Professor Taddeo, Esq.

$49.9921

Drop your students into the middle of a complete mess! A billion-dollar war between sneaker culture, street art, trademark law, trade dress, and corporate power. Based on a REAL federal lawsuit, students become outside counsel to street artist Kool Kiy, as they are forced to navigate infringement claims, consumer confusion, parody, trade dress, litigation strategy, Kiy's (awful) former law firm, and the dangerous gap between "inspired by" and unlawful copying. This is not abstract IP theory. This is modern brand warfare. Students must advise the client whether to fight Nike, settle, redesign, pivot, license, collaborate — or risk financial annihilation. Along the way, they confront one of the most uncomfortable realities in entertainment and branding law: sometimes the line between "artist" and "infringer" is worth millions of dollars.

TrademarkCopyrightRight of PublicityEntertainment LawNegotiation

TeamTeamCollaborative work in groups — students share roles, deliverables, and the win.SoloSoloIndependent work — each student produces their own deliverable on their own.DraftingDraftingStudents produce written deliverables — contracts, briefs, motions, demand letters, memos.CreativityCreativityOpen-ended problem-solving — multiple valid approaches, students must choose and defend their strategy.Real WorldReal WorldDrawn from a real legal matter — names changed, facts intact. Plays like augmented reality where Googling and industry knowledge can give initiated students an advantage.World-RankWorld-RankProduces a deliverable that can be objectively scored against every other student submission ever made for this project. Feeds the global leaderboard.1 Week●1 WeekOne-week project with a deliverable due at the end of the week.

$49.9919

OH WHAT A FIGHT transforms copyright law, music licensing, sampling, and derivative works into a globe-spanning entertainment industry war involving Flo Rida, The Four Seasons, French pop icon Claude François, viral EDM remixes, and a mysterious masked DJ known as MOON MAN. Built like a real client emergency, the project forces students to untangle overlapping ownership claims, international licensing disputes, mechanical licenses, sound recording rights, and modern remix culture while advising a celebrity client facing multiple lawsuits. This is not abstract copyright theory hidden inside appellate opinions. It is the modern music business operating exactly where law, money, fame, streaming culture, and commercial exploitation violently collide.

CopyrightEntertainment Law

TeamTeamCollaborative work in groups — students share roles, deliverables, and the win.SoloSoloIndependent work — each student produces their own deliverable on their own.DraftingDraftingStudents produce written deliverables — contracts, briefs, motions, demand letters, memos.CreativityCreativityOpen-ended problem-solving — multiple valid approaches, students must choose and defend their strategy.Real WorldReal WorldDrawn from a real legal matter — names changed, facts intact. Plays like augmented reality where Googling and industry knowledge can give initiated students an advantage.World-RankWorld-RankProduces a deliverable that can be objectively scored against every other student submission ever made for this project. Feeds the global leaderboard.1 Week●1 WeekOne-week project with a deliverable due at the end of the week.

$399.9922

WHO IS BRAINGASM-X?!?!? throws students into a Supreme Court–level collision between parody, copyright, fair use, comics, politics, and pop culture. Students must argue whether a provocative artist's superhero-inspired works are protected expression or actionable infringement — while navigating litigation strategy, media optics, and the brutal economics of modern IP warfare.

Copyright

VersusVersusHead-to-head: each student is matched against one opponent in a focused, time-pressured exchange.TeamTeamCollaborative work in groups — students share roles, deliverables, and the win.SoloSoloIndependent work — each student produces their own deliverable on their own.DraftingDraftingStudents produce written deliverables — contracts, briefs, motions, demand letters, memos.Oral ArgumentOral ArgumentLive spoken-advocacy practice — argue before a judge, panel, or opposing counsel.Real WorldReal WorldDrawn from a real legal matter — names changed, facts intact. Plays like augmented reality where Googling and industry knowledge can give initiated students an advantage.1 Week●1 WeekOne-week project with a deliverable due at the end of the week.

$49.995

CRAZY CUPS claims it owns the patent rights to silicone drinkware and has begun threatening competitors, retailers, and manufacturers with lawsuits over flexible drinking cups. But does owning a patent mean owning an entire product category? This project forces students into the middle of a modern intellectual-property war involving patents, product design, manufacturing, marketing claims, licensing leverage, competition strategy, and the dangerous gap between legal reality and corporate intimidation. Students must determine whether CRAZY CUPS truly owns groundbreaking technology—or whether the company is using aggressive legal threats to scare an entire industry into submission.

NegotiationPatentsContracts

VersusVersusHead-to-head: each student is matched against one opponent in a focused, time-pressured exchange.DraftingDraftingStudents produce written deliverables — contracts, briefs, motions, demand letters, memos.CreativityCreativityOpen-ended problem-solving — multiple valid approaches, students must choose and defend their strategy.Real WorldReal WorldDrawn from a real legal matter — names changed, facts intact. Plays like augmented reality where Googling and industry knowledge can give initiated students an advantage.World-RankWorld-RankProduces a deliverable that can be objectively scored against every other student submission ever made for this project. Feeds the global leaderboard.1 Week●1 WeekOne-week project with a deliverable due at the end of the week.

$99.996

NERF NATION ARENA turns a fast-growing foam-blaster entertainment league into a high-stakes securities and business-law crisis where the real danger is not the game — it is raising money illegally. Built around the explosive growth of a fictional competitive entertainment startup, the project forces students to navigate private placements, investor solicitation rules, securities exemptions, sponsorship deals, liability exposure, corporate structure, influencer marketing, and the razor-thin line between aggressive fundraising and securities fraud. Students must advise founders desperate to scale quickly without triggering catastrophic SEC attention. This project transforms startup hype, entertainment culture, and entrepreneurial ambition into a brutally realistic exercise in modern capital investment law and securities.

Securities RegulationEntertainment LawTrademarkCopyright

TeamTeamCollaborative work in groups — students share roles, deliverables, and the win.SoloSoloIndependent work — each student produces their own deliverable on their own.DraftingDraftingStudents produce written deliverables — contracts, briefs, motions, demand letters, memos.CreativityCreativityOpen-ended problem-solving — multiple valid approaches, students must choose and defend their strategy.Real WorldReal WorldDrawn from a real legal matter — names changed, facts intact. Plays like augmented reality where Googling and industry knowledge can give initiated students an advantage.World-RankWorld-RankProduces a deliverable that can be objectively scored against every other student submission ever made for this project. Feeds the global leaderboard.1 Week●1 WeekOne-week project with a deliverable due at the end of the week.

$29.9919

Drop your students into a no-escape, high-stakes negotiation where only 10,000 oranges exist—and both sides need them all. In Fruit Fight: The Battle of Valencia, students weaponize leverage, deception, empathy, and deal structure under a ruthless "Fill or Kill" clock. One side is saving children from cancer; the other is launching a viral, multi-million-dollar product. There is no mediator. No delay. Just outcome. In 30 minutes, you will surface every negotiation instinct—ethics, strategy, pressure, and creativity. This isn't theory. This is how deals actually get done.

Negotiation

VersusVersusHead-to-head: each student is matched against one opponent in a focused, time-pressured exchange.CreativityCreativityOpen-ended problem-solving — multiple valid approaches, students must choose and defend their strategy.1 Hour●1 HourSingle 60-minute class session — quick exercise, no prep or homework required.