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NIKE, INC. v. STREET ARTIST KOOL KIY$49.99

NIKE, INC. v. STREET ARTIST KOOL KIY

Author: John Taddeo

Nova Southeastern University

Sneaker Culture Collides With Billion-Dollar Branding.

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
TeamSoloDraftingCreativityReal WorldWorld-Rank1 Week
THAT'S EATER-TAINMENT: FRANK & DINO's ITALIAN RESTAURANT$49.99

THAT'S EATER-TAINMENT: FRANK & DINO's ITALIAN RESTAURANT

Author: John Taddeo

Nova Southeastern University

Dead Celebrities. Live Lawsuits. Huge Profits.

THAT'S EAT-ERTAINMENT transforms a glamorous Boca Raton Rat Pack restaurant into a legal minefield involving Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., publicity rights, trademark law, copyright licensing, music usage, memorabilia, branding, and the economics of nostalgia. Students are hired as entertainment counsel to a booming restaurant chain accused of cashing in on dead celebrity identities without permission. The deeper they dig, the uglier—and more fascinating—the business realities become. This project forces students to confront one of entertainment law's hardest truths: sometimes the entire business model is built on borrowed fame. Behind the velvet ropes, candlelight, and martinis sits a brutal legal question: where does homage end and infringement begin?

CopyrightTrademarkBusiness AssociationsEntertainment Law
TeamSoloDraftingCreativityReal WorldWorld-Rank1 Week
NEIL GAIMAN'S MR. HERO PROJECT$29.99

NEIL GAIMAN'S MR. HERO PROJECT

Author: John Taddeo

Nova Southeastern University

Who Owns The Hero-verse?

Students don't just study copyright law — they become entertainment lawyers protecting a live multimedia franchise from future ownership wars. Using Zoom Suit and Aalmuhammed v. Lee, students draft real-world work-for-hire agreements while navigating comics, animation, streaming, merchandising, creative collaboration, and the dangerous legal realities behind billion-dollar entertainment universes.

ContractsCopyrightTrademark
TeamSoloDraftingCreativityReal WorldWorld-Rank1 Week
NERF NATION ARENA INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY$99.99

NERF NATION ARENA INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

Author: John Taddeo

Nova Southeastern University

HEROES WANTED.

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
TeamSoloDraftingCreativityReal WorldWorld-Rank1 Week
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Author: John Taddeo

Nova Southeastern University

ContractsCopyrightTrademark
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