Technology & Intellectual Property Update

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) remains a developing field in intellectual property and recently, on April 24, 2023, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case brought by Dr. Stephen Thaler, Thaler v. Vidal. Dr. Thaler, a computer scientist who in his 2019 patent application, named his AI model Device for Autonomous […]

Indiana joined the growing ranks of states that have passed comprehensive data privacy laws and became the seventh state to pass a comprehensive data privacy upon signing by the governor on May 1.  Indiana’s law follows the blueprint of Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Virginia, and Iowa in broadly defining personal data […]

On May 5, 2023, Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”), was sentenced to 3 years of probation, a fine of $50,000, and 200 hours of community service.[1]  The sentence was for the actions of Sullivan in trying to cover-up a cyber-hack of Uber […]

Iowa became the sixth state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law when Governor Reynolds signed an Act Relating to Consumer Data Protection into law on March 28, 2023.  Iowa’s law follows the blueprint of Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia in broadly defining personal data and providing thresholds for businesses […]

Recent statements from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director Rohit Chopra should serve as a potential warning to non-bank financial service providers that they are squarely in the CFPB’s cross-hairs following the high profile failures of SVB and Signature Bank last month. In statements to the Washington Post, Director Chopra […]