Articles
Where Copyright Meets Privacy in the Big Data Era: Access to and Control Over User Data in Agriculture and the Role of Copyright
Jun. 25, 2022—Tesh W. Dagne | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 675 (2022) The application of big data in different sectors of the economy and its transformative value has recently attracted considerable attention. However, this transformation, driven by the application of advanced technologies that utilize big data—such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence...
Barriers to Criminal Enforcement Against Counterfeiting in China
Jun. 25, 2022—Daniel C.K. Chow | 24 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 633 (2022) Multinational companies (MNCs) with valuable trademarks in China seek criminal enforcement against counterfeiting because other available avenues of relief, such as administrative and judicial remedies, have proven to be ineffective. While MNCs prefer enforcement through China’s Police, the Public Security Bureau (PSB),...
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...
Labor Organization in Ride-Sharing—Unionization or Cartelization?
May. 25, 2021—Mark Anderson & Max Huffman | 23 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 715 (2021) The sharing economy brings together the constituent parts of a business enterprise into a structure that, on its surface, resembles a business firm, but in crucial ways is nothing like the traditional firm. This includes the ownership of the primary...