The first half of 2025 has brought many changes at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), including policy changes at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). At the end of March 2025, the issuance of the...more
Recent headlines have focused on the $1.6 billion damages claim and Google’s possible exposure in Singular Computing’s patent infringement lawsuit involving Google’s “AI-related” chips. $1.6 billion is certainly not chump...more
1/26/2024
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Anticipation ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Damages ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Settlement
Partner Martin Zoltick ("Marty") and Privacy Ref's Benjamin Siegel will team up for a Rothwell Figg and Privacy Ref co-hosted webinar, "Privacy and AI Governance," taking place Thursday, February 15, 2024, at 1 pm ET. The...more
On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence.
The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety...more
11/6/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authentication ,
Biden Administration ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Defense Production Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Healthcare ,
Housing Market ,
Innovation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Law Enforcement ,
Machine Learning ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Privacy Policy ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Software Developers ,
USPTO
Partners Martin Zoltick ("Marty") and Brian Rosenbloom will be panelists on the "Practical Masterclass in Patenting AI at the EPO and USPTO", co-organized with Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP (HLK), a global intellectual property...more
In this corner, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC):
"Facebook has repeatedly violated its privacy promises,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The company’s recklessness has...more
5/4/2023
/ Bureau of Consumer Protection ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Instagram ,
Mergers ,
Minors ,
Privacy Policy ,
WhatsApp
With all that has happened this year, most of us can’t wait until 2020 is in the rear view mirror. The end of 2020, however, marks the end of the transition period provided, post-Brexit, to allow time for UK businesses and...more
10/28/2020
/ Compliance ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Risk Management ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK GDPR ,
UK ICO