Dr. João Paulo Capelotti (practicing lawyer, Curitiba, Brazil)
Last June, a district court in São Paulo ruled that HBO Brazil and a famous Brazilian comedian, Gregorio Duvivier, violated an agribusiness entrepreneur’s reputational rights, …
Prof. Laura Little, Temple Law School
Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court’s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a doozy. Affirmative Action out …
The paper Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law, authored by Alberto Godioli and Jennifer Young (University of Groningen), is now available as part of the Special Collection series run …
Dr Alberto Godioli, University of Groningen
On May 27th 2023, Sri Lankan comedian and human rights activist Nathasha Edirisooriya was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka (CID) under section 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and …
Professor Laura Little and Andrew Rosen, Temple University School of Law
Yes, it is true. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear yet another funny trademark case. This case dates back to 2018, when a lawyer out of California filed …
Dr. Jennifer Young, University of Groningen
A chilling effect is once more creeping across China affecting both music and comedy. China is again clamping down on freedom of expression and appears increasingly concerned about the power of satire as …
Prof. Laura E. Little and Andrew Rosen, Temple University School of Law
For those hoping the U.S. Supreme Court would demystify the role of parody, or humor more generally, in the sphere of trademark infringement and dilution, disappointment may await. …
Dr Sabine Jacques (University of East Anglia), 6 April 2023
[This post was originally published on the University of East Anglia School of Law Research Blog. We are reposting it by kind permission of the author]
On …
Dr Alberto Godioli (University of Groningen), 23 March 2023
In her concurring opinion to Patrício Monteiro Telo de Abreu v. Portugal (No. 42713/15, judgment of 7 June 2022), Judge Julia Motoc highlighted the importance of recognising the harm caused by …
Humor and Conflict in the Digital Age (HACIDA), an ENLIGHT Scientific Research Network at Ghent University, welcomes proposals for 20-minute presentations as part of a two-day conference in Ghent, Belgium (29-30 November 2023).
The HACIDA conference will focus on the …