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National Cybersecurity Innovation, Tabrez Y. Ebrahim
National Cybersecurity Innovation, Tabrez Y. Ebrahim
West Virginia Law Review
National cybersecurity plays a crucial role in protecting our critical infrastructure, such as telecommunication networks, the electricity grid, and even financial transactions. Most discussions about promoting national cybersecurity focus on governance structures, international relations, and political science. In contrast, this Article proposes a different agenda and one that promotes the use of innovation mechanisms for technological advancement. By promoting inducements for technological developments, such innovation mechanisms encourage the advancement of national cybersecurity solutions. In exploring possible solutions, this Article asks whether the government or markets can provide national cybersecurity innovation. This inquiry is a fragment of a much larger literature …
Abandoning Copyright, Dave Fagundes, Aaron Perzanowski
Abandoning Copyright, Dave Fagundes, Aaron Perzanowski
William & Mary Law Review
For nearly two hundred years, U.S. copyright law has assumed that owners may voluntarily abandon their rights in a work. But scholars have largely ignored copyright abandonment, and case law on the subject is fragmented and inconsistent. As a result, abandonment remains poorly theorized, owners can avail themselves of no reliable mechanism to abandon their works, and the practice remains rare. This Article seeks to bring copyright abandonment out of the shadows, showing that it is a doctrine rich in conceptual, normative, and practical significance. Unlike abandonment of real and chattel property, which imposes significant public costs in exchange for …
Afghanistan Legislative Commitments To The Wto: A Deeper Look At Afghanistan's Compliance With Trips, Hafizullah Seddiqi
Afghanistan Legislative Commitments To The Wto: A Deeper Look At Afghanistan's Compliance With Trips, Hafizullah Seddiqi
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
In 2016, Afghanistan formally acceded to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to improve its worldwide trading prospects. However, this journey began much earlier. To join the WTO, one of Afghanistan's commitments was to reform its then-existing trademark laws. Intellectual property (IP)-related laws are, in general, one of the fields that countries must reform prior to joining the WTO, so as to be in accordance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). While Afghanistan has enacted some IPrelated statutes, including the 2009 Law on Trade Marks Registration, it continues to fall short of conforming to TRIPS because …
Measuring Trademark Dilution By Tarnishment, Suneal Bedi, David Reibstein
Measuring Trademark Dilution By Tarnishment, Suneal Bedi, David Reibstein
Indiana Law Journal
The law of trademark tarnishment—a type of trademark dilution—is in disarray. The
basic definition is deceptively simple. Trademark tarnishment occurs when a junior
mark harms the reputation of a substantially similar existing senior trademark by
associating itself with something perverse or deviant. However, it turns out that
Congress and the courts disagree over the prima facie evidence necessary to prove
its existence. The problem is that federal law and related legal principles are simply
ill-equipped to adequately analyze this unique market-driven doctrine. To make
matters worse, legal scholars cannot even agree on whether trademark tarnishment
can empirically exist in the …
Copyright Registration: Why The U.S. Should Berne The Registration Requirement, David R. Carducci
Copyright Registration: Why The U.S. Should Berne The Registration Requirement, David R. Carducci
Georgia State University Law Review
The following note discusses the registration requirement under the Copyright Act and its interplay with the Berne Convention’s prohibition of formalities. Part I explains the recent division between the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals and provides an in-depth analysis of the application and registration approaches. Part II details the Supreme Court’s adoption of the registration approach in Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC. Part III gives a brief history of the Berne Convention and examines registration under Berne as a nonessential formality. Finally, Part IV offers a proposed long-term solution to amend the Copyright Act by making …
University Inventions Reconsidered: Debunking The Myth Of University Ownership, Patricia E. Campbell
University Inventions Reconsidered: Debunking The Myth Of University Ownership, Patricia E. Campbell
William & Mary Business Law Review
Most universities today assert ownership rights over all patentable inventions (and many other types of intellectual property) created by members of the university community, including faculty, staff, students, visitors, and others. Universities then attempt to license that intellectual property (IP) to third parties, in order to generate revenue for the university and to give the public the benefit of innovations developed by the institution, often with the use of federal funds. This Article provides an evaluation of the technology transfer policies and practices of U.S. universities. Part I surveys the IP policies of a representative group of universities, showing that …
A Serendipitous Experiment In Percolation Of Intellectual Property Doctrine, Daniel R. Cahoy, Lynda J. Oswald
A Serendipitous Experiment In Percolation Of Intellectual Property Doctrine, Daniel R. Cahoy, Lynda J. Oswald
Indiana Law Journal
This Article fills a gap in the literature by providing novel and unique empirical evidence of the impact of percolated intellectual property doctrine versus the impact of isolated doctrine from a specialized court. It relies on the U.S. Supreme Court’s paired decisions in 2014 in Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.15 and Highmark, Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Systems, Inc.16 to highlight a natural forum for evaluating the effects of percolation on federal legal doctrine. At issue in those cases was the fee-shifting language of Section 285 of the Patent Act: “The court in exceptional cases may …
Copyright & Fashion: The Shoe That Does Not Fit, Cassandra Baloga
Copyright & Fashion: The Shoe That Does Not Fit, Cassandra Baloga
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Introduction: What Is Real? Authenticity, Transparency, And Trust In The Digital Age Of Fashion, Joseph M. Forgione
Introduction: What Is Real? Authenticity, Transparency, And Trust In The Digital Age Of Fashion, Joseph M. Forgione
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.