Apr 27, 2014 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 47
On the surface, trademark law protects trademarks, defined as any “word, logo or package design, [or some combination thereof,] used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify its goods [or services] and distinguish them from others.” Typical trademark infringement...
Apr 27, 2014 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 47
Globalization is an intricate economic, political, cultural, and geographic process during which the movement of resources, organizations, ideals, discourses, and peoples become progressively global or transnational. Pure economic globalization theory recognizes the...
Apr 27, 2014 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 47
Many common agricultural crops have developed through human tinkering; alteration and experimentation have given rise to food species whose existence depends entirely on humans. The development of these crops has generated specific, traditional knowledge associated...
Apr 26, 2014 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 47
Democracy is founded upon the principle that no one is above the law. International law nevertheless permits diplomats to escape liability for crimes or civil wrongs they commit in the country where they are being hosted. Some scholars estimate that, each year,...
Apr 26, 2014 | Notes, Number 2, Print Edition, Volume 47
The cover of John Lennon’s 1968 record Two Virgins shocked the world by showing Lennon and Yoko Ono naked, which was an unheard of act of controversy for a popular celebrity at the time. Today, however, public nudity in the context of protest has become prevalent...