Technology & Intellectual Property Update

On January 7, 2019, revised guidance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office on patent subject matter eligibility took effect, paving the way for what many stakeholders expect to be a decrease in the number of patent claim rejections under 35 U.S.C. §101. The guidance attempts to provide a […]

2018 was a year of adjustment for the financial services industry. We saw changes at key regulators that will have repercussions for years to come with the appointments of Kathy Kraninger and Jelena McWilliams as the respective heads of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation […]

On January 21, 2019, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) imposed a massive financial penalty of 50 Million euros (approximately 56.8 Million U.S. dollars) against Google for violating provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The penalty is the largest to date assessed under the GDPR and indicates the […]

A European privacy regulator has provided insight into a key feature of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)—extraterritorial reach. Recall that Article 3(1) of the GDPR applies to EU-based organizations engaged in the processing of personal data (i.e., any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person) belonging to […]

Advertisements commonly include images of individuals, where the individuals may endorse a product, or merely just be incorporated into the advertisement. But such use of an individual’s image, name, or likeness in a commercial advertisement may implicate an individual’s right of publicity. Almost half of the states in the United […]