A case comment of of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision in Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP v. ComicMix LLC, Hauman, Friedman and Templeton, Case No. 3:16-cv-02779-JLS-BGS (18 December 2020)

By a judgment on 16 March 2020, the Central District Court of California handed a major win to Katy Perry over her hit song “Dark Horse” (viewed almost 3 billion times on YouTube, the most viewed female video to date). The Court could not find any trace of substantial similarity because none...

This article analyses the question of initial ownership to patents. Conventionally, intellectual property rights have been considered as limited territorially. Nevertheless, the increase of cross-border exploitation of intellectual property assets reveals shortcomings of the principle of...

The rise of generative AI tools has revolutionized digital content creation, leading to legal uncertainties surrounding these platforms. Creators of generative AI platforms face uncharted legal territory, while lawmakers and regulators grapple with effectively regulating these emerging...

In the last two decades the society has witnessed dramatic advances in the field of biotechnology. Recently, nanotechnology forms the main area of technological innovation. Genetic altering of various products and live organisms hopefully will improve the quality of human life. Two decades ago...

This article is devoted to present main principles of the EC state aid proceedings to a Lithuanian reader. The author considers the role of general principles of EC law in the application of Art. 88 EC by the Commission, European and national courts. Nevertheless, the major emphasis is given to...

Prifina Inc. submitted comments to the California AG Regulations for the implementation of CCPA. These comments focus on data portability, make suggestions regarding the adjustment of CCPA Regulations to support user-held data models, and propose a new approach to estimate the value of data to...

Over centuries, efficient allocation of limited resources has been one main concerns of governments and social scientists. The emergence of the Internet fuelled the proliferation of online matching platforms that facilitate the redistribution of omnipresent surplus resources. This article...

This article is devoted to analyse the drafting process of Rome I regulation and highlight certain challenges that emerge during the preparation of the new regulation. Authors inter alia pinpoint dubious solutions of the Rome I proposal. In particular, proposed conflict of laws rules to the...

The Article is devoted to analyse general principles of EC law that are pertinent in state aid proceedings. Particular emphasis is placed to investigate the clash of public and private interests in the field of state aid law. The author modestly considers the possibility of the improvement of...