Trademark rights can be extended perpetually, whether copyright is limited by its very nature. This essay aims to solve some of the issues that result when these two rights overlap, particularly focusing on trademarked fictional characters and their interaction with the public domain. After...

It is the age-old story: developed and developing countries struggle for the control and protection of both resources and knowledge since time immemorial. Nowadays, these resources can be exported and patented elsewhere, regardless of where they originated or developed. At both sides of the...