Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

California passed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) nominally to protect children’s privacy, but at the same time, the AADC requires businesses to do an age “assurance” of all their users, children and adults alike. Doing age assurance/age verification raises substantial privacy risks.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While AI-generated prompts streamline our daily lives, they also pose significant privacy risks. Challenges emerge when AI systems not only retain data but also process and potentially share it with third parties without consent, placing data privacy at the forefront of AI governance. Rajagopal v. State of Tamil Nadu.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

On September 6, OpenAI faced its second invasion of privacy lawsuit filed in the U.S. Here are five key allegations from the privacy suit against OpenAI. District Court for the District of Northern California, for allegedly stealing private information from millions of internet users.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The recent surge of accessible generative AI (“GenAI”) tools has kept attorneys, particularly those in the intellectual property, technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity spaces, on their toes. Within the intellectual property community, there have been ongoing discussions, incremental resolutions, and evolving opinions.

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IPilogue

JULY 13, 2022

As discussed in part one , Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report in late May outlining the privacy risks school children face across the globe. However, Canada still falls behind in implementing modern privacy legislation that addresses child consent.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In today's rapidly changing technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines and being discussed constantly. As nonprofit executives, you may be wondering how AI intersects with intellectual property and data privacy law, and how it could affect your organization.

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Michael Geist

MAY 24, 2024

With requirements to report the bill back the House shortly, the end result could mean no expert testimony and the possibility of an unamended bill that places privacy and freedom of expression online at risk.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Patent protection may limit access to new ideas and technology and, therefore, raise concerns about disparities in access and stifle the growth of the metaverse as a shared online space. Responsible growth of the Metaverse does indeed allow for global innovation and fairness in having access to technology.

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Michael Geist

JANUARY 31, 2024

It may be the most dangerous Internet bill you’ve never heard of since it contemplates measures that raise privacy concerns, website blocking, and extend far beyond pornography sites to include search and social media. Facilitate the adoption of age-verification technologies in Canada, b.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 5, 2025

The proliferation of deepfake technology has posed significant challenges to the protection of individual identity and reputation and the recent incidents of INDIA TV and Medanta hospitals trademark infringement and deepfaked potrayals have once again re-surfaced this issue.

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IPilogue

JULY 4, 2022

Pandemic-related school closures pushed the adoption of educational technology (“EdTech”) in classrooms to new heights. On May 25 th , Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) published a report – “a global investigation of the education technology (EdTech) endorsed by 49 governments for children’s education during the pandemic.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

But before we get there, AR filters are in jeopardy due to an old-school privacy law, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). To some privacy lawyers, this is a prima facie violation of BIPA. Meta Will Biometric Privacy Laws Undermine the Fight Against CSAM?–Martell Martell v. Kuklinski v.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One contentious point from the Bracing for Impact Conference: AI for the Future of Health session was synthetic data’s potential to solve the privacy concerns surrounding the datasets needed to train AI algorithms. Data augmentation is typically not useful in the privacy context. This results in more complete datasets.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 23, 2023

All claim to be the best, but some are more privacy-conscious than others. When it comes to privacy and anonymity, an outsider can’t offer any guarantees. Many of these questions relate to privacy and security, and the various companies answer them here in their own words. The VPN review business is flourishing as well.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 5, 2024

Posing complicated issues on artificial intelligence, data privacy and intellectual property rights, the stakeholders need to come up with some outstanding approaches to ensure a safe environment for all the players involved. Symptoms of these privacy risks are as follows, have a direct impact on IPR.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2024

Introduction Although there isn’t a clear legal definition of “privacy,” some legal experts define it as a human right that each and every person has simply by virtue of their existence. The right to privacy must, in other words, be evaluated case-by-case. Privacy enjoys a robust legal framework internationally.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 29, 2024

Intellectual Property - Generative AI – ongoing impacts - Since 2022, the popularity and availability of generative AI has continued to grow. It is estimated that 79% of internet users aged 13-17, and 31% of those aged 16 and above, use generative AI tools and services. By: Mayer Brown

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The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

Facial recognition technologies are already widespread in China, though their adoption and use needs to comply with a number of requirements. On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. The technology has also caught the attention of Chinese lawmakers.

