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

Elliot Hannon

Feb 07, 2019 10:47 PM

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

Charles Star

Jan 18, 2019 1:36 PM

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

Eleonora Rosati

Sept 19, 2018 3:11 PM

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

May 27, 2018 5:10 PM

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

Jan 25, 2016 10:03 AM

How Army of Darkness Is Like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Kerry Maeve Sheehan

Oct 27, 2015 10:08 AM

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

Jordan Weissmann

Sept 25, 2015 5:34 PM

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

Ariel Bogle

Jan 26, 2015 12:51 PM

How Confusion About Creativity Sustains a Flawed Copyright System

Jessica Silbey

Jan 23, 2015 9:36 AM

It’s Officially OK to Put Nintendo Characters in Non-Commercial Projects

Lily Hay Newman

Nov 21, 2014 6:03 PM

Major Scrabble Brouhaha: Can You Copyright a List of Words?

Stefan Fatsis

Sept 30, 2014 7:35 PM