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Intellectual Property In Experience, Madhavi Sunder Nov 2018

Intellectual Property In Experience, Madhavi Sunder

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

In today’s economy, consumers demand experiences. From Star Wars to Harry Potter, fans do not just want to watch or read about their favorite characters— they want to be them. They don the robes of Gryffindor, flick their wands, and drink the butterbeer. The owners of fantasy properties understand this, expanding their offerings from light sabers to the Galaxy’s Edge®, the new Disney Star Wars immersive theme park opening in 2019.

Since Star Wars, Congress and the courts have abetted what is now a $262 billion-a-year industry in merchandising, fashioning “merchandising rights” appurtenant to copyrights and trademarks that …


It All Started With Columbo: Teaching Law With Popular Culture, Christine Corcos Oct 2018

It All Started With Columbo: Teaching Law With Popular Culture, Christine Corcos

Journal Articles

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The Law Of Advertising Outrage, Mark Bartholomew Oct 2018

The Law Of Advertising Outrage, Mark Bartholomew

Journal Articles

This article examines the stimulation of audience outrage, both as a marketing strategy and as a subject of legal regulation. A brief history of advertising in the United States reveals repeated yet relatively infrequent attempts to attract consumer attention through overt transgressions of social norms relating to sex, violence, race, and religion. Natural concerns over audience reaction limited use of this particular advertising tactic as businesses needed to be careful not to alienate prospective purchasers. But now companies can engage in “algorithmic outrage”—social media advertising meant to stimulate individual feelings of anger and upset—with less concern for a consumer backlash. …


Scènes À Faire As Identity Trait Stereotyping, Jasmine C. Abdel-Khalik Oct 2018

Scènes À Faire As Identity Trait Stereotyping, Jasmine C. Abdel-Khalik

Faculty Works

Judge Learned Hand's decision in Nichols v. Universal Pictures is unquestionably seminal in the development of copyright law. For the first time, a court articulated that stock characters, a form of scènes à faire, are so fundamental that all should have access. Therefore, a stock character, like one defined simply as a butcher with a cleaver and in a white coat, is not copyright protectable material.

However, the specific stock characters identified by Judge Hand raise some previously unexplored questions. The decision identifies two stock characters: "the low comedy Jew and Irishman." What exactly is “the low comedy Jew and …


2001 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2001 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2000 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2000 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2002 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2002 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2003 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2003 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2006 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2006 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2004 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2004 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2007 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2007 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2009 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2009 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2005 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2005 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2008 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2008 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2015 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2015 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

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2011 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2011 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2017 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2017 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2012 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2012 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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2010 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2010 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

No abstract provided.


2018 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds Jul 2018

2018 Arbitration Hearings Chart, Edmund P. Edmonds

Annual Hearings Charts

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When Trade Secrecy Goes Too Far: Public Health And Safety Should Trump Corporate Profits, Julie Zink Jul 2018

When Trade Secrecy Goes Too Far: Public Health And Safety Should Trump Corporate Profits, Julie Zink

School of Law Faculty Publications

This Article addresses the historical and ongoing use of trade secrets to withhold critical information from the public. Through its text and footnotes, the Article discusses the positives and negatives of trade secret protection; addresses historical and current examples of trade secret abuse; analyzes the inadequate solutions that have been tried and proposed; and, ultimately, recommends changing trade secret law by incorporating the precautionary principle into the definition of a trade secret to ensure that protection will no longer be available for information that endangers public health. This Article is both timely and necessary, as the public is continually bombarded …


Who's Afraid Of Swiss Cheese? Resolving The Copyright Claims Of Non-Coauthors, D. Sean West Jun 2018

Who's Afraid Of Swiss Cheese? Resolving The Copyright Claims Of Non-Coauthors, D. Sean West

Seattle University Law Review SUpra

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Sports Betting, Federalism And The Constitution, John M. Greabe May 2018

Sports Betting, Federalism And The Constitution, John M. Greabe

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt] Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has described federalism - how the Constitution divides powers between the federal government and the states - as "perhaps our oldest question of constitutional law."

This past week, the United States Supreme Court returned to this oldest of constitutional questions to strike down a federal law that had prohibited stats from authorizing betting on competitive sporting events.


Brief Of Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Law Professors, Mark Mckenna, Rebecca Tushnet, Yvette Joy Liebesman, John A. Conway May 2018

Brief Of Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Law Professors, Mark Mckenna, Rebecca Tushnet, Yvette Joy Liebesman, John A. Conway

Court Briefs

Untethered to a sufficient public policy interest, right of publicity claims have exploded nationwide. Plaintiffs have asserted claims against inspirational plaques featuring civil rights icons, Rosa and Raymond Parks Inst. for Self Dev. v. Target Corp., 812 F.3d 824 (11th Cir. 2016),artwork commemorating significant events, Moore v. Weinstein Co., LLC, 545 Fed. App’x. 405 , 407 (6th Cir. 2013); ETW Corp. v. Jireh Publ’g, Inc., 332 F.3d 915 (6th Cir. 2003), Wikipedia edits that truthfully connected an astronaut with the watch he wore on his Moon walk, Scott v. Citizen Watch Co. of Am., Inc., 17-CV-00436-NC, 2018 WL 1626773 (N.D. …


Mets Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds May 2018

Mets Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

Team - Player Results

No abstract provided.


Astros Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds May 2018

Astros Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

Team - Player Results

No abstract provided.


Blue Jays Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds May 2018

Blue Jays Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

Team - Player Results

No abstract provided.


Athletics Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds May 2018

Athletics Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

Team - Player Results

No abstract provided.


Cubs Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds May 2018

Cubs Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

Team - Player Results

No abstract provided.


Diamondbacks Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds May 2018

Diamondbacks Players Arbitration Results, Edmund P. Edmonds

Team - Player Results

No abstract provided.