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Whose Right Is It Anyway?: The Messy Intersection of Graffiti, Street Art, and Copyright Law
February 1, 2021Archives . Authors . Blog News . Certified Review . Feature . Feature Img . Issue Spotters . Policy/Contributor Blogs . Recent Stories . Student Blogs Article(Source) Unlike the drab billboards and miles of gray concrete known to punctuate urban landscapes, the splashes of color typical of murals and street art demand to be seen. Street art’s roots, however, are found in graffiti, a phenomenon where various structures are “tagged” with words, which has been viewed as a public nuisance and
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Fashion (Law) Forward: An Interview with Professor Susan Scafidi
November 23, 2020Archives . Authors . Blog News . Certified Review . Feature . Feature Img . Interviews . Issue Spotters . Policy/Contributor Blogs . Professor Blogs . Recent Stories . Student Blogs Article(Source) This podcast transcript has been edited for concision and clarity. Christina Lee Hello, my name is Christina Lee, and today I am happy to have you on The Issue Spotter Podcast. Today, our Online Associate Jamie Smith will be interviewing Professor Susan Scafidi, and we are super excited to welcome both of them to
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Industrial Design: Reinterpreting the Useful Article Doctrine
October 26, 2018Archives . Authors . Blog News . Certified Review . Feature . Feature Img . Recent Stories . Student Blogs ArticleThe separability test’s current binary approach dooms opposing parties to talk past one another, each at a different level of abstraction, with courts only clumsily able to direct the proceedings. Courts could more productively channel discourse if they considered separability across a spectrum. By applying a spectrum, courts would be able to determine the sorts of designs that are truly worthy of copyright protection with greater precision and sophistication.