Fame, Parody, and Policing in Trademark Law

The Imaginary Trademark Parody Crisis (and the Real One)

In the two decades since the Supreme Court protected a crude rap spoof from copyright liability in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., courts have grown to understand the great value of parodic expression in trademark cases as well. Today, plausible claims of parody almost always prevail over trademark rights in judicial rulings. This Article demonstrates that it is simply wrong to suggest, as ...

Perceived Benefits of Trademark Infringement Law to Thai Sports Industry

Background. The sports industry is comprised of a multitude of for-profit and non-profit organizations. It is therefore unsurprising that there are disputes between organizations and that some of these disputes center on the use of trademarks.  Objectives. This study seeks to identify the perceived benefits of trademark infringement law in the Thai sports industry. Methods. This study employe...

Trademark Law and Status Signaling: Tattoos for the Privileged

The Role of Criminal Law in Policing Corporate Misconduct

In the early 1990s, I spent a couple of years as Chief of the Criminal Division in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. One of my principal responsibilities was to hear “appeals” from defense lawyers, usually, although not exclusively, in white collar crime cases. These lawyers felt that their clients should not be indicted, or that the plea offer they had rece...

ترجمه،نقدوبررسی بخش پایانی کتاب : women family and gender in islamic law

موضوع این تحقیق ترجمه ، نقدوبررسی بخش پایانی کتابی است بانام "women, family and gender in islamic law" [زنان، خانواده وجنسیت درحقوق اسلام]. اصل کتاب به زبان انگلیسی است؛ ما علاوه برترجمه، برآن حاشیه نیززده ایم. ونهایتا نقدوبررسی نیز کرده ایم. درفصل نقدوبررسی پس ازایرادمقدمه، نخستین سخن را به بحثی به نام "تنازع پیش فرض ها" اختصاص دادیم. جان سخن ما دراین بحث این است که ازآنجاکه مسلمانان باغیرمسل...