In this article, Noor Ghuniem explores increasingly complex and nuanced legal issues involving the expansion of the digital world. TikTok, a modern-day video-making platform, promotes an environment for creativity and self-expression. However, fostering this paramount innovation raises an equally important need for effective protection agencies. Can the law ensure that users receive proper credit and retain control over their choreographic works through copyright?
The Alice Test’s Frivolous Second Step
In this article, Cassidy Serger discusses how Contour IP Holdings, Inc. v. GoPro interprets the doctrine of patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 of the Patent Act.
If the Inventor is No Longer Human, Then What?: How the USPTO is Addressing AI Assisted Inventions
In this article, Ivette Rodriguez discusses how the USPTO is establishing a framework for patent applicants and examiners in cases where the inventor is listed as a Generative AI system in response to Executive Order 14110.
Connected Cars: Balancing Innovation and Data Privacy in Cars
In this article, Josie Croce explores the breadth of personal data that is collected by connected cars and the potential for misuse of this data, particularly by domestic abusers who access victims’ cars’ geolocation to stalk and harass. Some state and federal laws offer protection of victims’ personal data, and these laws should be extended to include protection of intrusive data collected by connected cars.
Protecting Musicians’ Sound: Tennessee’s ELVIS Act
In this article, Magaly Taylor discusses the active role of the Tennessee legislature in protecting an individual’s voice from artificial intelligence in the music industry by enacting the ELVIS Act, and the challenges in enforcing new legislation on evolving technology.
You Wouldn’t Share A Car: The Absurd Possibility of Criminalizing Password Sharing
In this article, Kyle Moodhe discusses how broad federal statutes and recent court rulings have made criminalizing password sharing a possibility. He discusses which statutes may criminalize this widespread practice and whether or not the Supreme Court is likely to follow these interpretations.