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Introduction Major social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok have introduced “Teen Account” systems that impose heightened privacy defaults, restrict messaging, and limit algorithmic recommendations for minors. These rollouts have arrived as courts confront a growing wave of lawsuits seeking to bypass traditional immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). This wave […]

Introduction Financial Technology (FinTech) has increasingly made finance and banking accessible for millions of people globally. While FinTech has largely had positive effects, it has also drawn criticism. Examples of this include, but are not limited to, financial surveillance and controversial financial products, such as cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens, and buy-now-pay-later. Another controversial byproduct of FinTech […]

Introduction In the United States, courts have commonly rejected arguments to protect an artist’s “style” under copyright law.  This treatment stems from the idea-expression distinction, which provides copyright protection for fixed expressions, but not abstract ideas. The copyright law regime treats style as an unprotectable idea. This means that multiple people may paint a tree […]

Introduction Patent law was created to incentivize innovation by granting inventors limited monopolies in exchange for public disclosure of their discoveries. In theory, this should promote competition and technological progress. In practice, however, patent law has paradoxically become a barrier to creativity in the video game industry. In recent years, there has been a trend […]

Over the past decade, schools across the United States have increasingly turned to digital surveillance technologies to monitor students’ online behavior in the name of safety. Among these technologies, Gaggle has emerged as one of the most widely adopted platforms, serving more than 5.8 million students at over 1,500 school districts across the United States. […]

Introduction The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) contract drafting software marks a pivotal moment in legal technology, where theoretical possibilities are transforming into market realities. As vendors compete to deliver increasingly sophisticated solutions, understanding the current state of this market becomes crucial for legal practitioners making strategic technology decisions. The landscape is particularly dynamic, with […]

A. Introduction The dipartite structure of the American patent system, comprising the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the federal Article III court system, leads to interesting interactions between rulings made in each of the distinct subsystems. This is especially relevant to the patent system in the context of claim construction. Moreover, because the Federal […]

Introduction  Algorithmic bias is AI’s Achilles heel, revealing how machines are only as unbiased as the humans behind them.  The most prevalent real-world stage for human versus machine bias is the job search process. What started out as newspaper ads and flyers at local coffee shops, is now a completely digital process with click-through ads, […]

Trending Uses of Deepfakes Deepfake technology, leveraging sophisticated artificial intelligence, is rapidly reshaping the entertainment industry by enabling the creation of hyper-realistic video and audio content. This technology can convincingly depict well-known personalities saying or doing things they never actually did, creating entirely new content that did not really occur. The revived Star Wars franchise […]

I. INTRODUCTION In May of 2024, the Federal Circuit overruled 40 years of precedent for assessing the obviousness of design patents in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC. Already, commentators and practitioners have a wide array of opinions about the impacts of LKQ. If recent history is any guide, however, declarative statements about the impacts […]

Proponents of virtual reality (VR) as a medium for evidence in the courtroom have argued that it can bring many benefits to jurors, including enhanced empathy and better factual understanding. However, it is also speculated that VR could increase a juror’s biases or a false sense of accuracy. As VR technology advances, the legal field faces the challenge […]

In April 2023, drama unfolded on Twitter, and it revolved around olive oil. Andrew Benin, the co-founder of Graza, a start-up single-origin olive oil brand that comes in two adorable green squeeze bottles, publicly called out rival Brightland for allegedly copying his squeezable olive oil idea. Mr. Benin wrote, “While friendly competition was always welcome, […]