Christopher Buccafusco

Duke University School of Law

210 Science Drive

Box 90362

Durham, NC 27708

United States

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Scholarly Papers (41)

1.

Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter the Public Domain?: Empirical Tests of Copyright Term Extension

Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Forthcoming, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2012-04
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2017
Christopher Buccafusco and Paul J. Heald
Duke University School of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
Downloads 1,921 (17,898)
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copyright, term, extension, underexploitation, over-exploitation, Disney, Mickey Mouse, tarnishment, debasement, market, value, experiment, economics, intellectual property

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Valuing Intellectual Property: An Experiment

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 91, 2010, Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 10-029, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2010-04
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2015
Christopher Buccafusco and Christopher Jon Sprigman
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 1,429 (28,077)
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Copyright, Patent, Willingness-to-Pay, Licensing, Behavioral Law and Economics, Intellectual Property, Experimental Economics, Endowment Effect

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Welfare as Happiness

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 98, p. 1583, 2010, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 468, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 08-31, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series No. 2009-007
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 May 2009 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2012
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
Downloads 1,240 (34,576)
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On the Legal Consequences of Sauces: Should Thomas Keller's Recipes Be Per Se Copyrightable?

Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 09-017, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1121, 2007
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2009
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
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Recipes, Copyright, Food, Intellectual Property, Chefs, Norms

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The Creativity Effect

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 31, 2011
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2018
Christopher Buccafusco and Christopher Jon Sprigman
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Copyright, Patent, Willingness to Accept, WTA, Decision Making, Bargaining, Bias, Behavioral Law and Economics, Psychology

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Happiness and Punishment

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 76, 2009, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 424, U of Chicago, Public Law and Legal Theory Working Paper No. 230, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-029, Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 10-024
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2010
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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punishment, utilitarian, retributivist, happiness, prison, health, deterrence, unemployment

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Fashion's Function in Intellectual Property Law

Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 51, 2017
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Feb 2020
Christopher Buccafusco and Jeanne C. Fromer
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Copyright, Patent, Design, Trademark, Function, Utility, Cheerleading, Costume, Dress, Clothing, Garment

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What's a Name Worth?: Experimental Tests of the Value of Attribution in Intellectual Property

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 1, 2013, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2012-02, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-43
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Christopher Jon Sprigman, Christopher Buccafusco and Zachary C. Burns
New York University School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of San Francisco School of Management
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copyright, patent, attribution, publication, reputation, behavioral economics, moral rights, experiment

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Well-Being Analysis vs. Cost-Benefit Analysis

62 Duke Law Journal 1603 (2013), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-05
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 22 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2014
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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cost-benefit analysis, regulation, EPA, welfare, well-being, happiness, life satisfaction, risk, value of life, willingness to pay, QALY

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A Theory of Copyright Authorship

102 Virginia Law Review 1229-1295 (2016)
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 25 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2016
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
Downloads 852 (58,760)
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Intellectual Property, ownership, creativity, expression, idea, dichotomy, subject matter, theory, senses

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Pay-to-Playlist: The Commerce of Music Streaming

U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-10, 12 UC Irvine L. Rev 805 (2022), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-54
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2023
Christopher Buccafusco and Kristelia García
Duke University School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center
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advertising, intellectual property, false, FCC, FTC, consumer, protection, social media, influencer, playlist, sound recording, economics, regulation, Spotify, Instagram, Twitter

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Experimental Tests of Intellectual Property Laws’ Creativity Thresholds

Texas Law Review, Vol. 93, p. 1921, 2014, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2014-13, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-15
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 31 May 2014 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2014
Duke University School of Law, University of San Francisco School of Management, New York University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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intellectual property, copyright, patent, creativity, experiment, incentive, thresholds

13.

