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Time is Money and Anticompetitive: The Luxury Watch Industry\u27s Weaponization of Intellectual Property Against the Right to Repair
Full text linkSince 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), legislators, and activists have jointly worked together to implement consumer rights in repairing personal property on both a state and federal level in the United States. These efforts have largely targeted the automobile and technology industries; these sectors have been known to “tie” their goods to authorized repair services, limiting consumer choice on where, how, and when to repair their goods. However, this issue is not limited to the automobile and technology industries, as luxury watches have gained newfound popularity, creating right to repair issues within the industry.
Despite the FTC’s stance and caselaw on the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property law, the luxury watch industry has maintained its firm grip over its right to control repair and distribution of parts. By claiming that its livelihood depends on the success and preservation of its trademarks and patents, the luxury watch industry has persuaded the courts that permissible repair can easily be interpreted as impermissible reconstruction. This Comment will delve into how the luxury watch industry weaponizes intellectual property to bypass right to repair and discuss possible solutions
La jurisdicción de la Corte Interamericana para revisar judicialmente la invalidez de la denuncia a la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos efectuada por Venezuela en 2012 bajo los estándares de la Convención de Viena y la Opinión Consultiva OC-26/20
No full textAbolition Through Reproductive Justice Panel
No full textHosted by Washington College of Law National Lawyers. Guild & Program on Gender, Theory, Law & Practice:
This session is moderated by Professor Jamie Abrams and features representatives from abortion care providers, funders and Reproductive Justice attorneys and will focus on increased criminalization around reproduction posts Dobb
Justice Beyond Borders: Advancing the Women’s Tribunal’s Legacy to Prosecute War Crimes Against Women
No full textThe State of the Medical Cannabis Industry and Enforcement Against Illegal Cannabis Shops
Full text linkMy name is Professor Chaz Brooks, and I am joined by several of my students who have assisted on this project, Khumar Gasimzada, Christian Nunez, and Olivia Woodmansee. Professor Priya Baskaran and I co-lead the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at American University Washington College of Law, where we provide legal support to small businesses and entrepreneurs in Washington, D.C. (the “District” or “D.C.”). Over the past year, we have worked closely with Sean and Lashonia Thompson-El of DC Native Botanicals who received a Conditional Social Equity License for a cultivation center in October 2023. Today, we testify not only on their behalf but on behalf of the many Social Equity Applicants struggling to enter the District’s medical cannabis industry. Despite their commendable efforts, our client has continued experiencing substantial roadblocks to entry into the District’s medical cannabis industry. After working with them throughout this past year, we have seen firsthand some of the challenges that Social Equity Applicants can face in achieving a full license
Three Years After Dobbs- The Reproductive Justice Landscape
No full textThis event features WGSS executive committee member and Professor of Law Katie Kraschel, WGSS affiliated faculty member Professor of Law Wendy Parmet, JD Foster, a sociology and WGSS certificate graduate student who currently works on the Reproductive Justice Research Collaborative with WGSS along with other incredible panelists, including keynote speaker Khiara Bridges who spoke at our Reproductive Justice Symposium back in 2016
Emerging Tech and International Governance
No full textThe Tech Institute is cosponsoring the Georgetown Journal of International Law 2025 Symposium, which will examine the intersection of international law and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on the challenges posed by the rapid development of AI. The symposium will feature keynote speaker Anu Bradford, a leading scholar in international trade law, as well as other scholars and private sector stakeholders who will participate in panel discussions about international technology governance and growing data privacy concerns
Cyberbullying as a Contemporary Human Rights Violation of Youth in Digital Media: A Study of India, Brazil, and South Africa
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic facilitated a technological migration not only among adults but also among children and adolescents. Digital media became the alternative for young individuals to maintain their activities, especially school-related ones. They shared virtual classrooms, used the internet for entertainment, and were forced to socialize exclusively in digital environments for months. Connected time increased, and the world witnessed a new phenomenon: hyperconnectivity
Holding Out for Better Weather: Foreign Aid and the Principle of Humanity in Armed Conflicts and Natural Disasters
Full text linkThis Comment examines the doctrines of international humanitarian law and international disaster response law, two different sets of rules that govern the same situation: humanitarian concerns in the wake of a large-scale cataclysm. International humanitarian law is as old as history itself and has a stout body of law, both in terms of treaties and recognized customary international law. International disaster response law has only crystallized as a concept over the last two decades and is underdeveloped and largely unacknowledged.
Foreign aid, implored by the principle of humanity, is critical to assisting the plight of populations when a domestic government is not able to take care of its citizens. Thus, foreign aid groups are allowed wide latitude to function in armed conflicts under international humanitarian law. However, this is not true for aid groups providing support in the wake of a natural disaster. Because the threatening situations are identical, the source of the necessity for aid should not matter. The need for aid descends from the same threat to humanity. Thus, both situations must be treated identically, and foreign aid groups allowed similar latitude following natural disasters