Co-Winners in the NYSBA Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship Writing Competition

Congratulations to Scott Connolly ’20 (pictured left) and John Mixon ’20 (pictured right), who took home top honors and earned $2500 scholarships in this year's Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship Writing Competition sponsored by the New York State Bar Association's Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section. Scott’s winning paper is “Playola — New Technology, Familiar Deception,” and John won for his paper, “Fixation on Flesh: Why Tattoos Should Not Garner Copyright Protection.” Both papers will appear in the Spring 2019 issue of the NYSBA’s Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal. This marks the second year in a row that St. John's bested the field in this prestigious writing competition. Last year Sean McGrath '18 won for his paper, "The Light at the End of the Runway: Clarification of the Conceptual Separability Test May Help Correctly Shift the Balance of Copyright Protection in Favor of Fashion Designers.