Making Sense of Intellectual Property Law

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 97, p. 501, 2012
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Feb 2020
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
Downloads 660 (82,054)
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aesthetics, functionality, utility, creativity, design, useful articles, expression

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Intelligent Design

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 68, p. 75 (2018), Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 509, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 827, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 654, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 530, Stanford Public Law Working Paper
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 01 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2018
Christopher Buccafusco, Mark A. Lemley and Jonathan S. Masur
Duke University School of Law, Stanford Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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utilitarian, trade dress, Star Athletica, useful article, pictorial, PTO, obvious, novelty, separability, apple, fashion, duration, trademark

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Functionality Screens

103 Virginia Law Review 1293 (2017), Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2888094, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 509
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2020
Christopher Buccafusco and Mark A. Lemley
Duke University School of Law and Stanford Law School
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Retribution and the Experience of Punishment

California Law Review, Vol. 98, No. 5, October 2010, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 321
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2012
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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punishment, retribution, adaptation, prison, incarceration

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Hedonic Adaptation and the Settlement of Civil Lawsuits

Columbia Law Review, Vol. 108, p. 1516, 2008, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 391, Chicago-Kent Intellectual Property, Science & Technology Research Paper No. 09-013
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2009
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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hedonic, adaptation, happiness, litigation, lawsuits, settlement, civil, behavioral, economics, trial, process, cost-benefit

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There's No Such Thing as Independent Creation, and It's a Good Thing, Too

64 William & Mary Law Review 1617 (2023), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-34
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 12 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2023
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
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copyright, creativity, copying, independent creation, neuroscience, psychology, cognitive, memory, music, privilege, rhetoric

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Innovation and Incarceration: An Economic Analysis of Criminal Intellectual Property Law

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 87, pp. 275-334 (2014), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 649, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 435, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-34
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2016
Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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The Moral Psychology of Copyright Infringement

Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 100, Forthcoming, Southwestern Law School Research Paper No. 2015-12, U of Houston Law Center No. 2016-A-26
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 01 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2016
Christopher Buccafusco and Dave Fagundes
Duke University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
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intellectual property, harm, economics, fair use, damages, injunctions, litigation, behavior, motivation

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Intellectual Property Law and the Promotion of Welfare

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. I -- Theory) Ben Depoorter & Peter Menell, eds. (Edward Elgar Publishing), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 790, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 607
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Jan 2017
Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent, Welfare, Happiness, Preferences, Objective Theories, Consequentialism, Deontology, Drugs, Electronics

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Experiments in Intellectual Property

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (Vol. II -- Analytical Methods) Peter Menell & David Schwartz, eds. (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016).
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Sep 2016
Christopher Buccafusco and Christopher Jon Sprigman
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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Incentives, hindsight, optimism, creativity, innovation, value, attribution, moral, threshold, sequential, open source, norms, copyright, patent, IP, intellectual property, law and economics

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The Nature of Sequential Innovation

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 59, 2017, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 510
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 24 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2018
Christopher Buccafusco, Stefan Bechtold and Christopher Jon Sprigman
Duke University School of Law, ETH Zürich and New York University School of Law
Downloads 358 (171,126)
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patent, copyright, growth, theory of the firm, make or buy, bargaining, licensing, value, markets, consumer, tastes, creativity, Taylor Swift

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Antisocial Innovation

58 Ga. L. Rev. 573 (2024), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-42, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 723
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 29 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2024
Christopher Buccafusco and Samuel Weinstein
Duke University School of Law and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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The Design Patent Bar: An Occupational Licensing Failure

Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 37, 2019, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 565
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2019
Christopher Buccafusco and Jeanne Curtis
Duke University School of Law and BCU Consulting
Downloads 312 (198,454)

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intellectual property, gender bias, STEM, technology, women, occupational licensing, patent, trademark, access, legal profession, administrative, standards

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Testing Tarnishment in Trademark and Copyright Law: The Effect of Pornographic Versions of Protected Marks and Works

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 94, 2017
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 09 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2017
Christopher Buccafusco, Paul J. Heald and Wen Bu
Duke University School of Law, University of Illinois College of Law and Independent
Downloads 307 (201,874)
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tarnishment, dilution, copyright, infringement, parody, satire, survey, empirical, intellectual property, experiment

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Competition and Congestion in Trademark Law

Texas Law Review, Vol. 102, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 784, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 946, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-16
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2023
Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur and Mark P. McKenna
Duke University School of Law, University of Chicago - Law School and UCLA School of Law
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Well-Being and Public Policy

The Oxford Handbook of Law & Economics, Volume I: Methodology and Concepts, pp. 381-405 (Francisco Parisi ed., 2017), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 707 (2d Series), U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 495, Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2014-29, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Research Paper No. 2014-019
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2017
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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subjective well-being, willingness to pay, willingness to accept, welfare, health, environment, pollution, value of statistical life, affective forecasting

