Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

We’ve seen a flood of terrible Internet laws in the past few years, including the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC). Regulated expressive conduct The AADC frames itself a “privacy” law, but that’s always been a gross lie. [Sorry it’s take me this long to get this blog post off my desk.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Can the existing UK Age-Appropriate Design Code tell us anything about what AB 2273 might look like in practice? First, many UK regulations expect businesses and government agencies to cooperate to develop and implement the rules. That creates a different, but not less problematic, vector for privacy and security violations.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In part one of the post he addresses concerns about economic gains and privacy. Other Posts Curing the Rare: Government Issues Tender to Acquire 17 Patented Rare Disease Medicines The threshold for procuring 127 medicines, including drugs for rare diseases, was raised by the Ministry of Finance in its August 9 circular.

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SpicyIP

JULY 27, 2021

We’re pleased to inform you that the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University Delhi is inviting applications for various research positions. About the Centre for Communication Governance. For further details, please see the announcement below. Call for Applications: Research Positions at CCG.

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Michael Geist

MAY 16, 2024

For those new to the bill, the government has called it “fundamentally flawed” since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns through mandated age verification technologies, website blocking, and extends far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office hosts its 15th annual Design Day taking a deeper look at the benefits of design patent protection and case law and legislative developments in that sector.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 20, 2024

Solicitor General has filed the Government’s opposition to Chestek PLLC’s petition for a writ of certiorari in a case challenging the USPTO’s authority to implement certain procedural rules without notice-and-comment rulemaking. This requirement is designed to help weed those out. by Dennis Crouch The U.S.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 21, 2023

The Colombian Congress has enacted Law 2300 of 2023, aimed at safeguarding the privacy of financial consumers. It introduces measures to govern contact and communication channels, as well as timing, for debt collection purposes. Original source in Spanish.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

Monday, I covered AB 2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code. Age and identity authentication have numerous downsides and tradeoffs, including creating privacy and security risks for minors. The affirmative defense (which partially negates liability if a government-designated censor approves the service offering) is miscalibrated.

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These tools help policymakers design evidence-based conservation strategies and allocate resources effectively. The field of biomimicry, which involves emulating nature’s designs and processes, has led to groundbreaking innovations. To protect these risks, stronger frameworks governing data are needed.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

The world of competitive video gaming implicates a complicated patchwork of privacy laws, and esports companies need to keep in mind some key issues when assessing privacy and cybersecurity obligations. Below are some of the key questions to think through to assess issues related to data use (privacy) and cybersecurity in esports.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

alongside a Playbook suggesting ways to use the AI RMF to “incorporate trustworthiness considerations in the design, development, deployment, and use of AI systems”. Explainable and interpretable : representing the underlying AI systems’ operation and the meaning of its output in the context of its designed functional purposes.

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 14, 2023

But given a bill that envisions government-backed censorship, mandates age verification to use search engines or social media sites, and creates a framework for court-ordered website blocking, there is a need to pay attention. The bill, which is the brainchild of Senator Julie Miville-Duchêne , is not a government bill.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Gaon argued that government involvement is key for creating necessary infrastructure for facilitating data access, specifically in gathering the relevant solution-implementing groups. Synthetic data as a workaround for privacy issues. From the audience, Prof. David Vaver put forth concerns about IP ownership.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

The newest state data privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, was signed into law by Utah Governor Spencer J. This makes Utah the fifth state to pass its own privacy law instead of waiting for the federal government to enact a nationwide federal law. Cox on March 24, 2022.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 8, 2022

As Public PAIR’s successor, the Patent Center will include several enhanced features allowing users to search publicly available information by application, patent, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), publication, and/or international design registration number. 07/08/22 – Data Privacy. Source: USPTO. 07/08/22 – Innovation.

