On April 5, 2024, Korea University’s Internet Law Clinic and The IPAT Clinic held a joint seminar where the Korea University students presented their ongoing work on “upcycling” in defending Louis Vuitton’s trademark infringement lawsuit against a bag repairer who merely reformed the LV bags at the owners’ direction, and in defending against font copyright trolls’ lawsuits against various innocent users of the misnamed “free” font files under the misleading terms of use which allowed non-profit use. IPAT students presented on our work helping defend against the use of rap lyrics in criminal proceedings, and our work helping targets of copyright trolls.
We were pleased to join our esteemed colleagues in this interesting and very informative joint session. The struggle to defend the rights of upcyclers in Korea continues: click here to sign a petition supporting the rights of repairers and upcyclers in Korea.