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Disability and Design

New York University Law Review, Vol. 95, pp. 952-1021 (2020)., Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 624
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 19 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2021
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
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disability, disabled, design, innovation, user, civil rights, ADA, institution, prostheses, accommodation, patent, IP, antitrust, social welfare, tort

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Innovation Heuristics: Experiments on Sequential Creativity in Intellectual Property

Indiana Law Journal, 2016, Forthcoming, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 475
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 17 Dec 2015
Stefan Bechtold, Christopher Buccafusco and Christopher Jon Sprigman
ETH Zürich, Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 297 (209,171)
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copyright, patent, follow-on innovation, derivative work, doctrine of equivalents, transaction, market, empirical, behavioral, law and economics

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Drugs, Patents, and Well-Being

Washington University Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 741, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 903
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2024
Christopher Buccafusco and Jonathan S. Masur
Duke University School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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intellectual property, health, well-being, patent, happiness, welfare, incentives, me too, drug, pharmaceutical, pharma, QALY, Hatch, Waxman, medical, innovation, orphan

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Spiritualism and Will(s) in the Age of Contract

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Feb 2008
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
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volition, insanity, age of contract, wills, science, culture

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Authorship and the Boundaries of Copyright: Ideas, Expressions, and Functions in Yoga, Choreography, and Other Works

Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts (2016) Forthcoming, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 490
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2016
Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law
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idea, expression, dichotomy, functionality, dance, movement, boundaries

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Forgetting Functionality

University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, Vol. 166, p. 119 (2017), Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 525, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-33, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 17-41
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2017
Christopher Buccafusco and Jeanne C. Fromer
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
Downloads 199 (309,947)

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Copyright, Patent, Design, Function, Utility, PGS, Useful Articles, Statutory Interpretation, Cheerleading, Dress, Clothing, Garment

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Framing Vaccine Mandates: Messenger and Message Effects

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 944, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 793, Journal of Law and the Biosciences (forthcoming 2022)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2024
Christopher Buccafusco and Daniel J. Hemel
Duke University School of Law and New York University School of Law
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framing effects, vaccine mandate, presidential administration, OSHA, COVID-19

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Preserving Film Preservation from the Right of Publicity

2018 Cardozo Law Review de novo 1, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 544
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 09 May 2018
Christopher Buccafusco, Jared Vasconcellos Grubow and Ian J. Postman
Duke University School of Law, Independent and Independent
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Right of publicity, remaster, preservation, first amendment, free speech, preempt, privacy

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Of Bass Notes and Base Rates: Avoiding Mistaken Inferences about Copying

Houston Law Review, Vol. 61, 2023, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2024-02
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Dec 2023
Christopher Buccafusco and Rebecca Tushnet
Duke University School of Law and Harvard Law School
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copyright, intellectual property, ip, musicology, psychology, copying in fact, taylor swift, expertise, expert, bayes

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Technologies of Violence: Law, Markets, and Innovation for Gun Safety

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2024-42, Texas Law Review (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Jun 2024
Joseph Blocher and Christopher Buccafusco
Duke University School of Law and Duke University School of Law
Downloads 144 (410,408)

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Firearms, Innovation, Guns, Patent, Assault weapon, Bump stock, smart gun, second amendment, bruen, vanderstock, hardening, schools, torts

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Measuring Brand Congestion in Bordeaux Wine: Too Many Towers, Hills, and Crosses?

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2021
Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur and Ryan Whalen
Duke University School of Law, University of Chicago - Law School and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law
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trademark, branding, clutter, competition, alcohol, beverage, france, linguistic, empirical, intellectual property

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Trade Secrecy's Information Paradox

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 860, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 1007, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2024-49, 100 Notre Dame L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2025)
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Aug 2024
Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur and Deepa Varadarajan
Duke University School of Law, University of Chicago - Law School and Georgia State University - College of Law
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trade secrets, algorithms, fracking, arrow's information paradox

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The Price of Fairness

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2024-39
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 21 Jun 2024
Christopher Buccafusco, Daniel J. Hemel and Eric L. Talley
Duke University School of Law, New York University School of Law and Columbia University - School of Law
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price gouging, fairness, framing, auction, stock out, kahneman, behavioral economics, apologies, rationing