by Averyn Lee | Feb 18, 2020 | Commentary |
What is the line dividing nature and patentable invention in life sciences and biotechnology? On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to answer this question by denying all pending petitions concerning patent eligibility.[i] Under 35 U.S.C. § 101, patent...
by Danielle Bernstein | Feb 14, 2020 | Commentary |
In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) began to govern members of the European Union. The GDPR allows individuals the “right of erasure” — the ability to request erasure of personal data from the Internet. But the European Union’s top court recently...
by Jason Zaccaro | Dec 5, 2019 | Commentary |
Questions surrounding data privacy and what happens to our personal data when companies collect it have risen to the forefront of public discussion more in recent years than ever before. As the data that companies collect grows more and more personal, where the data...
by Margaret Mantel | Nov 22, 2019 | Commentary |
Increased development of virtual reality (“VR”) technology brings a host of legal questions surrounding both the intellectual property (“IP”) of the actual technology as well as unlawful activity within the VR space itself. For example, VR creators could face lawsuits...
by Jennifer Huseby | Nov 20, 2019 | Commentary |
Massachusetts is a hot battleground for Right to Repair movements – first for cars, and now for smartphones. Right to Repair legislation advocates for consumers to be allowed the access, information and materials that they and third party repair shops require in order...
by Kelsey McQuilkin | Nov 14, 2019 | Commentary |
Should a probationer be forced to submit to warrantless searches of their electronic devices at any time, including being forced to provide all electronic passwords to a probation officer to allow remote and continuous monitoring? In its recent decision in In re...
