This week, the Supreme Court held oral arguments regarding online speech in the Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton cases. I liked Professor Guadamuz’s article on the challenges with voice cloning. On March 21st, I’ll be speaking to the DuPage County Bar Association’s Business Law Committee on the subject of “IP And IT Due…
Author: Kevin A. Thompson
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 February 23, 2024
This week, more came out about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The 4th Circuit ruled to block a $1B copyright verdict from 2019 against an ISP, Cox Communications. I also liked a Verge article about Robots.Txt files. KOSA Copyright Robots.Txt files
Links for Week of February 16, 2024
This week, there was an interesting ruling in the case against OpenAI brought by authors. And, the Ohio law requiring “parental consent” for the use of social media by minors was held to be unconstitutional. Finally, the EU’s Digital Services Act takes effect tomorrow. Copyright and OpenAI Ohio Social Media Law EU’s Digital Services Act
Links for Week of February 9, 2024
This week, a cautionary tale on the “Internet of Things” and making sure connected devices are updated – millions of smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDos attack. CORRECTION – Bruce Schneier reports that the article was incorrect, resulting from a mistranslation of the original German. The article was supposed to be a…
Links for Week of February 2, 2024
This week, LLRX had a nice article on just how many companies can track an individual Facebook user. Legal blogger and author of Solo By Choice, Carolyn Elefant, recently published her free best practices guide to AI implementation within law firms. And, TechDirt had a nice article on the fact that Ring will no longer…
Links for Week of January 26, 2024
This week, CircleID had an interesting article on a California spam investigator who is being prosecuted for practicing without a private investigator license. Professor Goldman posted his annual Year In Review of Emoji law. And, there is another article on whether copyright exists for legal documents. License for Spam Investigation Year In Review – Emoji…
Links for Week of January 19, 2024
This week, there was an interesting trademark development in the Reddit community <wallstreetbets> which Franklin Graves and Evan Brown discussed, a ruling in which the creator of the community had no trademark rights. Also, Professor Goldman had his annual post looking back at the top developments in the last year. Further, as a reminder, my…
Links for Week of January 12, 2024
This week, an Ohio social medial law was blocked for vagueness. The law would have required parental approval for children’s social media accounts. Evan Brown had a nice post on an Alaskan court allowing blockchain service of process, in a case involving blockchain. Further, I liked Dennis Kennedy’s musings on why he’s decided to step…
Links for Week of January 5, 2024
Happy New Year! This week, copyrighted works from 1928 and sound recordings from 1923 entered the public domain as their term of protection ended. A lot of attention is focused on the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse. Disney has also been using this version as a trademark, and newer versions of Mickey remain under…
Links for Week of December 29, 2023
This week, the New York Times sued Microsoft and Open AI for copyright infringement for including its content within the large language models of ChatGPT and Bing AI. Also, Evan Brown had a good summary of a recent ruling in the Southern District of New York involving the liability of platform owners for allowing allegedly…