On October 8th, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) announced that it would be implementing its Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot (“ASAP!”) Program to improve the quality, response time, and efficiency of pre-examination prior art searches using artificial intelligence. ASAP! will generate an Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Search Results […]
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Nebraska Addresses Children’s Online Privacy
on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
Earlier this year, Nebraska became the third state to pass age-appropriate design code legislation (joining California and Maryland), which reflects a growing concern among states over how online platforms handle the personal data of minors. Age-appropriate design code laws are designed to introduce safeguards to protect children’s personal data from […]
Authors Up in Arms
on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
On September 5, 2025, Apple became the next artificial intelligence (“AI”) proprietor to be hit with a class action lawsuit brought by authors claiming that their copyrighted books were illegally used to train an AI product. Plaintiffs Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, two American authors, brought the suit on behalf […]
OCC to focus on Debanking in CRA Reviews
on Wednesday, 24 September 2025 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
Following President Trump’s Executive Order last month, Executive Order 14331 (the “EO”), on September 8, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) released a bulletin on politicized or unlawful debanking (the “Bulletin”). The Bulletin – from newly Senate confirmed comptroller Jonathan Gould – clarifies how the OCC […]
The Ever-Evolving Definition of “Acquisition of Data”
on Tuesday, 26 August 2025 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
Every state, several federal agencies, and even territories of the United States have data breach notification statutes. The definition of what constitutes a data breach usually involves the terms “access” or “acquisition” of data. The terms have distinct meaning, but the definition of “acquisition” has slowly changed with guidance and […]
