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New Hampshire Joins a Growing Number of States Considering Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill

By Christina Lee - Edited by Julian Zajkowski
On January 19, 2023, a bipartisan group of 10 New Hampshire state senators and representatives introduced Senate Bill 255-FN (“SB 255-FN”), titled “[a]n act relative to the expectation of privacy.” Senator Sharon Carson, the lead sponsor, noted that the right to privacy is enshrined in the state’s Constitution and stated that SB 255-FN will “establish the right of consumers to...
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As Section 230 Debate Continues, Congress Finds Reform Opportunities in Child Online Safety Statutes

By Cindy Kuang - Edited by Pantho Sayed
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google, a case coming out of the Ninth Circuit that features a tort claim brought against Google for algorithmically promoting ISIS-produced content. Most of the discussion centers around Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”), 47 U.S. Code § 230, a statute passed in 1996 designed to...
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Zarya of the Dawn: How AI is Changing the Landscape of Copyright Protection

By Tony Analla - Edited By Anirudh Jonnavithula
The United States Copyright Office granted limited copyright protection to the graphic novel “Zarya of the Dawn” marking the latest development in the burgeoning field of AI-assisted creative works. Robert J. Kasunic, U.S. Copyright Off., Zarya of the Dawn (Registration # VAu001480196) (2023). While the Copyright Office approved protection for the text and arrangement of images, it denied protection for...
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Supreme Court to Grapple with the Responsibility of Social Media Giants in February Cases

By Alec Winshel - Edited by Harshit Patel
This month, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that will determine how technology companies behave in the years to come. Both cases concern technology companies’ liability for the content that they host, recommend, and moderate on their websites. The Court will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google on February 21, 2023 and Twitter v. Taamneh the following day...
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Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022: A Controversial Effort Caught in the Crossfire of the FTX Collapse

​By Chu Chen - Edited by Cindy Kuang
In only one week, FTX went from the world's second-biggest cryptocurrency exchange to an epic bankruptcy. As its fallout sweeps across the entire crypto industry, the sudden implosion of FTX reveals a market that has long been deemed a regulatory wild west and prospered only in the vacuum of legislation.This crisis draws people’s attention to a recent bill allegedly backed...
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USPTO Focuses on Pharmaceutical Patent Quality in Proposed Initiatives

​By Kelsey J. Roberts Kingman, Ph.D. - Edited by Teodora Groza
In July 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on promoting competition in the U.S. economy. Among other measures, the Executive Order called for action “to help ensure that the patent system, while incentivizing innovation, does not unjustifiably delay generic drug or biosimilar competition beyond that reasonably contemplated by applicable law." Against this backdrop, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
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Does v. Reddit: Ninth Circuit’s Narrow Reading of the Sex Trafficking Exception Further Complicates Debate over Section 230 Immunity

By Heather Zhou - Edited by Teodora Groza
The Ninth Circuit’s recent ruling in Jane Does, et al v. Reddit, Inc. is the first federal appellate court decision addressing internet platforms’ Section 230 immunity under a 2018 anti-sex amendment. The decision, upholding Reddit’s immunity in a child sex trafficking claim, precludes a string of similar cases in federal Circuit Courts and sets the stage up for more debate...
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China’s Supreme People’s Court Issued its First Patent Linkage Decision

​By Kexin Yang - Edited by Pablo A. Lozano
On August 5, 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court issued the landmark decision of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. v. Wenzhou Haihe Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. This is the first Patent Linkage case in China since its establishment of the Patent Linkage system in 2020. The Court upheld the decision of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court and dismissed the infringement claim made by...
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Proposed Patent Eligibility Restoration Act Reinvigorates Debate Over Biotechnology Patents

By Alian "Ali" Godoy - Edited by Pantho Sayed
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022, S.4734, 117th Cong. § (2022) On August 2, 2022, Sen. Thom Thillis (R–NC) introduced bill S.4734, titled the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022. The Act would modify 35 U.S.C. Section 101, the existing federal statute on patentable inventions, which currently grants patent eligibility for a very broad class of inventions. S.4734 Section ...
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Colorado Proposes Detailed Regulations to Implement the Colorado Privacy Act

​By Beth Findley - Edited by Teodora Groza
On October 10, 2022, the Colorado Secretary of State published draft rules implementing the Colorado Privacy Act of 2021. The proposed rules give consumers rights over their personal data, including the ability to access, correct, or delete personal information previously gathered by an entity and the ability to “opt out” of having their personal data sold or used for targeted...
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