Communications Law
IP and Real Housewives
I was watching Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the gals were having a Great Gatsby themed party at Crystal’s house. Kathy had an alleged freak out in front of Lisa the night before and then Lisa said she was so uncomfortable that she had to leave the party early (totally just trying to start […]
“Her Loss” – A tale of two rappers and how a promotional campaign went wrong
On the 4th of November, Drake and 21 Savage released a collaborative hip-hop album called “Her Loss”.[1] Before the release of this album, both rappers engaged in a satirical promotion of their album. These promotional spoofs included the following: The circulation of a purported interview with American Radio Personality, Howard Stern The promotion of a […]
Does Copyright Subsist in My Embroidery Project of the Elements of Copyright?
I hand-embroidered a design that lays out the elements of copyright, with main authorities and a few little icons. Each element has a checkbox, a few key words, and is in a different colour. Please see picture below! Residency Requirement: Authorities: S 5, Copyright Act (RSC, 1985, c.C-42) [CA]: Subject to this Act, copyright […]
The Connector Model in Action: Copyright and Music Sampling
(image sourced from: https://open.spotify.com/track/4i5hLY7mNIp70YhZveeItm) Hello IP Law Class! I thought I would use this post to contextualize our discussion earlier on in the course regarding the connector model. The intersection between creativity and copyright is something I’m incredibly interested in, especially with respect to music sampling. Hip-hop/rap is one of my favourite genres and […]
Policy Considerations Underlying Initial Interest Confusion
Policy Considerations Underlying Initial Interest Confusion Hello everyone, Attached above is my term paper on policy considerations underlying initial interest confusion for anyone who is interested.
RAGHAV: First (Registered) AI Author
Hi everyone! I want to elaborate more on the grant of copyright protection to an AI-generated work in the light of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s (“CIPO”) decision we mentioned during our classes. The registered work is Suryast painting below. Photo Credits: Sukanya Sarkar (ManagingIP.com) The co-authors identified are Raghav Artificial Intelligence Painting App […]
Fair Dealing for the Purpose of Pastiche: Conway ./. Eder, 15 O 551/19
Hi everyone! I would like to share a recent Berlin Regional Court decision (Conway ./. Eder, 15 O 551/19) that I think is related to both our exam question and our discussions on the Andy Warhol Found. v. Goldsmith et al.[1] This decision can be seen as a win regarding the appropriation art in the […]
MetaBirkins NFTs: is there an IP claim for Hermes?
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/h-rmes-sues-metabirkin-nft-190522448.html In this article, an American law professor professes his opinion that an NFT project called “MetaBirkins,” consisting of procedurally-generated digital art that is an obvious representation of a famous series of Hermes Birkin bags, does not violate any of the IP rights of Hermes. Kal Raustiala contends that the project would be covered by […]
New American legislation to protect vaccine manufacturers’ IP rights
Some interesting news for the last day of the term: there has been a bill introduced in the US that protects vaccine manufacturers against the Biden government, led by Republicans like Marco Rubio. The Republicans are expressing concern that if Biden issues waivers, China and Russia are going to use the vaccine inventions and “claim […]
Final Project: How can philosophy help us think about the boom in musical copyright cases?
Hello everyone! For my final project I am outing myself as a Podcaster and decided to do a podcast episode on my show about how we can use philosophy to think about problems in musical copyright cases. You can have a listen and read the bibliography and show description at the link below: https://ghorayeb.substack.com/p/how-can-philosophy-help-us-think?s=w You […]