Recent Articles
The 'License as Tax' Fallacy
Article, Spring 2022
Unreasonable: A Strict Liability Solution to the FTC's Data Security Problem
Article, Spring 2022
The Ping-Pong Olympics of Antisuit Injunction in FRAND Litigation
Article, Spring 2022
Content Moderation Remedies
Article, Fall 2021
An Empirical Study: Willful Infringement & Enhanced Damages in Patent Law After Halo
Article, Fall 2021
Recent Notes
The Best Data Plan Is to Have a Game Plan: Obstacles and Solutions to Reaching International Data Privacy Agreements
Note, Spring 2022
Mental Health Mobile Apps and the Need to Update Federal Regulations to Protect Users
Note, Spring 2022
Blog Posts
SOPIPA: A first step towards national standards for student data protection
In recent years, school districts have begun incorporating computers and tablets in the classroom to instantly deliver personalized content and interactive technologies to enhance student learning. However, the increasing use of technology in classrooms coupled with...
Is Genius.com the Next Napster?
Back in 1999, two tech nerds named Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker upended the entire music industry with the launch of their peer-to-peer music sharing service Napster. All of a sudden, music consumers could get any song they desired for the price of “free.” In less...
Technology Companies Fight Back Against Government Requests For User Data
In response to privacy concerns surrounding data transmission and disclosure of information, the federal government has enacted a couple of laws, most notably the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), in order to...
Yielding to FCC Pressure, Verizon Scraps Plan to Extend Data Throttling to 4G Customers
Last week, Verizon appeared to cave to FCC pressure when it shelved a new network management policy which would have extended the controversial practice of “data throttling” to 4G customers with unlimited data plans. Verizon’s decision put an end to its two-month...
What will happen to biotech’s patent thickets after Myriad and Prometheus?
Changing patentable subject matter standards have been on the mind of biotech patent holders for the last few years. A wide range of biotech patents that were widely considered valid have been called into question by the decisions in Mayo v. Prometheus and AMP v....
Weighing Patent Versus Trade Secret Protection in the Prior User Rights Era
As part of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) signed into law on September 16, 2011, Congress expanded the Prior User Rights defense to patent infringement. Initially only available for business method patents, the AIA expanded Prior User Rights to all classes...