Berkeley Technology Law Journal, established in 1985, is America’s first technology law journal. BTLJ publishes four issues annually on a broad range of topics at the intersection of technology and the law.
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Student Podcast
November 5th, 2024
[Meg O’Neill] 00:08 Hello and welcome to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal podcast. My name is Meg O’Neill and I am one of the editors of the podcast. Today we are excited to share with you a conversation between Berkeley Law LLM student Franco Dellafiori, and Professor Bertrall Ross. Professor ...
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October 31st, 2024
By Barbara Rasin, J.D. Candidate, 2027 In Anderson v. TikTok, decided in in late summer 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that TikTok’s “For You Page” algorithm was sufficiently creative to bar its protection under §230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA). This is a significant step towards ...
Symposia
September 25th, 2024
This article is part of the 2024 BCLT-BTLJ-CMTL Symposium. Leo Yu The national security concerns surrounding TikTok appear straightforward: it is China. To many policymakers and scholars, the mere connection to China warrants severe measures, including either divestment to an American firm or a complete shutdown. What renders China’s involvement ...
Symposia
September 25th, 2024
This article is part of the 2024 BCLT-BTLJ-CMTL Symposium. Blake E. Reid I am grateful to the BTLJ and BCLT for the opportunity to participate in this symposium’s panel on race, Internet platforms and Section 230. It’s a fortunate and timely opportunity to discuss Spencer Overton’s and Catherine Powell’s critical ...
Symposia
September 25th, 2024
This article is part of the 2024 BCLT-BTLJ-CMTL Symposium. Angela R. Riley When my tribe, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma (CPN), established an Eagle Aviary to protect and care for injured eagles that could no longer survive in the wild, it did so with a few goals in mind. ...
SymposiaNews & Updates
September 18th, 2024
Friday, September 27 | 9:30 a.m. (PT) | Online Event Details and Recoding Here Join us for Race, Rights, and Innovation: Cultivating Equity in the Digital World, a thought-provoking event exploring the intersection of race, technology, and legal frameworks. We’ll delve into the historical treatment of minority creators in copyright ...
Journal
September 18th, 2024
COMPLETE VOLUME 39, ISSUE 2 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES Our More-Than-Twenty-Year-Patent-Term by Mark Lemley & Jason Reinecke Intentionality in Trade Secret Law by Charles T. Graves The Right of Publicity Can Save Actors from Deepfake Armageddon by Matthew Kugler & Alice Preminger Dance of the Biologics by ...
Student Podcast
August 27th, 2024
[Gayathri Sindhu] 0:07 Welcome to the Berkeley Technology Law podcast. Hey everyone, this is Gayathri, your host for the day from the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. Today, we are excited to share with you a conversation between Berkeley Law student Paul Wood and Berkeley Law Professor Rebecca Wexler, where they ...
BTLJ Blog
July 13th, 2024
By Aaron Kamath, LL.M. 2024* On March 21, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple, which could have significant ramifications on the smartphone ecosystem. The complaint highlights that Apple responded to competitive threats by refusing to offer consumers lower smartphone prices or app ...
Student Podcast
June 30th, 2024
[Gayathri Sindhu] 0:07 Hey everyone, welcome to yet another exciting episode of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast. I’m your host, Gayathri Sindhu. Today, we are privileged to have with us Professor Colleen Chien, an absolute powerhouse. And I would go so far as to call her a triple threat ...
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