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Brooke Banta, Tyler Tassi, and Michelle Fung
Nov 27, 2024
Beyond the Bag: Louis Vuitton’s Legal Challenge to Parody in My Other Bag Case
Introduction The case of Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. vs. My Other Bag, Inc. highlights the tension between trademark protection and...
Brooke Franks, Tyler Tassi, and Sarah Walters
Oct 30, 2024
Reining in Textile Waste: How SB 707 Targets the Fashion Industry
Photo by Francois Le Nguyen on Unsplash Senate Bill 707 , or the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, establishes a stewardship...
Audrey Plzak, Dee Santrach, Natalie Orup
Oct 30, 2024
The “Myth” of Accessible Luxury Handbags: Brand Heat vs. Antitrust Violations
Photo by Zoshua Colah on Unsplash The Hermès Birkin, which recently sold for over $450,000 at auction, is notoriously the most expensive...
Brooke Banta, Sarah Walters, and Shreya Sathish
Oct 30, 2024
Navigating the AI Revolution: The US Copyright’s Stance on Creativity and Protection in a Digital Era
Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash Introduction As AI-generated content becomes more prevalent, there is a growing need for a legal...
Audrey Plzak, Dee Santrach
Oct 9, 2024
Exploring the Effects of California’s New Holocaust Art Restitution Law
Credit: Camille Pissaro Background on Nazi Looted Art World War II represented one of the largest art theft operations in history with a...
Audrey Plzak, Dee Santrach, Dea Sula
Apr 2, 2024
Fast Fashion: Shein Copyright and Racketeering Lawsuits
Credit: Dick Thomas Johnson | Flickr Shein, a ninety billion dollar fast fashion brand, has quickly become one of the most notorious...
How AI Masters the Art of Recognizing and Verifying Masterpieces
INTRODUCTION The world of art authentication has long been a delicate dance between tradition and technology. Connoisseurs, curators, and...
Brooke Banta, Sarah Walters, Dea Sula
Apr 2, 2024
From Serpentine to Single Ladies: Navigating Choreography Copyrights in the Age of TikTok
Credit: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) | YouTube As an ancient and honored art form, dance holds profound significance within many...
Dea Sula, Kieran Coughlin, and Lauren Haverlock
Nov 21, 2023
Criminal Art Dealers and Their Legal Consequences
Credit: PxHere Art Dealers are a foundational aspect of the art market. As middlemen, dealers are the chain that connects artists,...
Victoire Marion, Sarah Walters, Brooke Banta
Oct 31, 2023
Jacquemus and the Rise of Virtual Luxury: AI-Generated Marketing
Credit: Jacquemus Le Bambimou Jacquemus The French luxury label Jacquemus is known for its imaginative marketing strategies that give the...
Andrey Volkov, Audrey Plzak, Dea Sula
Oct 3, 2023
The Lack of Artist Resale Rights in the United States
Credit: Courtesy of Southeby's The artist resale right, a concept that gives the original artist or their descendants the right to ...
Creativity Finds A Way: Russia's Movie Theater Survives Hollywood Boycott Thanks To Parallel Import
Moscow Cinema Oktyabr© Svetlov Artem, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic On February 24, 2022,...
Erik Echeona, Christina Nadeau
Apr 28, 2023
Art Theft and Modern Restitution in International Law
There is a long history of international debate over the repatriation of culturally relevant art.
Dea Sula, Kieran Coughlin, Caroline Rodgers
Apr 13, 2023
To Create or Not Create? The Copyright Battle Over AI Art
The art world has always been affected by the development of new technologies.
Christina Nadeau, Julie Major
Apr 13, 2023
MetaBirkins & The First Amendment in NFTs
After the initial market depression of the COVID-19 lockdowns, the global population that was fortunate enough ceased spending money.
Public Domain Day 2023
Every year on January 1st, a new batch of works complete their full copyright term on what is known as Public Domain Day.
Poland’s Infringement on Cultural Human Rights
Poland is violating the international human right to the freedom of expression through legally sanctioned censorship.
Ella Wesly, Christina Nadeau, Dea Sula
Feb 9, 2023
On the Destruction of Art
For those following the art industry this past year, the issue of art destruction should be top of mind.
Dea Sula, Christina Nadeau, Ella Wesly
Oct 27, 2022
The Nail in the Sarcophagus: Exposing an International Trafficking Ring
In the first century BCE in Ptolemaic Egypt, the high priest Nedjemankh of the ram-headed god Heryshef prepared for his journey into the aft
Kaelyn Keller
Oct 13, 2022
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
On December 3, 1981, respected photographer Lynn Goldsmith was tasked with photographing the up-and-coming musical icon Prince.
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