Biggest Fine Yet: French Watchdog Slaps Google With a $57M Fine Under the New...
France's data privacy watchdog has fined Google 50 million euros ($57 million) under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) making it the most significant regulatory enforcement...
View ArticleUS Senate to Hold Hearing on Consumer Data Privacy Issues
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced today that it will convene a hearing titled, "Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy...
View ArticleGovernment Officials, Academia, and Advocacy Groups Say Time for US to Get...
US Congress asked to develop an internet data privacy legislation similar to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to enhance consumer protections. The report was produced by the United...
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Canada Considering Right to Repair Legislation Tackling Repair Monopoly Over...
Ontario Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Michael Coteau has introduced a bill to enable consumers and independent professionals to repair brand-name computers and phones easily and...
View ArticleThailand Passes Law Giving Sweeping Powers to State Cyber Agencies
Thailand's military-appointed parliament on Thursday passed a controversial cybersecurity law which gives sweeping powers to state cyber agencies. Reuters reports: "The Cybersecurity Act, approved...
View ArticlePortrait of a Single-Character Domain Name
Irregularities surrounding O.COM RSEP reveal coloring outside the lines. Let's take some crayons and draw a picture of the current state of affairs regarding single-character domain names (SCDNs), and...
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US House of Representatives Pass a Bill to Restore Net Neutrality Rules...
From the copy of the House and Senate Democratic bill passed by a vote of 232-190 today. The US House of Representatives just passed the Save the Internet Act of 2019 on a vote of 232-190. The bill...
View ArticleA Case for Regulating Social Media Platforms
There are some who see the regulation of social media platforms as an attack on the open internet and free speech and argue that the way to protect that is to let those platforms continue to...
View ArticleIs Digital Democracy an Option – and What Is Involved in It?
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the internet Berners-Lee, the father of the internet, reiterated his suggestion for a radical change, which would improve the functionality of the internet for the...
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Canada Says Facebook Has Refused to Address Serious Privacy Deficiencies...
APRIL 25, 2019 / Canada’s federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien in a news conference expressing dismay on Facebook's response to investigation findings. The Canadian government released a...
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UK Government Planning on New Laws for IoT Devices Including a Mandatory...
The UK government on Wednesday announced plans to introduce new laws for internet connected devices to better enforce the inclusion of basic cybersecurity features into IoT devices. Measures will...
View ArticleNo GDPR Action Against Any Big Tech Firms Since Law Imposed Last Year, Doubts...
Last year Europe imposed GDPR, arguably the world's toughest standard for data privacy and now, a year later, there has yet to be any enforcement action against a big tech firm. Data-privacy experts...
View ArticleUDRP Complaint: Actually, a Motion for Summary Judgment
This essay expands a talk presented at the 27th Fordham International IP Conference on April 26, 2019. Trademark owners (and here I'm talking about those with U.S. registrations even if they are...
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US Federal Trade Commission Says It Lacks Resources to Go After Privacy...
MAY 8, 2019 / FTC Chairman Joseph Simons testifying at a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee At hearing on Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urged Congress to...
View ArticleA Closer Look at the "Sovereign Runet" Law
In December 2018, a bill on the "stable operation" of the Russian segment of the Internet was introduced and got the title "Sovereign Runet" in mass media and among the public. It was adopted after 5...
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Microsoft Sees Serious Appetite for Revised Privacy Laws in US, Says It's...
With the first anniversary of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) approaching in just a few days, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Julie...
View ArticleQualcomm’s Licensing Practices Are Illegal, U.S. Judge Rules
A U.S. district court judge rules that Qualcomm violated anti-trust laws and has ordered the chip maker to change some of its licensing and negotiation practices. The case brought to court in 2017 by...
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Huawei Files Motion in US Federal Court Calling Ban Unconstitutional, an...
MAY 29, 2019 / Song Liuping, Huawei Chief Legal Officer: US blacklisting Huawei is a "dangerous move." Huawei has filed a legal motion in the United States federal court calling for the ban to be...
View ArticleWords and Descriptive Phrases as Trademarks Registered as Domain Names
In a trademark context, who owns or controls, or would prevent others, from using words and phrases commonly available to speakers in a language community, is in persistent tension. While common words...
View ArticleWhat Modern Businesses Need to Know Regarding Geo Names and Jurisdiction in...
As it stands, legal practitioners, registrants and brand owners are forced to navigate the online landscape in fairly low visibility. However, once you acknowledge the fact that you are driving in...
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