Trademark scams is a problem that has been steadily increasing over the past few years. If you receive correspondence about your trademarks from someone other than your trademark attorney—correspondence that looks like an invoice or an offer for trademark services—it may not be legitimate. With technological advancements, it is now […]
Technology & Intellectual Property Update
Patent Office Revisits Subject Matter Eligibility and Addresses Certain Functional Claim Limitations in New Guidance
on Friday, 25 January 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
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 […]
Payments and FinTech Update: Looking Ahead for 2019
on Friday, 25 January 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
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 […]
GDPR Enforcement Update: French Data Protection Authority hits Google with a Historic 50 Million Euro Penalty
on Friday, 25 January 2019 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
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 […]
Testing the Extraterritorial Reach of the GDPR
on Friday, 21 December 2018 in
Technology & Intellectual Property Update: Arianna C. Goldstein, Editor
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 […]
