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
New iOS and Android Encryption Protections Spark Privacy Debate
On September 17, Apple updated its privacy policy to reflect privacy enhancements added to its most recent iteration of its iPhone mobile operating system, iOS 8. Notably, the update highlighted iOS 8’s new protection for user phone data: out-of-the-box passcode...
Apple’s Canary Fails to Chirp
Recently, Apple updated the privacy section on its website. While this was likely part of their response to privacy concerns due to the recent iCloud controversy, and fortuitously timed with the release of the newest batch of phones from the company, it also contains...
Who owns copyright in a selfie when it’s captured with one person’s phone but by another person’s finger? And what if that other person is actually a monkey? Or a Bradley Cooper?
Earlier this year, Ellen DeGeneres briefly “broke” Twitter after tweeting a selfie full of celebrities, captured while she was hosting the Oscars. In an attempt to beat the record for most re-tweets ever, she enlisted megastars like Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Lupita...
Bullies & Hackers: Cyberbullying lessons for revenge porn statutes
Another year, another batch of nude celebrity photos flooding headlines and the internet. This month, actress Jennifer Lawrence, model Kate Upton, and a handful of other female celebrities became the latest celebrity hack victims when an anonymous user on the online...
Why Tesla Opened Its Patent Portfolio
On June 12, 2014, the CEO of Tesla Motors (Tesla), Elon Musk, posted an external memo entitled “All Our Patent Are Belong To You.” In short, the memo details why Tesla is opening up its patent portfolio to the market. The primary reason given for this drastic move...
Googling “Search Bias”: The Efforts of Antitrust Agencies to Even the Playing Field.
Google has been a target of antitrust allegations for nearly as long as it has existed. In recent years, agencies domestic and abroad have accused the tech giant of “search bias.” The charge of search bias—levied against Google by competitors and watchdogs—asserts...