Technology & Intellectual Property Update

On June 14, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari by summary disposition in hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp., vacating the decision of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and remanding the case to the Ninth Circuit for further consideration in view of the Supreme Court’s recent decision […]

Connecticut became the latest state to provide an incentive for private entities to adopt cybersecurity frameworks and a safe-harbor from private causes of action resulting from cyber breaches.  The state joins Ohio and Utah in providing such protections under its Cybersecurity Standards Act.[1]  The law provides protections to businesses from […]

President Biden signed an Executive Order[1] in May 2021 directing federal agencies to take several proactive steps to help the nation defend against cyber security attacks.  The Order is drafted with very specific implementation steps, which is a departure from prior orders.  Prior executive orders were often purposefully vague, leaving […]

Earlier this term, in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. the Supreme Court issued an impactful ruling holding that Google’s use of Oracle’s application programming interfaces (APIs) did not constitute copyright infringement under the fair use doctrine.  Importantly, the Supreme Court did not decide whether such APIs were copyrightable –leaving […]

Colorado Earlier this month, Colorado joined California and Virginia as the third state to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill.  The Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) is a broad privacy law that applies to entities that produce products or services targeted to Colorado residents that either (i) control or process […]