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Michael Geist

MARCH 3, 2022

I warned that face recognition technologies, which are often used for age verification, raise serious privacy risks and that website blocking would have negative consequences for freedom of expression. Further, I emphasized how incredibly broadly the bill is drafted.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 16, 2024

However, at a time when personal privacy is cherished more than ever, privacy is a crucial consideration when starting a business entity. While establishing a business requires some public disclosure, several strategies can be used to preserve privacy and maintain anonymity.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Its AI is designed to detect and prevent crimes. Even under the best circumstances, allowing a program like Clearview to sort through social media imagery — even in public posts — could be considered a violation of privacy. The Problem With Clearview. Clearview is probably one of the best-known facial recognition programs in the world.

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Olartemoure Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

09/22/22 – Data Privacy. On September 8, 2022, the Mexican Government published the amendment to the Labeling Standard for food and non-alcoholic beverages (NOM). 09/22/22 – Industrial Designs. 09/22/22 – Trademarks and Consumer Protection.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2024

How the AADC Came to Be With a growing number of children using the Internet, and the rising number of hours children spend online, federal and state governments try to protect these children from the harms of Internet use, by limiting the collection and use of their data as well as by limiting the content to which the minors are exposed.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Data Privacy & Security Issues Your SaaS Company Needs to Think About Every employee and department in your SaaS company interacts with different personal data and vendors with which you share personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new set of rules designed to protect the privacy of European citizens.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2024

The court also says the disclosure was sufficiently conspicuous: Directly beneath the operative Play button is the following: “By tapping ‘Play’ I agree to the Terms of Service” or “By tapping ‘Play’ I accept the Terms of Use and acknowledge the Privacy Policy,” depending on the app’s version. There is no time limit imposed by Warner Bros.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Copyright governs the rights of creators over their digital works, ensuring they are protected from unauthorized use. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A design is that aspect of a product that constitutes its ornamental or visual features. An Industrial Design (ID) may be deemed as a process of designing a product that focuses on the functionality and manufacturability of the product apart from just the appearance of it. HOW IS AI RESTRUCTURING THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MARKET?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It claims to focus on “counterfeits” that could harm consumer “health and safety,” but those are both lies designed to make the bill seem narrower and more balanced than it actually is. However, this bill is itself a giant counterfeit. What’s Regulated? A new frontier for a trade war.].

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State privacy laws are changing rapidly in the U.S. We anticipate that more state legislatures will continue to enact privacy laws to protect consumers due to the absence of a federal privacy law. The Oregon Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The law will go into effect on January 1, 2025.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. The petitioner sought to exercise the right to privacy on behalf of her late aunt, J.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Ensuring that generative AI models are deployed within closed, secure systems and implementing best practices for privacy, data governance, and cybersecurity will go a long way in mitigating these risks. In this setting, ideas are safeguarded, allowing innovators to pursue inventive solutions with peace of mind. IQ Ideas+ 3.0,

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The IPKat

APRIL 15, 2024

Trade Marks and Image Rights Marcel Pemsel analysed the recent decision that confirmed that Rihanna’s pictures constituted disclosure for the purposes of validity of Puma's Registered Community Design for shoes.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 25, 2024

“Is offshoring the training of AI a credible and efficient response to minimize copyright compliance risks or is offshoring merely a theoretical argument designed to both influence lawmakers and for government relations purposes?” These rules govern which country’s laws apply to a set of facts, activities, or conduct.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Senate bill demonstrates both the United States’ continued focus on foreign government-sponsored trade secret misappropriation and the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) potential untapped ability to swiftly protect intellectual property (“IP”) owners against this illegal conduct under Section 337.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

It hurts the kids by depriving them of valuable social outlets and educational resources; it hurts adults by requiring age (and likely identity) verification to sort the kids from adults; and the age/identity verification hurts both kids and adults by exposing them to greater privacy and security risks. What the Bill Says. Child = under 18.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is the latest entry in a long-running legal battle between Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridalwear designer, and JLM Couture, her one-time employer. The court explains: They describe steps in the process of fashion design and capture much (if not all) of the creative output that Gutman might produce in her role as a designer.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 18, 2024

These measures included a ban on advertising VPNs as a means to circumvent government blocking, which prevents access to other information currently blocked in Russia. As the law stands, there can be no expectation of privacy when using a state approved VPN, i.e the only ones allowed under law.

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