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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.