Hi Everyone, I was thinking about the Harvard Mouse case and the discussion of the patentability of life forms and thought about something which wasn’t discussed in the case; could you patent a higher life form if it were made synthetically. The higher lifeform argument failed to meet the ‘manufacture’ or ‘composition of matter’ criteria […]

Amazonbasics has been earning a reputation of taking unfair advantage of Amazon’s marketplace sellers. The EU is currently conducting anti-trust investigations over their use of sellers’ data, and now the popular bag company Peak Design is the latest to accuse them of dubious respect for IP.  (the last high-profile story in this vein being Allbirds) […]

Hi Class, I recently came across the idea of Predictive Bots through my research for the class presentation, looking at the intersection between technology, art, and intellectual property. Disnovation is “an algorithm that turns the latest media headlines into artistic concepts.” The algorithm is keen on identifying emerging trends and combining topical keywords to generate […]

Slides  & video below… Jon

Hey team, I came across this article today and I found it interesting. It sheds light on the intersection between  patents and accessibility of medical care. The director-general of the World Health Organization called to waive some IP rights (particularly patents) for the COVID-19 vaccines in order to make the vaccines more accessible. This has […]

Hey everyone, This is a story from 2016 but I still thought it was interesting to share! My partner went to school with a girl named Chanel who took the instagram handle “@chanel” when she made her instagram account in 2011. Apparently the company Chanel tried suing her to get that instagram handle in 2016. […]

Hi everyone, here is the link to my paper. Hope you enjoy! Lu_Paper_LAW 422_2021

Hello! While researching for a paper for another class I cam across an interesting article called “How Music Copyright Lawsuits are Scaring Away New Hits”. It discusses how the influx of copyright lawsuits in the music industry is stifling creativity and causing some artists and song writers to feel compelled to purchase insurance policies (costing […]

Hello everyone My paper topic is on the introduction of the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act in the US. I can’t really put in footnotes for my post on here, so I have included links to the bill and various articles at the bottom. Hope you find this somewhat interesting. After the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act […]

Veldkamp_Presentation_LAW422_IP Hi everyone, please find my audioslide presentation attached to this post — I hope you will find it interesting! Here is a transcript of the presentation for easy referral later:   “Hello everyone, today I will be talking about Make-up Artistry and Copyright Protection. I think we can all agree that make-up artists are, […]

Hi everyone, I believe Professor Festinger had posted the original article about magic mushrooms during February 3 news of the week (https://www.bereskinparr.com/doc/is-there-magic-in-those-mushrooms-protecting-psilocybin-and-other-actives-from-magic-mushrooms). I happened to come across that original article and saw this follow up-article that provides some insight into patent law in the area. This article goes into a review of strategies for protecting chemical […]

Hello friends, I came across an interesting article in researching a paper for another class. I found it really remarkable because it highlights the extent of issues copyright can concern itself with: in this case, copyright infringement principles can be used by victims of “revenge pornography” (i.e. the non-consensual distribution of private sexual imagery) to […]

Slides & video below… Jon