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Intellectual Property Piracy in the Time of the Metaverse
The article explores ways in which companies, innovators, artists, and cultural workers can best protect their IP rights in the metaverse. Focusing on IP piracy and counterfeiting, long-time problems in both the real world and online, the article addresses the threats that these illicit activities pose to legitimate commerce, government tax revenues, public safety, and national security. It examines the implications that the metaverse poses for businesses going forward with respect to brand management and revenue source protection and details the manners in which IP rights can be best protected in the metaverse. It concludes with a review of the law enforcement challenge that traditional jurisdiction rules face with the metaverse and calls for more regulatory clarity on the part of sovereign States to deal with IP rights in the context of Web 3.0
From Advocacy to Abolition: How the Universal Periodic Review Can Shape the Trajectory of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Reforming Impact Fees to Support Housing Affordability: A Case Study of Four Inland California Cities
Bridging the Gap in LGBTQ+ Rights Litigation: A Community Discussion on Bisexual Visibility in the Law
This essay discusses the genesis of BiLaw, a coalition of Bi+ lawyers and law students, and highlights the importance of a 2021 Lavender Law session organized by BiLaw in which representatives of LGBT rights organizations discussed the erasure of Bi+ persons in jurisprudence and the importance of, and their commitment to, serving the needs of the Bi+ community, along with those of other stakeholders. A transcript of the groundbreaking discussion follows the essay