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Everybody Wins With Fake Birkin Bags

Why Knockoffs Keep Trends Changing and Spur Creativity

We’re in the midst of New York Fashion Week, and the conversation about what we’ll soon be wearing has begun. The festivities even reached L.A. with events like Thursday’s “Fashion’s Night Out,” a sort of shopping extravaganza for the Sartorialist set.

Behind the scenes, one of the hot topics in the fashion world is something more mundane: whether copyright law should be extended to fashion designs. Today, anyone can copy any design they see–perfectly legally. As a result, knockoffs are everywhere.

Some think this ought to change. In 2010, U.S. Senator Charles …

by Kal Raustiala |

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Theft Is In the Eye Of the Beholder

When Is It OK For Someone in Your Field To ‘Steal’ an Idea?

 

Did Samsung violate Apple’s intellectual property rights by making a phone with a pinchable screen? Should one-click online ordering be an idea owned by one corporation? Should the day come …

Will This Billionaire Save Your Life?

Biomedical Tycoon Patrick Soon-Shiong Talks With ASU’s Michael Crow About the Imminent, Hoped-For Healthcare Revolution

We’ve all heard the dismal facts about the American healthcare system: high spending, low-quality treatment, poor delivery, and spotty access. But biomedical innovator, businessman, and physician Patrick Soon-Shiong–who is also …

Can L.A. Stop Being a Slacker In Biomedicine?

The Ingredients For Supremacy Are All Here. We Just Need To Step Up Our Game-Slightly.

by Richard Hull |

If you haven’t already forgotten the London Olympics, and any competitors from those games come to mind, you probably think of the big winners, like Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. …

Cough Into Your Droid, Please

What Will Change Most About Our Routine Physicals Over the Next Decade?

 

Going to the doctor and getting your chest bumped and your arm squeezed might feel reassuring, but the physical, like primary care physicians, is on the wane. The good news …

“Privatizing” Space

Companies Shoot for the Stars, but Uncle Sam Still Pays the Bills

by Konstantin Kakaes |

Later this week, a Falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX, a young company founded by Elon Musk, is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The rocket will carry …


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