The Need for Standardization in TRIPS Exhaustion Policy for Use of Copyright-Protected Data for TDM

Under TRIPS, the doctrine of exhaustion is applied to patents, pharmaceuticals, and physical goods, but its application to digital material is a legal gray area.[1] The doctrine establishes that ownership of tangible goods is transferred with a single, definitive transaction, and naturally, the new owner… Read More

Crisis on the Essequibo: The Implications of Venezuelan Aggression Towards Guyana as Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Measures

A Long-Dormant Territorial Dispute Erupts In 2015, Exxon Mobil Corporation made a significant oil discovery off the coast of Guyana’s Essequibo region.[1] This and subsequent findings would quickly transform Guyana, with a population just over 800,000, into the country with the largest per-capita oil reserves… Read More

The Diminishing Status of the ICCPR in Hong Kong Following the Promulgation of the National Security Law

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which has provided Hong Kong citizens with civil and political rights, has seen it’s normative force decline since the promulgation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region… Read More

The Balancing Act: How the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act Properly Frames the Dangers and Benefits of Using Biometric Identification to Combat Human Trafficking

Introduction As technology advances, States must make important decisions about how they want to legislate and regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). In making these decisions, States need to balance their concerns about privacy and data protection[1] with their interests in innovating for the… Read More