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By Ali Ebshara, LL.M. 2021 On September 2, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Thaler v. Hirshfeld ruled in favor of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), stating that an artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be listed as an inventor on a patent. ...

By Maya Prasad, J.D. Candidate, 2024 The Capitol attack on January 6, 2021 was a rude awakening for America, particularly for social media companies. Platforms such as Facebook and Twitter decided to revoke former President Trump’s online forums, a policy still in effect today, to stop the spread of misinformation ...

By Dylan Moses, J.D. Candidate, 2024 At their core, social networking companies sell products and services. So why don’t we regulate them that way? There is no doubt that social media companies like Facebook (now Meta) and Twitter have been boons for the internet. These platforms offer immeasurable opportunities to ...

By Zhongren Cheng, LL.M. 2021 On August 19, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China (SPC) affirmed the jurisdictional ruling of the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court (Shenzhen Court) in Sharp Corp. v. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecom. Corp., Ltd., holding that it is appropriate for the Shenzhen ...

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COMPLETE VOLUME 35, ISSUE 3 Complete Issue FRONT MATTER Front Matter ARTICLES The Use of Technical Experts in Software Copyright Cases: Rectifying the Ninth Circuit’s “Nutty” Rule by Shyamkrishna Balganesh & Peter S. Menell Pathways to Information Privacy Policy: Pluralist vs Expert? by Priscilla M. Regan Performing Cybersecurity Expertise: Challenges ...

  [MATT] You’re listening to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast. I’m Matt Sardo.   [IBRAHIM] And I’m Ibrahim Hinds. Today our podcast is about Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act. We will briefly explain Section 230 and its history, and then speak with Professor Pamela Samuelson of ...

by Ishita Mattoo, LL.M. 2021 In its opinion delivered on July 16, 2020, in Data Protection v. Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the EU­–U.S. Privacy Shield while upholding Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). The case was brought before the CJEU by Maximillian Schrems, ...

[KURT] You’re listening to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast. I’m Kurt Fredrickson.   [XIMENA] I’m Ximena Velazquez-Arenas.   [NATE] I’m Nathaniel Kellerer.   [KAVYA] And, I’m Kavya Dasari. Today our podcast will be about a topic that has garnered much attention over the last few years: antitrust lawsuits against ...

By Alistair McIntyre, J.D. Candidate, 2021 On January 25, 2021, the Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari in CardioNet, LLC v. InfoBionic, Inc., passing up an opportunity to clarify patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Cases involving § 101 patentability remain unpredictable, perhaps because the doctrine has been ...