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Latest News in Technology
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May 13, 2024
USPTO Eyes Change To Patent Applicants' Disclaimer Practice
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is looking to add a requirement for patent applicants filing so-called terminal disclaimers in order to overcome rejections by patent examiners over obviousness-type double patenting, a move that lawyers and a former USPTO official say could change the agency's approach considerably, especially for patents covering brand-name drugs.
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May 13, 2024
Deepfakes Could Be Arbitration's Next Gen AI Shake-Up
In a high-stakes arbitration, lawyers for one of the companies present what they say is surveillance video of a bribe being accepted by its opponent's president. They argue the video presents incontrovertible evidence that the case should be decided in their client's favor — and a tribunal might be inclined to agree. But what if it turns out that the video is a fake, generated by artificial intelligence?
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May 13, 2024
FTC Can't Modify $5B Meta Privacy Deal, DC Circ. Told
Meta Platforms Inc. told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that the Federal Trade Commission lacks the ability to unilaterally modify a $5 billion privacy settlement, contending that the courts are the ones responsible for enforcing the agreement.
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May 13, 2024
SPAC Investor Says Insiders Overvalued Satellite Co. Deal
An investor has sued a blank-check company and several of its top brass in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging the defendants protected their buy-ins while leaving public investors to suffer losses following a merger with satellite imaging company BlackSky Holdings Inc.
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May 13, 2024
Wash. Hospital Scores Exit In Facebook Privacy Suit, For Now
A Washington federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing a Seattle-area hospital of sharing patients' confidential health information by using Facebook browser tracking tools, ruling on Monday the plaintiff has failed to show that her own private information was input into the website and shared with a third party.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Intellectual property disputes, including patent, piracy, and trade secrets suits
- Section 301 cases
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions over technology issues
- Privacy disputes
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Employment-related suits, including immigration disputes and stock-option backdating
- Shareholder litigation
- Corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
- Net neutrality issues
- Technology lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Piracy investigations and enforcement
- Merger reviews
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Project finance involving technology
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of technology practices
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the tech industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
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