There is a built-in tension between the perception of copyright law as promoting a delicate balance between the interests of creators, distributions, and users of information goods and contract law’s laissez-faire philosophy. Legal systems need to decide how to approach this tension and...

Copyright, at international, European, and national levels, does not provide a legal framework that prioritizes enabling and incentivizing research using protected works and information to the extent necessary and desirable in a digital, data-driven society in order to build a sustainable...

The practice of copyright was once a perfect balance, reflecting the intent of the Founders to create an environment where new works were constantly made available to the public for consumption and use. The author would create a work, a user would buy a copy and be free to use it. Neither party...

There has been a renewed interest in the adoption of an international instrument on copyright and educational uses at the World Intellectual Property Organization since the COVID-19 pandemic which necessitated an unprecedented large-scale switch to digital education in many countries and brought...

First released in early 2019, Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union is still the only book completely devoted to the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the EU copyright field.It seeks to understand the Court’s role and action in the area of...

Indian competition law follows the philosophy of contemporary competition laws and targets at nurturing competition and at protecting the relevant Indian markets to counter the anticompetitive practices by enterprises. The Competition Act, 2002 prohibits anticompetitive agreements, abuse of...

Copyright’s place within European Union (EU) law and within the wider e-Commerce environment is undoubtedly significant. Nonetheless, copyright law is less well integrated into the EU legal order than some other key areas of commercial and e-Commerce law, such as competition law. It is...

This essay will explore the future of U.S. intellectual property laws for the fashion industry in five major segments. First, in order to envision the future, the first chapter will look at the past and current issues of what intellectual property laws offer fashion designs and designers in the...

Ideas are at the center of all of our inventive, creative, and commercial activities. Defining the contours of the law of ideas, however, has often proved to be an elusive endeavor. It is a body of law that exists just outside of the domain of traditional intellectual property law, yet it lies...

In today’s reality, technology is to be a core aspect of our life. More and more people interact through social media and other methods such as messengers. However, recently, another innovation that started to be trendy is named the metaverse. It permits people to have the next level of...