France’s data protection agency, CNIL, fined Alphabet’s Google 50 million euros ($57 million) for breaching the new EU data privacy rules.
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Rapid innovation of wireless technologies, mobile applications, and the Internet of Things brings reemergence of digital black market.
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Japanese government to hack Japanese citizens’ private devices connected via Internet of Things (“IoT”), creating list of insecure IoT devices.
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Central to current rift between the Trump administration and China, regarding international trade issues, is protection of U.S. technology.
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Supreme Court handles the balancing of free speech and the registration of scandalous marks that are intended to be vulgar.
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The discovery of a FaceTime bug creates privacy concerns around the potential for evesdropping, landing Apple in a lawsuit.
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November 2018: Universal Music Group (UMG) and prominent music labels filed suit against iBus Media, parent group for PokerNews and PokerNews app, for alleged copyright infringement in a California federal district court.
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The Supreme Court to decide if official copyright registration must be in place before plaintiff proceeds with filing copyright infringement litigation.
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Facebook estimates about 7 million consumers accounts compromised because loophole allowed some third-party applications to access private photos of Facebook users.
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This type of patent, filed by Mastercard, is basically filed to protect a newer type of cryptocurrency called “privacy coin.”
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The NBA and Copyright law intersected when costume creation and design company Easter Unlimited filed suit in New York Federal District Court against Boston Celtics star Terry Rozier for alleged unauthorized use of the Ghost Face® Mask from the film Scream.
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The TikTok app has created a platform allowing users and the music industry to uniquely interact in the world of short-form video.
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European Union GDPR forced Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) to create new policies responding to heightened security standards.
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Website portals have allowed consumers to commission and purchase products that are often considered “fan art", such as the "Beer Eye Chart".
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The law lags behind in regulating the use, collection, sharing, and storage of sensitive biometric data.
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As the Boy Scouts invite girls in through Scouts BSA, the Girl Scouts sue for trademark infringement and unfair competition to defend its trademark rights.
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PokerNews podcast currently one of the more high-profile copyright infringement cases involving a poker podcast allegedly using unlicensed music recordings.
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Netflix sued by Satanic Temple for trademark & copyright infringement surrounding use of a rendition of a statue in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
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Australia’s recent foray into data security legislation has raised concern among privacy experts because it effectively requires technology companies to incorporate backdoor access into their products and applications in order to allow government agencies and services to quickly access and search through consumer data.
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Unlike most produce, apples are one of the few produce items that are sold and distinguished by cultivar name, which means that consumers will actually pay more for varieties based on their apple trademark name. Read more about IP protection and apple trademarks.
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