Supreme Court to Hear Case on AIA “Secret Sales.”
What is the America Invents Act (AIA)? The path to patentability has many obstacles, and inventors’ own actions sometimes stand in the way of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…
Biometric Facial Recognition for Unlocking iPhone – Does it Violate the Fifth Amendment?
With the overwhelming numbers of criminal mischief, the government seems to seek resourceful leeway that may lead to the findings of valuable evidence in an investigation. Among all feasible scenarios,…
The Future of Biometric Data Privacy Law and BIPA
Biometric Technology Industry Biometrics encompasses a wide variety of technologies, which aim to identify a person’s identity based on unique, unchanging physical or behavioral characteristics. Biometric technologies include fingerprint recognition,…
1MDB Scandal and How It Demonstrates the Need for Greater Anti-Money Laundering Protections in the Art Industry
With legislation that would extend the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) to dealers in art and antiques being contemplated by Congress, it is important to highlight to dangers money laundering poses…
Pokémon Go’s Virtual Trespass Suit Reaches Settlement Agreement
Can a video game company be held liable for placing virtual items on private property? The answer is – maybe. On February 14, 2019, the developer of the mobile game…
Copyright Strikes as a Tool for Censorship, Bullying, Extortion
With the advent and then explosion of consumer internet access in the 1990s, a concomitant threat of massive, anonymous, and difficult-to-trace copyright infringement also arose. Congress faced significant pressure from…
Why Public Figures Should Receive Heightened Defamation Law Protection
At common law, defamation actions were meant to compensate individuals for any harm to reputation they suffered as a result of any defamatory communications made by speakers to third parties.…
Kessler v. Duffer: A Conspiracy Theory and the Origin of Stranger Things
The success and mass cultural appeal of Netflix’s Stranger Things is in part due to the way in which it incorporates familiar story tropes and cinematic techniques to create a…
What Does EU’s New Copyright Law Mean for Online Service Providers?
A new copyright directive approved by the European Union on February 13 might fundamentally change the landscape for online service providers (OSPs). While the bill still awaits confirmation from European…
Post-Sale Confusion
Traditionally, the main purposes of trademark law are consequentialist by nature. They are to reduce consumer search costs and to create incentives for producers to invest in product quality. If…