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Copyright and AI need not be a copyright no man’s land. Recent decisions by the Copyright Office have gotten so much media attention that many creators are unsure if they can secure copyright protection if they use AI as a creative tool. The proposed creative control paradigm can help us all tackle the challenge of determining when works created with the assistance of AI are copyrightable. Instea…

This Article highlights the central—and under-theorized—role that disclosure plays within trademark law. By loose analogy, the patent disclosure requirement is a cornerstone of patent law, embodying the “patent bargain” where an inventor must disclose their invention in exchange for a twenty-year monopoly. This quid pro quo is believed to stimulate the progress of science and technology, making p…

Recommended Citation Luke O. Smith, Forgotten Campesinos, Forgotten Counties: The Rampant, Fatal Civil Rights Abuses Against H-2A Laborers in North Carolina and Their Fight for Bargaining Power in N.C. Farm Bureau Federation v. U.S. Department of Labor, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 198 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss…

Recommended Citation Kyra Goins, More Than Just an "Atypical" Hardship: How Courts are Missing the Mark on Solitary Confinement, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 169 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss2/6

Recommended Citation Beth Lecroy, Discrimination Disguised as Parental Empowerment: A Title IX Challenge to North Carolina's Bill of Rights, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 183 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss2/7

Recommended Citation Kathryn S. Rowe, Protecting Abortion by Protecting Speech: Revisiting North Carolina's Mandatory Ultrasound Law After Dobbs and NIFLA, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 133 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss2/5

Recommended Citation Kimberly West-Faulcon, White Predominance is the Point, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 77 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss2/4 Kimberly West-Faulcon, White Predominance is the Point, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 77 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law…

Recommended Citation Jillian La Serna, School Resource Officers: Why and How We Should Demand Change, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 52 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss2/3

Recommended Citation North Carolina Civil Rights Law Review, Contents, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss2/1

Recommended Citation Sara K. Rankin, Punishment, Cruelty & Justice: Critically Interrogating Grants Pass v. Johnson, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss1/2

Recommended Citation North Carolina Civil Rights Law Review, Contents & Note From the Editors, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nccvlrts/vol6/iss1/1 North Carolina Civil Rights Law Review, Contents & Note From the Editors, 6 N.C. Cvl. Rts. L. Rev. (2026). Available at: …

This Article tackles an increasingly important question: Can police round up people on American streets and keep secret the names of those they detain without violating the First Amendment? Alarmingly, the government made this very argument in the summer of 2020 when it sought to break up Black Lives Matter protests occurring in cities across the country. Based in part on a Supreme Court decision…

Accessibility of knowledge and control over information is key to an informed public and democracy. The founding fathers recognized the benefits of an informed citizenry, enshrining this concept in the Intellectual Property Clause of the Constitution. Such a clause created a delicate balance between creator and consumer, incentivizing creation for the benefit of society. The beauty of the Clause …

First Page 1299 Recommended Citation Leslie C. Griffin, Memoir: The Brain, Neuroethics, and Bioethics, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1299 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/7 1299 Leslie C. Griffin, Memoir: The Brain, Neuroethics, and Bioethics, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1299 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/7

First Page 1273 Recommended Citation Alexandra L. Foulkes, Erika Versalovic, Amanda R. Merner & Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Legal and Regulatory Considerations for Post-Trial Access to Maintenance of Beneficial Investigational Neural Devices, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1273 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/6

First Page 1209 Recommended Citation Richard S. Saver & Jeffrey L. Saver, Neural Implants: The Promise, Peril, and Regulatory Challenges, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1209 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/5

First Page 1141 Recommended Citation Deborah W. Denno, An Empirical Study of Malingering in Insanity Cases Across Twelve Decades, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1141 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/3

First Page 1121 Recommended Citation John M. Conley & Rami Major, Overview: Neuroscience and the Law, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1121 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/2 1121 John M. Conley & Rami Major, Overview: Neuroscience and the Law, 104 N.C. L. Rev. 1121 (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/2

Recommended Citation North Carolina Law Review, Contents, 104 N.C. L. Rev. (2026). Available at: https://scholarship.law.unc.edu/nclr/vol104/iss5/1