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Do We Need A New Conception Of Authorship?, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
Do We Need A New Conception Of Authorship?, Shyamkrishna Balganesh
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Thank you to the organizers for having me. I’m delighted to be here. I’m going to take a step away from conceptual art, and go a little bit into history and a little bit into doctrine – and do the usual law professor thing. We law professors like to say that one of the great things about the job is that we get to overrule the Supreme Court ten thousand times a day, but the bad thing about the job is no one cares. And so, I’m going to try and make this such that you care.
Here’s the core …
Who’S Afraid Of Section 1498? A Case For Government Patent Use In Pandemics And Other National Crises, Christopher J. Morten, Charles Duan
Who’S Afraid Of Section 1498? A Case For Government Patent Use In Pandemics And Other National Crises, Christopher J. Morten, Charles Duan
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COVID-19 has created pressing and widespread needs for vaccines, medical treatments, PPE, and other medical technologies, needs that may conflict – indeed, have already begun to conflict – with the exclusive rights conferred by United States patents. The U.S. government has a legal mechanism to overcome this conflict: government use of patented technologies at the cost of government-paid compensation under 28 U.S.C. § 1498. But while many have recognized the theoretical possibility of government patent use under that statute, there is today a conventional wisdom that § 1498 is too exceptional, unpredictable, and dramatic for practical use, to the point …
The Art Of Access: Innovative Protests Of An Inaccessible City, Elizabeth F. Emens
The Art Of Access: Innovative Protests Of An Inaccessible City, Elizabeth F. Emens
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This Essay considers inaccessible New York City through the lens of artistic production. The landscape of disability art and protest is vast and wildly diverse. This Essay proposes to capture one slice of this array. From Ellis Avery’s Zodiac of NYC transit elevators, to Shannon Finnegan’s Anti-Stairs Club Lounge at the Vessel in Hudson Yards, to Park McArthur’s work exhibiting the ramps that provided her access to galleries showing her work – these and other creative endeavors offer a unique way in to understanding the problems and potential of inaccessible cities. Legal actions have challenged some of the specific sites …