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The Patent Litigation Bargain

The U.S. judicial system operates primarily to the benefit of parties in litigation, but also for the public as a whole. Because citizens fund the judiciary through tax dollars and are the beneficiaries of the First Amendment and common-law tradition of an open legal...

Works Produced By Generative AI: Can They Receive Copyright Protection

In November 2024, Coca-Cola released its annual holiday commercial, “The Holiday Magic is Coming.” The ad, a remake of the 1995 Coca-Cola advertisement “Holidays Are Coming,” sparked controversy as it was entirely made by the artificial intelligence (AI) platform, Real Magic AI. But can an entity really copyright the work that is entirely created by AI?

A critical solution to “fuel” global decarbonization

Investment into advanced nuclear technologies has become central to national and global efforts to achieve near-term decarbonization targets. The rationale is simple. Nuclear power – which currently constitutes 20% of the U.S. energy mix – produces no carbon emissions...

ChatGPT Can Supplement, Not Replace the Legal Profession

What is ChatGPT?             If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard about ChatGPT. ChatGPT, a project by OpenAI, is a conversational, human-sounding artificial intelligence model that responds to questions and commands....

A Gaping Tax Loophole: Crypto Wash Sales

A gaping hole in the tax code currently allows for a major tax-loss harvesting opportunity for cryptocurrency investors who are holding onto their crypto positions at a loss by allowing for wash sales (for now).  But what does this all mean? What is tax loss...

The Futility of Patents on AAA Video Game Mechanics

The Medium by Bloober Team is a 2020 game known for its unique “Dual-Reality” mechanic, making full use of modern processing powers to generate two worlds at the same time. Bloober Team is now trying to extract the most use from this mechanic with its patent,...

Defending Genomes

The Genome Defense by Jorge Contreras provides a road map for how to leverage creativity, ingenuity and hard work to advance civil rights. This nonfiction story covers the origins of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) unprecedented patent law case....

Discrimination By Proxy: How Ai Uses Big Data To Discriminate

Countless State and Federal regulations and statutes—not to mention the U.S. Constitution—prohibit discrimination against protected groups. However, AI systems might slip discrimination past current laws through “proxy discrimination” without new regulatory and...

Online Harassment and Doxing on Social Media

Online harassment has been around as long as the internet. However, in recent years, online harassment has been on the rise in part because of the popularity and access to social media websites. A particularly dangerous form of online harassment is doxing. Doxing is...

Privacy Risks with using XR in Education

Online learning has become widespread and normalized during the pandemic. In a survey conducted from September to October 2020 of about 3,500 full-time college students, 72% of students were concerned about remaining engagedwhile learning remotely. Extended Reality...

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