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Innovation Policy and Chronic Emergencies
May. 24, 2022—Robert Burrell and Catherine Kelly | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 221 (2022) The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust the potential role of the state as a driver of scientific innovation onto center stage. Vaccines have been developed and brought to market in a timescale that seemed almost impossible when the crisis first struck....
Mergers, Antitrust, and the Interplay of Entrepreneurial Activity and the Investments That Fund It
May. 24, 2022—Gary Dushnitsky and D. Daniel Sokol | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 255 (2022) This Article addresses the potentially negative implications of proposed antitrust legislation on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in general, with a particular focus on the venture capitalists (VCs) that fund it. First, it offers a review of how antitrust merger law...
The Future of AI Accountability in the Financial Markets
May. 24, 2022—Gina-Gail S. Fletcher and Michelle M. Le | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 289 (2022) Consumer interaction with the financial market ranges from applying for credit cards, to financing the purchase of a home, to buying and selling securities. And with each transaction, the lender, bank, and brokerage firm are likely utilizing artificial...
Solving for Law Firm Inclusion: The Necessity of Lawyer Well-Being
May. 24, 2022—Katrina Lee | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 323 (2022) Chances are, in a room of one hundred law firm partners in the United States, at most, one Black woman would be present. Statistically, if there were a Black, Latinx, or Asian woman in that room, she would be the only one. Women...
Worth a Shot: Encouraging Vaccine Uptake Through “Empathy”
May. 24, 2022—Dr. Jody Lyneé Madeira | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 363 (2022) Pro- and anti-vaccine organizations and individuals have frequently invoked empathy as a strategy for increasing uptake of COVID-19 precautions, including vaccinations. On one hand, vaccine supporters deployed empathy to defuse conflict, prioritize safeguarding the collective welfare, and avoid government mandates. On...
Regulating Social Media in the Global South
Apr. 13, 2022—Zahra Takhshid | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 1 (2021) In recent years, the disinformation crisis has made regulating social media platforms a necessity. The consequences of disinformation campaigns are not only limited to election interferences or political debates, but have also included fatal consequences. In response, scholars have generally focused on regulating...
Promoting Patent Practitioner Diversity: Expanding Non-JD Pathways and Removing Barriers
Apr. 13, 2022—Christopher M. Turoski | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 57 (2021) The patent field suffers from a reciprocal problem: the cost of becoming a Registered Patent Attorney is high, and the diversity of the patent bar is low. The high cost of law school tuition (over $50,000 per year at some schools) prices...
The Perfect Match: Solving the Due Process Problem of Signature Matching with Federal Agency Regulation
Apr. 13, 2022—Rachel Blumenstein | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 121 (2021) Local election commissions in the United States disenfranchise Americans when they erroneously reject voters’ mail-in ballots for failed signature matches. Disenfranchisement is not only problematic because it is dangerous to the health of American democracy, but also because signature matching violates the procedural...
Let Me Get My Glasses, I Can’t Hear You: Sheet Music, Copyright, and Led Zeppelin
Apr. 13, 2022—Brandon P. Evans | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 157 (2021) Musical copyright infringement cases are experiencing an identity crisis. The crisis is that courts are beginning their analyses of the similarities between compositions by examining visual, rather than aural, evidence. Prior to the 1976 Copyright Act, copyright protection extended only to musical...
Pausing the Game: Esports Developers’ Copyright Claims to Prevent or Restrict Tournament Play
Apr. 13, 2022—Alexander Tu | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 191 (2021) Unlike traditional sports, esports are-—at their core—-video games, which must be designed and programmed by a game company. These video game developers are the copyright owners of the esports titles they create, which, in turn, results in continued developer control even after a...