Mark Kramer

2 months ago | biorxiv.org | Heather Shappell |Mark Kramer |Catherine Chu |Eric D Kolaczyk

AbstractStochastic Actor-Oriented Models (SAOMs) were designed in the social network setting to capture network dynamics representing a variety of influences on network change. The standard framework assumes the observed networks are free of false positive and false negative edges, which may be an unrealistic assumption.

Jan 6, 2025 | miamitimesonline.com | Mark Kramer

The new stage musical about Louis Armstrong on Broadway opens with the jazz icon in a rehearsal room alongside an anonymous piano player. Keep an eye on the guy on keys. Audiences may not know it, but there are actually two Armstrongs onstage at that moment — the actor playing the great trumpeter and one of his real-life descendants. In an act of casting kismet, the piano player is Brandon Louis Armstrong, the music giant’s great-great nephew.

Nov 27, 2024 | mdpi.com | Germari Deysel |Mariaan van Aswegen |Mark Kramer |van Aswegen

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Nov 14, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mark Kramer |Mark Nichols

Deputy Judge Forsyth has handed down the long-awaited (and hotly anticipated) judgment in WaterRower v Liking Limited. The judgment cuts to the heart of the apparent tension between the requirements for the subsistence of copyright in the EU, and those in the UK. It is the first judgment to grapple meaningfully with those differences since Brexit, and leaves us in a position in which - for the creators of industrial designs or applied art - the EU appears an increasingly important jurisdiction.

Nov 14, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mark Kramer

The connection between IP and competition law may not be immediately obvious. However, it is important to bear in mind that competition law affects all commercial dealings, including intellectual property transactions. By their nature, intellectual property rights and, especially, patents, are anti-competitive. They provide monopoly rights, which inevitably restrict entry into the market of competing products.