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Infotainment and fact-checking: The challenges of making comedy with news (Vilela vs. Duvivier)

August 18, 2023 by admin

Dr. João Paulo Capelotti (practicing lawyer, Curitiba, Brazil)

Gregorio Duvivier in 2016 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

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, …

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Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court

August 13, 2023 by admin

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 …

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Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law

July 9, 2023 by admin
Artwork by Laura Catalina Ortiz

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 …

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On the abuse of human rights law in Sri Lanka: The arrest of Nathasha Edirisooriya

July 24, 2023June 24, 2023 by admin

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 …

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Is Trump “too Big” for Trademark? Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, petition for review granted 6/5/2023

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 by admin

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 …

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China cracks down on stand-up

July 20, 2023June 13, 2023 by admin

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 …

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Epilogue for the Jack Daniels Case: The Supreme Court’s Final Opinion

June 24, 2023June 9, 2023 by admin

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. …

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Event Report: ‘Character in copyright and the character of copyright: Reflections on Only Fools and Horses’

June 13, 2023April 6, 2023 by admin

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 …

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Humour and Symbolic Violence: Canal 8 v. France (ECtHR, No. 58951/18 and 1308/19)

April 7, 2023March 23, 2023 by admin

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 …

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CfP: Humor and Conflict in the Digital Age

March 23, 2023 by admin

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 …

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Recent Posts

  • Infotainment and fact-checking: The challenges of making comedy with news (Vilela vs. Duvivier)
  • Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court
  • Humor and Free Speech: A Comparative Analysis of Global Case Law
  • On the abuse of human rights law in Sri Lanka: The arrest of Nathasha Edirisooriya
  • Is Trump “too Big” for Trademark? Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, petition for review granted 6/5/2023
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