In 2019, most of us still use keys to lock up the protected contents of our house and car. In contrast, our personal devices, often where we store our most guarded information, are only protected by an iris, or a fingerprint. Recently, the federal district court of the Northern District of California was faced with …
This past February 14th marked the one-year anniversary of one of the deadliest school shootings in the nation’s history. Despite being the subject of several 911 calls, and two separate tips to the FBI, the 19-year-old shooter, armed with a rifle, left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Since this …
Huawei Devices USA (Huawei), a Chinese-based smartphone super-corporation, has recently been hit with a 10-count indictment by the Department of Justice. Per the indictment, Huawei instructed its employees in the United States to steal valuable corporate trade secrets and various forms of intellectual property from American competitors. One allegation is that the company offered bonuses …
Reports emerged on February 14 that Facebook and the FTC were nearing a settlement over the Cambridge Analytica data breach and the social media company’s privacy policies. It is anticipated that Facebook will ultimately agree to pay a multi-billion dollar fine – “the largest the [FTC] has ever imposed on a technology company.” However, Facebook’s …
This past week, the United States Copyright Office declared that the famous “Carlton” dance was ineligible for copyright protection because “the work submitted for registration [was] a simple dance routine.” The copyright office states that in order to receive protection for this sort of dance, it must fall under the category of a choreographic work: …
In July of 2016, Nintendo stock more than doubled in value over the span of two weeks, increasing Nintendo’s market value by $23 billion. However, shortly after this surge, Nintendo was forced to issue a press release clarifying that the game was made by Niantic, not Nintendo, and that Nintendo only had a 32% stake …
A reverse warrant is a tool used by law enforcement to acquire data about all mobile devices used within a certain geographical area, during a specified time, in order to develop suspects. They have been used by the Raleigh Police department on several occasions in high profile cases, including a recent fire that was suspected …
As the “Malaco Soul Brother” Chuck Brooks once sang, “you can’t be in two places at the same time.” This is the underlying logic behind ReDigi Inc.’s argument to the Second Circuit that their “packet train” file transfer system does not violate the Copyright Act. ReDigi, Inc. was conceived as an online marketplace for digital …
Congressional Democrats rolled out a new resolution on February 7th called the “Green New Deal.” This initiative is nonbinding for both the Senate and the House of Representatives, but it represents an affirmative signal that the new Democratic cohort is not backing down on environmental issues. The Green New Deal was prompted by the 2018 …
