Tag Archives: intellectual property

The Runway as Foreign Policy: How “Made In” Law Turns Fashion Into Geopolitical Power

By: Mia Massimo In September 2021, South Korea sent seven pop stars to the United Nations General Assembly—not as performers, but as official presidential envoys. The world called it a music story. International lawyers should have called it foreign policy. Fashion has long been dismissed as a soft subject for serious legal analysis. But a number […]

Globalizing the Octagon: Contractual, Labor, and IP Implications of the UFC–Paramount Skydance $7.7 Billion Streaming Deal

By: Samuel Hendler “IIIITTTT’SSS TIIIIIMMMEEEE!!” Bruce Buffer’s short phrase is a household saying, captivating the sports and entertainment world. Dana White’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (the “UFC”) has risen from small-scale fights at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey to the largest stage on Trump’s backyard at the White House on June 14, 2026.  Recently, in August 2025, […]

AI, Authorship, and Copyright: A Comparison Between the United States and the European Union

By: Addison Hichman As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly changes the way art, music, and literature are created, the copyrightability of these creative works has become an important consideration. Courts and policymakers are now forced to ask: Who is the author of an AI-generated work? Copyright protection has long been tied to human creativity, but the […]

An Attorney’s Bread and Butter or Blood and Honey? Implications of Intellectual Property Entering the Public Domain

By: Raymond J. Kayal III Every January 1st, Public Domain Day opens a time capsule of creative works to the global creative commons. In 2026, the United States will see works made in 1930 enter the public domain under the ninety-five-year term established by theCopyright Act of 1976. This treasure trove includes Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie’s The Murder […]