35 U.S.C. § 101: Current Subject Matter Eligibility Law Interprets “Abstract Ideas” with Abstract Definitions
Subject matter eligibility, defined by 35 U.S.C. § 101, requires a claimed invention to fall within “one of the four categories of invention . . . i.e., process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter.”[1] While the general understanding has been…
Public Safety versus Privacy in light of Coronavirus: When Contact Tracing can become a Search under the 4th Amendment
There are many concerns regarding the current Coronavirus pandemic. We’re concerned with our health and the health of our friends, family, and neighbors. We’re concerned with the current state of the economy and the future economic outlook given the pandemic.…
NBA 2K Must Pay to Play: How America’s Copyright Regime Can Better Protect Tattoo Artists From Losing Control Over The Reproduction of Their Work in Video Games
Squaring tattoo art and copyright law initially begs the question, to whom does a tattoo and the rights that attach to this form of artistic expression belong to? Initially, the two options that make the most logical sense are that…
Zooming in on Big Tech’s Deceptive Privacy Practices and Why We Should All Be Paying More Attention
Join With Computer Audio. Send Personal Information to Facebook. By now, you’re more than likely familiar with the first prompt—it’s the text that appears when you first open Zoom, and by enabling this function you can join a meeting using…
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL): Will it Sink or Will it Swim Amidst Recent COVID-19 Class Action Lawsuit and Stock Volatility?
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”), the cruise industry has seen a sharp decline in demand, resulting in financial hardships. Throughout COVID-19, several cruise ships were stranded at sea, with confirmed COVID-19 cases on board.[1] In addition, the Centers for…
AT&T v. United States: Vertical Mergers in the Telecommunications Market
In November of 2017, the United States Department of Justice brought its first vertical merger challenge in several decades. Considered one of the largest acquisitions in history,[1] this merger represents a regular pattern of cable and media companies to consolidate…
Your Body Owns the Tattoo!
Put yourself in the shoes of someone who receives a new tattoo. Eager to share the design with friends, you start snapping pictures of the fresh body art. You send a text alongside the pictures saying, “Check out my new…
Going to the Movies, from the Comfort of Your Own Home
While the fight between movie studios and theater chains over the exclusivity period has been ongoing, who would have thought it would take a pandemic taking place for this issue to come to a head. We are living in a…
Does Copyright Law Apply to States?: Analyzing Sovereign Immunity and Copyright Infringement
The premise that copyright holders can sue those who infringe on their property seems like a fundamental truth of our legal system. If one person or entity uses another’s copyrighted material against their wishes, they can sue for possible damages…
The Coronavirus’s Cyber Implications
On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of a respiratory disease named “SARS-CoV-2” a “public health emergency of international concern.”[1] The disease, also known as the “coronavirus,” is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, and…
Who’s Going to Pay? Where the Fine Print Matters
These past couple of weeks have changed life in the U.S. and around the world drastically: major league sports all over the world have ceased,[1] the State Department placed a Level 4 warning on a record number of countries,[2] most…