What happens when a global emergency confronts intellectual property law? Medical companies obtain patents for innovative technology, which gives these companies legal ground for a lawsuit should another company produce the same good. But in a time of crisis, as we see now with the coronavirus pandemic, there is a need to produce essential equipment on a scale so massive and immediate that it necessitates removing a patent’s protections.
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Founding Father Thomas Jefferson interpreted the First Amendment as the building of a wall between church and state. Reynolds v. United States (1878), a Supreme Court of the United States case that outlawed polygamy, affirmed Jefferson’s interpretation that the objective of the establishment clause of the First Amendment was to establish a clear separation between church and state. Although this intention was clarified, the Court has since continuously struggled to define what this separation entails and how to properly identify the scope of the freedom of religious expression.
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Online content provides valuable evidence to all kinds of civil cases, including, but not limited to, divorce cases and accident cases. But obtaining that evidence often clashes with the legal right to privacy. While the issue of online evidence has begun to be addressed in several civil cases, the law must continue to adapt to accommodate confrontations between the right to privacy and the growing online domain.
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