Almost from the very beginning of the internet era, the world has been increasingly afflicted with cyberfraud, exploiting the internet’s potential to enable fraudsters to induce unsuspecting victims to transfer money to overseas bank accounts using another relatively recent technological innovation, electronic funds transfer. Hong The post The New Face of Fraud: Deepfakes and the Emerging Cyber Threats in Hong Kong first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

The EU AI Act, which was passed by the European Parliament on 13 March and is set to become law later this year, will probably be the world’s first legislation to introduce a general regulatory framework for artificial intelligence systems. The European Union is known The post AI Regulation Introduced in Europe – Setting the Way Forward for the Rest of the World or Slowing Down the Adoption of New Tech? first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

Trader Joe’s is a hugely popular grocery chain that has expanded from its Southern California origins to operate close to 600 stores across the United States. Although Trader Joe’s has traditionally had a reputation as an ethical company, accusations of union-busting have tarnished the grocer’s The post Trader Joe’s Labor Union Bags a Victory in Trademark Dispute first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

2023 brought a surge of data privacy developments, with a large expansion of state comprehensive privacy laws, litigation of new claims based on older laws (e.g. wiretapping and VPPA cases), increased scrutiny on data brokers, and more. Because 2024 is shaping up to be equally The post Looking Down the Road: Data Privacy Priorities in 2024 first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

On March 8, 2023, China acceded to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (the “Convention”, also known as the Apostille Convention). On October 23, 2023, the China Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the Convention shall enter into force in China The post China Abolishes Legalization Requirement on Foreign Public Documents and Adopts Apostille first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

40 years ago, I was the new kid in 6th grade – truly a terrible age in a young girl’s life to try and “fit in” at a new elementary school in a small town. But, one of my best memories from that year was The post Wavy Baby’s Shoes Not Entitled to Special First Amendment Protections first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

The United Kingdom Supreme Court (the ultimate appeal level in the UK legal system) has ruled in a decision of 20 December 2023 that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system cannot be identified in a patent application as the inventor. The highly-anticipated ruling follows decisions both The post AI Cannot Be an Inventor of a UK Patent first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a board comprised primarily of representatives of the data protection supervisory authorities of the European Union’s member states, issued surprising new guidance in mid-November explaining how a key component of the European Union’s ePrivacy Directive applies to variety of The post Guidance from European Data Protection Board Requires Consent for Tracking first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

Last month, Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Vital”), the manufacturer of the Bang energy drink, fell short in its post-trial challenge to a “monster” jury award in favor of Monster Energy Company (“Monster”). After nearly five years of litigation in the Central District of California, Monster’s Lanham The post Court Upholds “Monster” $293 Million Award But Declines to Award Monster Energy Company Exemplary Damages for Energy Drink Competitor’s Trade Secret Violations first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Vidal v. Elster this week, which asks whether refusing to register a trademark that criticizes President Trump violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. It seems the Supreme Court is poised to say it does not. This The post Oral Argument at the Supreme Court Suggests Refusing to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL Trademark Did Not Violate the First Amendment first appeared on TheTMCA.com ..read more