Copyright & Social Media
Communications Law
Measuring consumer confusion regarding trademarks with brain scans
I came across this interesting paper (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo1095 ) over the weekend that attempts to use neuroscience techniques to measure consumer confusion between two marks and might become a new form of evidence in trademark cases. In class, we learned that consumer surveys can sometimes be used to demonstrate whether there is confusion between two marks. […]
Meg’s IP Law Knitting Circle: Protecting Crochet Creators
For my final LAW422 project, I wanted to explore the copyright protection and culture of copying among the crochet creators of YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. It is thanks to this online community that I was able to learn how to crochet many of my favourite fashion pieces and design some of my own. Therefore, rather […]
Week 11 Spring 2023 Slides & Video
Slides & video below… Jon
Causing MSCHF in IP Law
MSCHF is a Brooklyn based art collective that has gained Internet stardom through controversial “drops” that remix pop culture and brands. (I had a lot of fun browsing through their latest drops, one of which includes the option to purchase paper shopping bags from luxury brands, aptly named “OnlyBags” so that purchasers can “flex”). Last […]
A service enabling DJs to provide recognition and funds to producers
Hi everyone! Today I learned about a really interesting community-led initiative that allows DJs to recognize the producers whose songs they play and share their fees with them. Its called Aslice and its a software that has features that allow DJs to report the artists and songs they play and compensate them. Although many […]
Week 10 Spring 2023 Slides & Video
Slides & video below… Jon
Copyright, Likeness and CCTV
This law suit reminded me of the interesting article a few weeks back on the copyright issues surrounding taking a photo of a someone with their phone. It also highlights another potential barrier to publishing images of someone else; despite your copyright, the subject may still have rights to privacy and publicity over their likeness […]
Trade Secret Law
Trade Secrets Hi everyone! Brandon and I were talking about things IP law might not cover. While chatting we started thinking about things like secret recipes or processes, and stumbled upon trade secrets as a branch of IP law. Looking further into it, we realized that this is both an important type of Intellectual Property […]
Week 9 Spring 2023 Slides & Video
Slides & video below… Jon