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Charles Duan

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Is “Complexifier” a Real Word? A Slate Investigation.

Elliot Hannon

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The European Union Just Canceled McDonald’s Trademark for Big Macs. Wait, What?

Charles Star

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No One Should Be Shocked by the EU Copyright Law That Would “Ban Memes”

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The Blockbuster Barbie Case That Tested the Limits of Copyright

Dahlia Lithwick

Aug 18, 2018 10:00 AM

Ed Sheeran Is Getting Sued for Plagiarism, Again

Rob Dozier

June 28, 2018 5:23 PM

Sesame Workshop Is Suing the Producers of That Melissa McCarthy Movie With the Ejaculating Puppet

Matthew Dessem

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Why Every Media Company Fears This Guy

Justin Peters

May 24, 2018 5:52 AM

A Trademark War Roils the Romance World: Who Owns Cocky?

Tyler King

May 15, 2018 5:55 AM

There Are Thousands of Secret Patents That the U.S. Government Refuses to Make Public

Arvind Dilawar

May 09, 2018 9:00 AM

Soon, We May Give More Rights to Artificial Intelligence Than to Animals

Rachel Withers

May 03, 2018 1:09 PM

A Horrifying 1927 “Apparatus for Obtaining Criminal Confessions” and Other Spooky Patents

Eleanor Cummins

Oct 31, 2017 12:33 PM

State Department Tries to Start “Fake Twitter Feud,” Understands Neither Feuds nor Twitter

Jacob Brogan

July 07, 2017 11:33 AM

Should the Patent and Trademark Office Be Allowed to Change Its Mind?

Rochelle C. Dreyfuss

June 21, 2017 12:30 PM

What Beyoncé and Justin Bieber Taught Me About Fair Use

Emily Hong

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How Army of Darkness Is Like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Kerry Maeve Sheehan

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This New Lawsuit From PETA Isn’t Just Absurd. It’s Cruel.

Jordan Weissmann

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Good News: Replicas of 16th-Century Sculptures Are Not Off-Limits for 3-D Printers

Ariel Bogle

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How Confusion About Creativity Sustains a Flawed Copyright System

Jessica Silbey

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