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Rebecca Tushnet
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Hermès Wins MetaBirkins Lawsuit; Jurors Not Convinced NFTs Are Art
February 9, 2023
Perturbed when an artist made a digital version of its coveted Birkin handbag with a reproduction of a mature fetus inside it, the luxury fashion…
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Bob Iger’s Turnaround Plan Takes Shape
February 9, 2023
Since returning to Disney in November, Bob Iger has inspired hope among employees and investors that he could turn around the entertainment giant — and…
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Trump’s Woodward Lawsuit Called Flawed, Intriguing by IP Lawyers
February 6, 2023
Former President Donald Trump’s copyright claim in a lawsuit against author Bob Woodward faces several major obstacles while touching on unsettled questions about intellectual property…
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News outlets raced to publish Trump’s lawsuit against Woodward. Experts say the suit ‘has no legal merit whatsoever’
February 1, 2023
News organizations are still struggling over how to cover Donald Trump. Years after he crashed onto the political scene and ascended to the Oval Office,…
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First NFT Trademark Trial Pits Hermès Against MetaBirkin Artist
January 30, 2023
French luxury design house Hermès International SA’s upcoming trademark trial against digital artist Mason Rothschild—the first of its kind—will test the boundaries of artistic expression…
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As Twitter slashes staff and pares back moderation under Elon Musk, it may soon run into a problem it can’t ignore: its potential liability for…
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If you didn’t look at the case captions, you’d think that Wahlburgers and SmileDirectClub had been socked this week with consumer fraud class actions. Wahlburgers…
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The Christmas Movie That Became a Classic Because of a Mistake
January 3, 2023
The movie had every ingredient of a hit when it opened right before Christmas. By the new year, it was a flop. In fact, when…
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The next frontier in First Amendment law at the Supreme Court involves a trademark dispute over a chew toy for dogs shaped like a liquor…
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‘Bad Spaniels’ Toy ‘Hall Pass’ Pits Trademarks, First Amendment
November 28, 2022
The Supreme Court’s analysis of a dispute over a pun-laden dog toy will reach beyond Jack Daniel’s trademarks and may lead to new rules for…
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Earlier this month, Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI were hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that they violated copyright law with their AI-powered coding assistant…
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No matter what Drake and 21 Savage hoped to accomplish with the faux-Vogue issue that kicked off the pseudo-media blitz ahead of the joint album…
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Online creators hit with IP and copyright lawsuits
October 24, 2022
It’s weird when wrestling superstar Randy Orton, Netflix’s romance “Bridgerton,” TikTok, a tattoo artist, Instagram, NFTs and Andy Warhol’s portrait of Prince all show up…
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Two boxes of $2 pasta have led to a possible class-action lawsuit that could cost Barilla millions of dollars, according to legal experts. A pair…
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Moving legal teaching into the future
October 11, 2022
A discussion series on the future of law school pedagogy envisions new ways to support students, faculty.
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U.S. Supreme Court mulls line between art and theft in Warhol case
October 11, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to ponder in a case centering on paintings by the late artist Andy Warhol a question as philosophical as…
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Rebecca Tushnet explains the purpose of fair use in copyright law and how a Supreme Court decision could alter the arts in America.
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Over the past decade, Google has consistently documented its efforts to remove links from its search results to content that the tech giant considers pirated,…
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First Amendment Hurdle Looms for California’s Social Media Law
September 16, 2022
California’s new law requiring social media platforms like Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook and Twitter Inc. to disclose their content moderation policies is likely to face…
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Anti-Hacking Copyright Law Scrutinized in Free Speech Challenge
September 12, 2022
Bloomberg Law – A decades-old law that criminalizes hacking through digital security measures to access copyrighted work like music, movies, and software is facing a…
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A new New York law requires museums to label art looted by Nazis — but is it constitutional?
September 9, 2022
Forward – Last month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a law requiring museums to label artworks known to have been looted by the Nazis.