Where Law and Creativity Meet: Finding My Way to Intellectual Property

Months before starting law school, I spent a late night exploring legal careers. I had already been keeping up with trends in music, fashion, and entertainment, and I started noticing patterns. Artists struggling with ownership rights. Brands fighting over logos. Designers calling out copied products. I used those observations as a starting point for further research, following articles, news stories, and online discussions about these … Continue reading Where Law and Creativity Meet: Finding My Way to Intellectual Property

A Polar Bear’s Identity Crisis: Comparative Advertising in Trademark Law

As someone who has little to no interest in football, let alone the Super Bowl, I still tune in every year just for the commercials. With a background in advertising, the moment the game goes to a commercial break, my TV comes off mute! This year, one ad in particular really caught my attention, Pepsi’s Super Bowl commercial, “The Choice.” The commercial opens with a … Continue reading A Polar Bear’s Identity Crisis: Comparative Advertising in Trademark Law