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IN REVIEW: THE FASHION WORKERS ACTIN REVIEW: THE FASHION WORKERS
Image Credit Introduction In December 2024 , New York enacted the Fashion Workers Act (FWA), marking a historic shift in labor...

Man vs. Machine: The Copyright Office’s 2025 AI Policy and Stance on AI-Generated Art
Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney The rapid advancement of authorship and AI has sparked a new era of generative art, challenging...

Chanel vs. What Goes Around Comes Around: A Clash Over Luxury Resale
Photo by What Goes Around Comes Around A Vintage Dream or Trademark Nightmare On March 14, 2018, Chanel filed a complaint against What...

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 Banta, Tyler Tassi, and Michelle Fung
Nov 27, 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...
Brooke Franks, Tyler Tassi, and Sarah Walters
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...
Audrey Plzak, Dee Santrach, Natalie Orup
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...
Brooke Banta, Sarah Walters, and Shreya Sathish
Oct 30, 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
Oct 9, 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...
Audrey Plzak, Dee Santrach, Dea Sula
Apr 2, 2024


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...


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...
Brooke Banta, Sarah Walters, Dea Sula
Apr 2, 2024


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,...
Dea Sula, Kieran Coughlin, and Lauren Haverlock
Nov 21, 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...
Victoire Marion, Sarah Walters, Brooke Banta
Oct 31, 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 ...
Andrey Volkov, Audrey Plzak, Dea Sula
Oct 3, 2023


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,...


Art Theft and Modern Restitution in International Law
There is a long history of international debate over the repatriation of culturally relevant art.
Erik Echeona, Christina Nadeau
Apr 28, 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.
Dea Sula, Kieran Coughlin, Caroline Rodgers
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.
Christina Nadeau, Julie Major
Apr 13, 2023

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.
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