Fire of Genius, Season Eight

Volume 15, Episode 1: The Kids Aren’t Alright: COPPA in Online Gaming

Volume 15, Episode 2: An Interview with Chris Reed: EVP and General Counsel of Fox TV

Volume 15, Episode 3: To Sample or Not to Sample?

Volume 15, Episode 4: Mark My [Offensive] Words


Volume 15, Episode 5: Optis Takes a Bite out of Apple

Volume 15, Episode 6: An Interview with David Joyal: VP of Patents at Coty, Inc.

Volume 15, Episode 7: Oh Boy! Mickey Mouse Enters the Public Domain

Volume 15, Episode 8: The Environmental Impact of Generative AI

Volume 15, Episode 9: Made by Man? Patent Law and the Return of the Dinosaurs

Volume 15, Episode 10: The Surveillance State at Your Door

Volume 15, Episode 11: Give the Monkey His Copyright and Other Curious Cases of Authorship

Volume 15, Episode 12: John Squires IPR IRL LOL




Volume 15 Episode 13: AI, Art, and ‘Wait That’s Mine’


Volume 15 Episode 14: From Maurer to the Stars: Following Dam Amin’s Tea Leaves to In-House Counsel at Lucasfilm

Volume 15 Episode 15: Cox Communications: Is Copyright Cooked?

Volume 15

Editorial Board 2025-2026

Editor-in-Chief: Allison Koontz

Publishing Editor: Pravalika Surakanti

Executive Managing Editor: Joshua Everetts

Executive Content Editor: Kaitlyn Ross

Executive Audio Editor: Kayla Behforouz

Managing Editors: Alex Hale & Ida Samardar

Content Editors: Ruth Zhang & Zohra Saeedi

Business Editor: Kelena Louis

Audio Editors: Camille Ogar & Lily Rutledge

Note Editors: David Noetzel & Zachary Smith

Articles Editors: Adam Carrithers, Alexander Carr, Brooklyn Shively, Bryce Haven, Cara Patrick, Carson Arnold, Emily Wilson, Joshua Holt, Kendrick Mernitz, Quinn Ketel, Reece Fleck, Sofia MakePeace

Faculty Advisor and Primary Contact: Professor Michael Mattioli

Faculty Advisor: Professor Mark Janis

Fire of Genius, Season Eight

Check out our most recent episodes

Issue I:

The Interaction between Privacy Laws and Restrictive Licensing Agreements in Cross-Border Satellite Imagery by Ida Samardar

The Mathematics of Regulatory Fragmentation: Understanding the Multiplicative Costs of State-Level Platform Requirements by Amanda Reid 

Issue II:

Fading Prestige: A Comparative Analysis of Trademark Dilution’s Impact on Luxury Fashion Brands in the United States and European Union by Pravalika Surakanti

Patenting AI Discoveries in Life Sciences: Overcoming Eligibility, Disclosure, and Inventorship Challenges by Dhohyung Kim, Ph.D., and Ryan P. Hiler, M.S.

AI Can’t Adlib: Theorizing an Improvisation Carveout in the Work for Hire Doctrine by Audrey Pope

Recentering Creativity in Copyright Law Discourse by Dr. Joshua Yuvaraj