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IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

This article was originally published on the OBA’s Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section’s articles page. Privacy breaches are becoming commonplace in today’s business landscape and cybersecurity is top of mind for many organizations— and for good reason. Kaplan v Casino Rama Services Inc.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

AI technology is complex and includes different parts across different fields. Inventors and patent attorneys often face the challenge of effectively protecting new AI technology development. The rule of thumb is to focus the patent protection on what the inventors improve over the conventional technology.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The bill may address an issue that is widely regarded as essential, but once Canadian privacy and civil liberties had the opportunity to review the fine print in the bill, many came away concerned. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the bill and the myriad of concerns that it raises.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

NY Times : Meta Agrees to Alter Ad Technology in Settlement With U.S. “ Privacy. * The post 2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 1 (Marketing, Privacy) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Marketing. * FTC cracks down on live reads on the radio. * Comptroller , No. C-02-cv-02-10509 (Md.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Celebrities have objected to this because it interferes with their personal lives and their right to privacy. Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, as technology evolves, safeguarding intellectual property (IP) has become increasingly challenging. With new state privacy legislation, such as the Delete Act, to protect the sale of personal data, along with artificial intelligence legislation orchestrated by the FTC and new laws protecting.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Key considerations for buyers targeting AI-driven companies include understanding how AI is being used, assessing the risks associated with AI creation and use, being mindful of protecting proprietary AI technology, ensuring cybersecurity and data privacy, and complying with the regulatory.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Plan also recognizes that eliminating the use of fax machines would promote patient privacy, which aligns with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario’s (IPC’s) initiative to modernize Ontario’s health communication infrastructure. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton caused by misdirected faxes.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Unsurprisingly, natural language processing (NLP) and machine translation technologies help translate and interpret the often complex language and claim-specific syntax. This AI-powered technology automatically decodes information from graphical elements, which would often be overlooked in a text-based search alone.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

These different facets include securities, corporate and commercial, taxation, antitrust, foreign investment review, international trade, intellectual property, employment and labour, privacy, technology and communications, and franchising. Understanding their differences is crucial for ensuring. By: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In general, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies has the potential to impact society in many ways. These technologies can automate tasks and make them more efficient, which can lead to job displacement and other economic impacts.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 19, 2023

In short, the window is rapidly closing, and further postponing of action would be out-of-sync with the speed at which the technology is being developed and deployed. Bill C-27 is really three bills in one: major privacy reform, the creation of a new privacy tribunal, and AI regulation.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 30, 2023

After months of delays, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology has finally begun to conduct hearings on Bill C-27, which wraps Canadian privacy reform and AI regulation into a single legislative package. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast , Google Play , Spotify or the RSS feed.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 6, 2023

However, as privacy concerns grew, new interfering technologies have emerged. Encrypted Client Hello A few days ago, Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare implemented widespread support for Encrypted Client Hello (ECH), a privacy technology that aims to render web traffic surveillance futile.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2023

As previously reported for the IPKat here , the UK Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee recently conducted an inquiry into the impact of AI on several sectors. It is akin to other technologies: humans instruct a model or tool and use the outputs to inform, assist or augment a range of activities. Image: Riana Harvey 2.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

. * The Anticipated Domino Effect: Virginia Passes Second State “Comprehensive” Privacy Law (Guest Blog Post). * SF Chronicle Op-Ed: “Prop. 24 is the Wrong Policy Approach, at the Wrong Time, via the Wrong Process”. * Over 50 Privacy Professionals & Experts Oppose Prop. 24. * Californians: VOTE NO ON PROP.

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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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Michael Geist

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The policies it should have prioritized such as stronger privacy and competition rules were largely left to languish with Bill C-27 still in committee and now subject to mounting opposition over the decision fold AI regulation with minimal consultation into the bill.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2022

The plaintiff sued HDR for ECPA and common law privacy violations. Plaintiff had no authority over the Groups’ privacy settings and no voice in the screening process used to determine membership. While the court’s opinion is appropriately grounded in the precedent, it was tone-deaf to the privacy invasion. Implications.

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