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Another Family Guy Suit

Seth MacFarlane just can’t seem to keep out of trouble – especially when hypersensitive overreacting IP owners want to stifle creativity in its crib by suing him (bias alert! bias

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What can magicians teach us about IP?

Intellectual property scholars have begun to explore the curious dynamics of IP’s negative spaces, areas in which IP law offers scant protection for innovators, but where innovation nevertheless seems to

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Golan v. Gonzalez

In a challenge to the Copyright Term Extension Act (“CTEA”) and § 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (“URAA”), Lawrence Lessig attempted to atone for his “sins” by losing

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Ice Sculptures and "Fixation"

In my Copyright Law class, a student held the opinion that an ice sculpture might qualify as “fixed” (as defined by the Copyright Act), depending on the climate. Of course,

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Originality and Copyright Theory

On Thursday, in my Copyright Law class, we pondered whether anything is truly “original” in art, be it music, film, literature, etc. We also batted around some alternative theories thrown

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