by the consumer who thinks that the ideas and message of the book come from the purported author.
Despite the inherently deceptive nature …
Celebrity Endorsements In Non-Traditional Advertising: How The Ftc Regulations Fail To Keep Up With The Kardashians, Leah W. Feinman
Celebrity Endorsements In Non-Traditional Advertising: How The Ftc Regulations Fail To Keep Up With The Kardashians, Leah W. Feinman
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Advertisers have used the rise of reality television, social media, and the public's fascination with celebrities to connect with consumers in new and non-traditional ways. With these new techniques come new concerns over consumer protection. When an advertisement does not look like an advertisement, consumers can easily be misled. In 2009, the FTC implemented a set of Guides which were intended to clarify and interpret the regulations enforced by the FTC, and advise the public on how to conduct affairs regarding sponsorship disclosure, specifically in new media. As the note describes, the Guides are insufficient as applied to non-traditional advertising …
Biasing Brands, Jeremy N. Sheff
Biasing Brands, Jeremy N. Sheff
Faculty Publications
The dominant search-costs model of trademark law posits that consumers choose products to satisfy their preferences by analytically mapping those preferences to product information that trademarks efficiently provide. This Article tests these descriptive claims against empirical and theoretical research in marketing and consumer psychology, particularly the concept of "brand equity": the value to a firm or its customers of a brand and of the firm's efforts to build and maintain that brand.
Internally complex brand equity models, juxtaposed with empirical findings in related psychology and marketing research, challenge the descriptive accuracy of the search-costs model. In particular, branding efforts can …
Is Fashion An Art Form That Should Be Protected Or Merely A Constantly Changing Media Encouraging Replication Of Popular Trends, Alissandra Burack
Is Fashion An Art Form That Should Be Protected Or Merely A Constantly Changing Media Encouraging Replication Of Popular Trends, Alissandra Burack
Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Litigating Second Life Land Disputes: A Consumer Protection Approach. , Paul Riley
Litigating Second Life Land Disputes: A Consumer Protection Approach. , Paul Riley
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Law And Online Social Networks: Mapping The Challenges And Promises Of User-Generated Information Flows, Tal Z. Zarsky
Law And Online Social Networks: Mapping The Challenges And Promises Of User-Generated Information Flows, Tal Z. Zarsky
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
"Consumer Protection:" Consumer Strategies And The European Market In Genetically Modified Foods, Johanna Gibson
"Consumer Protection:" Consumer Strategies And The European Market In Genetically Modified Foods, Johanna Gibson
Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
No abstract provided.
Panel I: Trademark Dilution: Moseley And Beyond., Ceceelia Dempsy, Marie Driscoll, Hugh C. Hansen, Susan Progoff
Panel I: Trademark Dilution: Moseley And Beyond., Ceceelia Dempsy, Marie Driscoll, Hugh C. Hansen, Susan Progoff
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Pushing Drugs: Genomics And Genetics, The Pharmaceutical Industry, And The Law Of Negligence, Heidi Li Feldman
Pushing Drugs: Genomics And Genetics, The Pharmaceutical Industry, And The Law Of Negligence, Heidi Li Feldman
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This article presents a piece of a larger, ongoing project on the phenomenon of market-driven manufacturing (MDM) and how tort law should address it. In contrast to the larger project, this article provides a relatively brief overview of the general phenomenon of MDM, but zeros in on how pharmaceutical manufacturers specifically practice MDM. MDM is a well-documented, much practiced activity, although American courts do not recognize MDM as a discrete category of conduct. The basic idea of MDM is that marketing considerations should continuously control every aspect and stage of a product's lifecycle. When a company engages in MDM, it …