Monthly Archives: April, 2025
‘Crossroads in Private International Law Seminar Series, University of Aberdeen’
‘In April, the Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance will be relaunching its Crossroads in Private International Law research seminar series …” (more) [Tobias Lutzi, Conflict of Laws .net, 14 April 2025]
Katharine Jackson, ‘Corporate Populism: Musk’s Challenge to the Rule of Law and Equity’
ABSTRACT The success of Elon Musk and his companies defy received understanding. Tesla stock creeps upwards even as it suffers the kind of setbacks that would amount to serious trauma in any other company. Musk and his boards violate their fiduciary duties routinely – and their shareholders continue thanking them by approving eye-popping compensation plans […]
Rosati and Sipetas, ‘Upcycling under EU copyright law: from infringement risks to protectability requirements’
ABSTRACT This article focuses on upcycled products from two different copyright perspectives: first, it considers the extent to which-if any-such goods could be regarded as infringing of third-party rights; second, it addresses the question of protection under EU law. To this end, it reviews available case law of the Court of Justice of the European […]
Michael Carroll, ‘Copyright in Characters: A Proposal for Reform’
ABSTRACT The doctrine of character copyright is an eccentricity in copyright law that should either be abandoned or substantially reformed. Originally limited to literary characters, this doctrine decomposes a narrative work in order to recognize characters as works of authorship independent of the narrative works from which they are derived. Claimants generally seek independent protection […]
Parry and Shikha, ‘Disqualification of directors and education requirements; supporting responsible directorship’
ABSTRACT This paper considers how education can address two persistent problems concerning directors of smaller companies. Virtually anyone can be a company director, even though this is a complex role with significant impacts. Director disqualification is the main filter, to instil market morality and improve standards among directors. Yet disqualification lacks any rehabilitative element, and […]
AJ Hannay, ‘Damna Usuum: Common Law, Conscience and the “Sufferance of Uses”’
ABSTRACT The Damna Usuum was a series of complaints about the operation of uses written during the negotiations with the Commons which culminated in the Statute of Uses (1536). Through detailed analysis of the manuscript, this paper demonstrates that the Damna Usuum has been misunderstood by legal historians. Rather than being a public document intended […]
Alyssa Sitkowski, ‘The Bastard of the Arts and Copyright Law: The Intersection of Dance and Copyright Law in Hanagami v Epic Games, Inc’
ABSTRACT This case note reviews and analyzes two different circuit courts’ approaches to evaluating copyright claims for choreographic works. In Hanagami v Epic Games, Inc, a professional dancer and choreographer, Kyle Hanagami, sued the creators of the well-known video game, Fortnite Battle Royale, for copyright infringement. While the District Court for the Central District of […]
‘Tort Law and Social Policy’ – special number of DePaul Law Review
Discovery Gamesmanship in Mass Torts (Seth Katsuya Endo) Civil Conspiracy, Negligence, and Recklessness In Claims Against Manufacturers of Dangerous Products (John CP Goldberg and Benjamin C Zipursky) Remedy Becomes Regulation: State Making After the Fact (Samuel Issacharoff and Adam Littlestone-Luria) Farm Until It’s Gone: Industrial Animal Agriculture and the Limits of Law (Douglas A Kysar) […]
Ashton Austin, ‘From Property Rights to Human Rights: Combating Forced Partition in Louisiana with the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act’
INTRODUCTION ‘Because of a technicality you done uprooted a family’. The Lewis family is a Black, low-income family who owned 480 acres of land and a homestead in northern Louisiana. Throughout the years, the Lewis family lived on the land and consistently paid their property taxes. However, this land was heirs property, a relatively new […]
Susannah Theus, ‘US Copyright Law Is Fashionably Late to Regulating IP Compliance in the Fashion Industry’
INTRODUCTION Enthusiasts of fast fashion love the rapid delivery of trendy designs at uber-low prices from a convenient, mobile-friendly platform – but not everyone is a fan. Independent brands and designers fill social media platforms with stories and connected imagery, largely consisting of strikingly similar side-by-side comparisons, detailing how fast fashion companies have repeatedly stolen […]