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A forthcoming BTLJ Article by Jonathon Penney titled “Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use” has made international news. The Article discusses the results of the first empirical study of regulatory “chilling effects” of Wikipedia users associated with online government surveillance around the NSA/PRISM revelations in June 2013.

A forthcoming BTLJ Article by Jonathon Penney titled “Chilling Effects: Online Surveillance and Wikipedia Use” has made international news. The Article discusses the results of the first empirical study of regulatory “chilling effects” of Wikipedia users associated with online government surveillance around the NSA/PRISM revelations in June 2013.

Cyber-crimes, such as data breaches and cyber-attacks, have posed a constant threat to the United States Government and its citizens in the post-Snowden era. A study suggests that in 2015 a total of 58 cyber-attacks occurred on US companies, which marked a significant increase from the previous year. The average cost per attack ...

On February 3, 2016 a federal jury returned a verdict finding Apple guilty for willfully infringing four VirnetX Inc. patents in its products, including Apple’s VPN on Demand, iMessage and FaceTime. Apple was ordered to pay $625.6 million in damages and ongoing royalties. Following the verdict, Apple filed a motion for ...

Uber is facing a class-action lawsuit brought by drivers who claim that they have been misclassified as independent contractors rather than as employees. The distinction between contractor and employee is significant. Drivers classified as employees would need to be paid in accordance with state wage and hour laws, reimbursed for ...

H. Whei Hsueh ABSTRACT This comment relates to the third pillar, excellence in customer service, and in particular, Proposal 5: review of current compact prosecution model and the effect on quality. Patent examination quality can be improved by requiring that all examiners pass the patent bar and complete mandatory continued ...

Proposal 1 Under Pillar 1: OPQA Review Richard B. Almon Use PTO’s Critics to Enhance Patent Quality Donald L. Champagne Opening the Prosecution History’s Black Box Bernard Chao Adding to PLUS: The Promise of Automated Pre-Examination Search Andrew Chin Common Knowledge and Non-Patent Literature in the Internet Age Jorge L. ...

Transparent. Accessible. User friendly. Many of the key principles that serve as the foundation for inclusive elections resonate strongly with the startup community. In order to foster joint discussion and problem solving, the brought together lawyers, technologists, policy wonks, and investors for “Moving Politics to the Web: How Technology Can ...

May 5, 2015 Commissioner for Patents of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Attn: Michael Cygan Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 via email: WorldClassPatentQuality@uspto.gov Re: Comments in response to USPTO’s Request ...

Michael D. Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman Policymakers have long posited that the Patent and Trademark Office may be allowing too many low quality patents in part because patent examiners are not given sufficient time to conduct high-quality review of patent applications. Such sentiments have been echoed by patent examiners ...