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Under A Nifty Light: Trademark Considerations For The New Digital World, Willajeane Mclean
Under A Nifty Light: Trademark Considerations For The New Digital World, Willajeane Mclean
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Compulsory Licensing Of Patents During Pandemics, Sapna Kumar
Compulsory Licensing Of Patents During Pandemics, Sapna Kumar
Connecticut Law Review
Wealthy countries with major pharmaceutical industries have historically supported strong patent rights and opposed temporarily abrogating them—even to save lives. However, as drug shortages have become commonplace due to COVID-19, governments have begun reassessing their views. The European Union and various countries have issued new policies and passed legislation facilitating their ability to provide drugs to their citizens for the duration of the pandemic. They have signaled a willingness to do so through “compulsory licensing,” in which the government issues a license to a third party to produce a patented invention without the patent holder’s permission and pays the patent …
To Be Continued: How Comic Book Copyright Inequity Inspired Industry Innovation And Instilled Instrumentalities For Independence, Richard P. Metzroth
To Be Continued: How Comic Book Copyright Inequity Inspired Industry Innovation And Instilled Instrumentalities For Independence, Richard P. Metzroth
Connecticut Law Review
Before Superman first made the world believe a man can fly or Captain America greeted Hitler with a punch to the face, comic book publishers sought to exercise command over all the characters and stories that writers and artists put to paper. Until recently, this one-sided industry culture regarding ownership—reinforced by decades of court rulings in publishers’ favor—left creators with few avenues by which to retain control of their art. The legal norms that enforced creators’ subservient position in the comic book copyright ecosystem drove these authors to seek out and construct alternative systemsfrom which they could realize the benefits …