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When Art Becomes Free: On Artistic In-Expression & Personal Convictions, Amir H. Khoury Mar 2014

When Art Becomes Free: On Artistic In-Expression & Personal Convictions, Amir H. Khoury

Amir Khoury

In this paper I argue that just as there are moral rights in copyright law, which secure attribution and integrity, so too, there should be 'inverse' moral rights that can protect artists from being impelled or compelled to create in the first place. This research comes against the backdrop of one of the most contentious issues in the Western world today, that pertaining to same-sex marriage. But the discussion applies to all other fields where creativity finds itself in a battle over personal convictions. In my view, the inverse moral rights construct is the true reflection of the extent of …


Brands As Food For Thought: The Case For Regulating Food Brands, Amir H. Khoury May 2012

Brands As Food For Thought: The Case For Regulating Food Brands, Amir H. Khoury

Amir Khoury

Every brand, in its original capacity as a trademark, is intended to identify and to differentiate a certain type of product or service from other competing products or services. This is the original purpose of marks. But, over time, this (original) purpose has been overrun by a different reality. Food Brands now harness a dual power or impact. The first refers to their Market Impact i.e. their ability to overshadow competing brands, and the other relates to their Consumption Impact; i.e. their ability to generate wants and to shape the image of the foods that we consume. This is not …


Dubai's New Intellectual Property-Based Economy: Prospects For Development Without Dependency, Amir Khoury Jan 2009

Dubai's New Intellectual Property-Based Economy: Prospects For Development Without Dependency, Amir Khoury

Amir Khoury

The Emirate of Dubai has, as a result of deliberate policy actions, been able to reinvigorate, indeed to reinvent, its Intellectual Property Potential. That is to say Dubai has boosted its ability to be the originator (and creator) of intellectual property subject-matter, rather than merely a consumer thereof. Dubai has achieved the two conditions through which an intellectual property régime becomes a valuable national asset for a country with an initially low Intellectual Property Potential; namely a structured regulatory framework coupled with effective infrastructure-related action. Dubai's undertakings in the intellectual property sphere go to show that even a country that …