Next week, I’m speaking to the Advocates Society on “Copyright in 2025: AI and Beyond.” To learn more or to register for the March 20th event, visit LINK. This week, OpenAI posted public comments on the Trump administration’s AI plan. Further, as a Bob Dylan fan I enjoyed the headline on Ars Technica’s article discussing…
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Kevin A. Thompson practices primarily in the area of domestic and international trademarks, copyrights and internet law issues. He is experienced with prosecuting international applications under the Madrid Protocol. Kevin counsels clients in the selection, clearance, and maintenance of trademarks. He advises them with respect to enforcement of rights, and assists in representing them in disputes around the world to protect their valuable intellectual property.
Kevin received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1998 with Honors and Order of the Coif. Kevin received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. He is on the Board of Managers for the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, having served in the past as the chair of its Internet Law Committee, and is also past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Computer Law Committee.
Links for Week of March 7, 2025
This week, the EFF introduced a new open source tool to help detect cellular spying. There has been more discussion recently about the “Take It Down Act.” Finally, Professor Guadamuz had a nice article which came out last week, but I read this week, about how AIs are changing the future of student assessments. EFF…
Links for Week of February 28, 2025
This week, I liked Evan Brown’s post re: the Second Circuit’s handling of a breach of contract claim against YouTube for content removal. IAAP had a nice article analyzing how the Trump administration might approach the US-EU Data Privacy Framework. Finally, the Trump administration can also affect the future of the .IO country code domain…
Links for Week of February 21, 2025
This week, Meta claimed (in a filing to support its motion to dismiss the copyright claims over using the torrented files to train their AI) that its not copyright infringement if the torrented files are not further seeded. Good luck with that claim, Meta. There has also been more discussion of whether the new DOGE…
Links for Week of February 14, 2025
This week, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s recap of the current state of AI and copyright ownership. There have been more developments in the new DOGE department’s access to data, including three lawsuits. Finally, there has been some good commentary on the Thomson Reuters v Ross copyright case over the copyrightability of the Westlaw Headnotes system….
Links for Week of February 7, 2025
Here’s a scary one – certain apps that had been approved to be on the Apple and Google Play app stores were found to have malware that used OCR on the device’s photo library to look for stored crypto passwords. New allegations were made that Meta torrented 81.7 terrabytes of pirated content to train its…
Links for Week of January 31, 2025
This week, my partner Roenan Patt wrote an article about a recent case discussing whether passwords can be treated like tangible property. RDAP is replacing WHOIS – do you know about it? Finally, the Copyright Office weighed in on whether revisions are needed to existing copyright law to deal with AI. They say no. Are…
Links for Week of January 24, 2025
This week, President Trump issued an executive order delaying enforcement against TikTok, but which raised a number of uncertainties. Among the flurry of other executive orders, the Biden Administration’s AI Safety order was rescinded. I liked the IAPP’s explanation of those issues. Finally, I liked this article describing the first password on the Internet. TikTok…
Links for Week of January 17, 2025
Today, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the TikTok ban. Lots of commentary to be had there. In other news, the FBI forced some Chinese malware to delete itself this week from thousands of US computers. TikTok Ban – TikTok v Garland Deletion of Chinese Malware
Links for Week of January 10, 2025
This week, Professor Goldman posted his 2024 Internet Law Year in Review. Always a good read. As of January 1, 2025, some additional Mickey Mouse short films have entered the public domain, along with plenty of other company. Finally, Meta announced that it is ending its third party fact checking program. Internet Law Year In…