This week, I’d like to remind everyone that my Privacy Law Update webinar is coming up on May 17th at 3PM CT. To register, visit https://bit.ly/3zGPHZ1. I see there is an update re: the film studio’s requests to Reddit to unmask anonymous posters. Register for Privacy Law Update Webinar Internet Anonymity
Category: Speaking
Links for Week of April 28, 2023
This week, I’d like to invite people to register for my Privacy Law webinar on May 17, 2023 at 3PM CT. To register, visit https://bit.ly/3zGPHZ1. I liked Dr. Guadamuz’s take on the Yuga Labs NFT dispute over the Bored Apes Yacht Club. Further, Professor Grimmelmann has an interesting article on an economic model for Internet…
Links for Week of November 18, 2022
Security Trademark Privacy Interview – I was pleased to be a guest on the EmotionTrac Latte With a Lawyer Podcast –
Links for Week of September 9, 2022
Here’s the link to my interview with the 808 Podcast on Social Media Policies: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6973641587012644864/ Antitrust https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/08/content-moderation-blows-up-journalism-antitrust-bill-00055556 Privacy https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/efforts-to-id-tulsa-race-massacre-victims-raise-privacy-issues/
LG Webinar Recording – The Trademark Modernization Act
Here’s the recording of the November 10, 2021 LG Webinar I conducted on the Trademark Modernization Act: Today, on November 17, 2021, the USPTO issued its final rule setting forth the implementation plan, which varies somewhat from what was expected: The implementation date of the Act is December 18, 2021 for most procedures, with the…
Register for LG Webinar – How The Trademark Modernization Act will Affect Everyone
On November 10, 2021, at 12:00 PM, we invite you to attend an LG Webinar presented by Kevin Thompson entitled “How the Trademark Modernization Act Will Affect Everyone.” The Trademark Modernization Act was signed on December 27, 2020, and will be implemented by December 27, 2021. This 30-minute presentation will focus on the changes coming…
Disparaging Trademarks: The Skin-ny on The Slants
Here’s my presentation to the Chicago Bar Association on April 6, 2016 on “Disparaging Trademarks: The Skin-ny on The Slants.” In my talk, I explained how Section 2(a) works when the mark is considered disparaging of an identifiable group, how it was ruled unconstitutional in the recent en banc decision of the Federal Circuit in…
Twittering Away
I’ve been busy with the new job, and enjoying all the challenges life has to bring, so I have not posted here in a while. I’d certainly planned to, but something always came up. I have been more active on Twitter than anywhere else, posting links to interesting articles. I also was jazzed to be…
Slides from CBA Presentation on COPPA
Here are my slides from today’s presentation to the Chicago Bar Association’s Cyberlaw and Data Privacy Committee on the amendments effective July 1, 2013 to the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Slides – Thompson – COPPA Update [PDF] The FTC’s Final Rule can be found here- FTC Final Amended COPPA Rule [PDF] For more…
TWIL 194 – “When Laws Get Weird”
I was pleased to be a guest on This Week In Law last week, Episode #194, entitled “When Laws Get Weird.” Special thanks to Denise Howell, Evan Brown, and Lisa Borodkin for a great discussion on Aaron Swartz, Internet defamation, editorial independence, and more.