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December 28, 2020

eSports Contracts

The electronic sports industry (“eSports”) has skyrocketed since the early 2000s thanks in part to gaming dominant streaming services like ...

Copyrighting Tattoos in Sports Video Games: Can LeBron James License His Image?

September 5, 2020

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Copyrighting Tattoos in Sports Video Games: Can LeBron James License His Image?

Tattoos are permanent, often complex, creative, and original pieces of work created by a tattoo artist. Recently, litigation has come ...

Trademark Parodies – Flawed or Fair use?

July 24, 2020

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Trademark Parodies – Flawed or Fair use?

The reworked “fair use” defense has provoked debate because it provides excessively broad immunity to certain types of parodies and ...

July 20, 2020

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Trademark Law Implications of AM General v. Activision

Video games have grown in realism since the days of pong on an Atari console. As technology allows for higher ...

Prince’s purple: without rain or color trademark protection

May 18, 2019

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Prince’s purple: without rain or color trademark protection

In October 2018, Paisley Park Enterprises filed an application with the USPTO (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) for the registration ...

Recent Developments in Governmental Takings

February 19, 2019

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Recent Developments in Governmental Takings

Takings by the government have long been a murky area. The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not proffer ...

The Effect of Tax Laws on Commercial Real Estate

December 24, 2018

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The Effect of Tax Laws on Commercial Real Estate

Recently the Supreme Court decided the case South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., in which they addressed whether remote sellers of ...

High Court Fashion: Is there Copyright Protection for Trade Dress?

November 15, 2018

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High Court Fashion: Is there Copyright Protection for Trade Dress?

Copyright Protection of Non-Utilitarian Designs under the Copyright Act of 1976 Designers in the high fashion industry face many obstacles ...

Landlord-Tenant Battle Over NYC Rent Stabilization

October 1, 2018

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Landlord-Tenant Battle Over NYC Rent Stabilization

New York’s first step towards rent regulation can be traced back to the 1920s.[1] The history of rent control in ...

Piece of Cake: What’s Behind Supreme Court Opinions?

July 17, 2018

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Piece of Cake: What’s Behind Supreme Court Opinions?

On June 4, 2018 the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in the controversial case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. ...

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eSports Contracts

Copyrighting Tattoos in Sports Video Games: Can LeBron James License His Image?

Trademark Parodies – Flawed or Fair use?

Trademark Law Implications of AM General v. Activision

Prince’s purple: without rain or color trademark protection

Recent Developments in Governmental Takings

The Effect of Tax Laws on Commercial Real Estate

High Court Fashion: Is there Copyright Protection for Trade Dress?

Landlord-Tenant Battle Over NYC Rent Stabilization

Piece of Cake: What’s Behind Supreme Court Opinions?

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