Articles by Hauwa Otori
Hauwa Otori is a 2011 J.D. candidate at American University's Washington College of Law and has an interest in copyright, trademark, communication law, and cyberlaw. In 2008, she graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication with a minor in Applied Economics & Management. During her undergraduate career, Hauwa participated in research focused on the psychology of television. She is the author of Children and the Media: Self-Other Perceptions of Occupational Portrayals in the Media.
It’s no secret. Copyright holders are seeking more legal protection over their works. But are copyright holders taking it a little too far all in the name of protecting their rights? With the total amount …
The Obama Administration is supporting its strong stance against copyright infringement. Almost a year ago, Victoria Espinel, the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, released the Administration’s first Joint Strategic Plan to combat “intellectual property theft.” Then, …
Known for his unique style of appropriating popular-culture imagery and mass-produced objects to create his own artwork, Jeff Koons made headlines a few years ago in Blanch v. Koons, as the defendant in a copyright …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently released a 2010 Top 12 Trend Watch Update of key issues shaping digital rights that the organization had made predictions about earlier in the year. The list includes:
(1) Social …
This past Wednesday, Japanese electronic company Sony filed a patent infringement suit with both the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against South Korean company, LG. This dispute relating …
Whether downloading a favorite song or movie, the rise of the Internet has led to the proliferation of peer-to-peer file sharing. Over the past few years, domestic and foreign governments, encouraged by Hollywood and major …
Fela! The critically acclaimed Broadway musical, which features the Afrobeat music of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (“Kuti”) and is based off of Charles Moore’s book, Fela This Bitch of a Life, a biography about Kuti’s life as …
