Options for Removing Objectionable Content on Social Media Platforms

Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Sara Etemad-Moghadam

In today’s environment, most of us are likely to have a photograph or video on social media we would rather not have everyone seeing. Maybe it’s an unflattering photograph, an embarrassing video, a post of their minor children or an old photo with an ex-flame. When someone shares a photo or video of an individual […]

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ChatGPT: Where Are We Now and the Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

In this Insight we will address basic questions about the technology, the current flaws, the competitive and political landscape and the advancements on the horizon for various target audiences, including businesses, professionals and educational institutions. This article is intended as a summary only and not a deep dive into the details of the technology, nor […]

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EU Court Decision Invalidating Privacy Shield Results in Massive Confusion for U.S. Businesses: Second Addendum

This post is an update. Read the original post here, first addendum here and the third addendum here. On October 7, 2022 President Biden issued an Executive Order strengthening safeguards to U.S. activities involving signals intelligence (that is, intelligence derived from electronic signals and systems). Signals intelligence is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the […]

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EU Court Decision Invalidating Privacy Shield Results in Massive Confusion for U.S. Businesses: Addendum

This post is an update. Read the original post here, the second addendum here and the third addendum here. As we previously reported, in July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), in a case known as Schrems II, invalidated the Privacy Shield, the safe harbor mechanism relied on by businesses to […]

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2022 Brings New Requirements Via ID.me for Filing Trademark Applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Second Addendum

Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Charlotte Cuccia

This post is an update. Read the original post here and the first addendum here.  We have previously reported on the proposed requirement of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that parties filing trademark applications provide biometric data to a private company, ID.me, and the subsequent backlash against a similar proposal requiring identity verification […]

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Fall 2021 Survey of Copyright, Trademark and Privacy Cases of Note Across the Federal Courts

Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Margaret Horstman

On November 8, 2021, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Unicolors Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160223 (Aug. 20, 2021). The Justices were critical of Unicolors due to the company’s inconsistent arguments in its brief and petition for certiorari. Unicolors’ brief addressed what knowledge of application […]

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Artists Use Their Media to Voice Concerns About Privacy Intrusions

Artists are joining the conversation about privacy intrusions from drones and other surveillance mechanisms. A fiberglass sculpture of a U.S. military drone is now hovering 25 feet above New York’s iconic High Line. The sculpture is a commissioned work for the High Line Plinth. Modeled after London’s Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth, the project is intended to […]

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