Written by: Avneet Purewal Skilled dancers on scholarship can enter competitions and win prize money without losing either their eligibility to compete in college dance clubs or their scholarships.[1] Skilled musicians can teach or perform in concerts with monetary compensation… Continue Reading
Written By: Ishan Shivakumar* Originally published on the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology Digest. I. Introduction U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain, while granting summary judgment for the Defendants, ruled that 2K Games could depict the tattoos of NBA… Continue Reading
Written by: Kirkman Ridd Guitarist Robert White performed on some of the most memorable R&B song recordings of the past six decades.[1] He is arguably best known for creating the iconic “guitar riff” heard in the Temptations’s 1964 hit song… Continue Reading
Written By: Pierce Stanley Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh rejected Google’s bid to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging Google surreptitiously tracks users of its popular Chrome browser while they browse in “incognito” mode.[1] The decision is… Continue Reading
Written By: Natalie Purcell Peloton has become a household name by providing home fitness services during the Covid-19 pandemic. While sheltering in place throughout the pandemic, people were panic buying toilet paper, meat, baking supplies, and a $2245 Peloton exercise… Continue Reading
Written By: Jordan Hameen If a proposed trademark or service mark is not inherently distinctive, it may be registered on the Principal Register only upon proof of acquired distinctiveness or “secondary meaning,” that is, proof that it has become distinctive… Continue Reading
Written By: Laura Odujinrin[1] Earlier this week, musician Taylor Swift released a rerecorded single from her 2008 sophomore album, Fearless.[2] The rerecorded song is part of a new album, aptly named, Fearless: Taylor’s Version, and it will be just one… Continue Reading
Written By: Nancy Avila Villatoro March 2020 marked a historical moment in the U.S. as the COVID-19 pandemic spread to cities across the country.[1] In an effort to control the spread of the virus, many cities issued stay-at-home orders.[2] In… Continue Reading
Written By: Allen L. Williams II A decade long feud over copyright infringement between Oracle and Google has brought focus to the issue of copyright protections for the code used to create software interfaces and their structures . Oracle sued… Continue Reading
Written By: Anoli Motawala Section 230, the Communications Decency Act, was introduced in 1996.[1] The act states that “no provider . . . of an interactive computer service . . . shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of… Continue Reading
