This Week in Intellectual Property, August 20th
1. Why we don't need a trade war to stop Chinese IP "theft." 2. How copyright law enabled Adult Swim to shut down the Wubba Lubba Dub Pub. 3. How [...]
Florida Lawsuit Against Excessive Testing for Hearing Aids
The primary outcome of occupational licensing restrictions is to restrict entry into a profession to a few chosen practitioners, usually only after approval from a licensing board and extensive training [...]
Land-Use and Zoning Reform Finds Friends on Both Sides of the Aisle
Measures to liberalize land use and zoning regulations are a heavy political lift. The fights most often occur at the local level, where established residents opposed to new developments (i.e. [...]
We Don’t Need a Trade War to Address Chinese IP “Theft”
A few weeks ago, Dean Baker wrote on how concerns that Chinese companies are “stealing” the intellectual property of U.S. firms seeking to do business there (a rare intersection of [...]
Financial Regulators Warn Against Reducing Bank Capital Requirements
Back in April, the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposed a regulation that would change the methodology used to calculate enhanced supplementary leverage [...]
Aw Geez, Rick and Morty Pop-Up Bar Shut Down
After being in operation for only one day, the Wubba Lubba Dub Pub, a Rick and Morty-themed pop-up bar in Washington, D.C., was shuttered by the owners after being threatened [...]
MBS Purchases Transfer Risk from Lenders to Fed
Since the financial crisis, the balance sheet of the Federal Reserve expanded from around $900 billion in summer of 2008 to $2.2 trillion at the end of that year, and [...]
Piracy and Progress
Intellectual property, patenting more specifically, restricts the use of innovations by granting a legal monopoly to patent holders. One silver lining of this system, however, is that the knowledge of [...]
NIMBYs Going BANANAs
Regular readers of Rent Check or those familiar with the landscape of land-use and zoning regulations know the term NIMBY—which stands for “not in my backyard.” It’s a derogatory term [...]
Interview With Jared Meyer and Tennessee Sen. Kerry Roberts on Licensing Reform
In Forbes, Jared Meyer of the Foundation for Government Accountability interviewed Tennessee Senator Kerry Roberts on three recent reforms to Tennessee’s occupational licensing reforms. First, the Fresh Start Act, legislation [...]