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Digital Privacy & Surveillance Legislation this week: President Trump appointed Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting Director of National; and Congress remains deadlocked over Section 702 reauthorization…

Intellectual Property & Patent Law Developments this week: A policy brief from the Center for American Principles argues that U.S.

Tech Platform and Gig Economy Regulation this week: The Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that a wave of state-level legislation aiming to ban or heavily restrict; and PayPal has settled with the Department of Justice, agreeing to…

Intellectual Property and Patent Law this week: The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied motions to dismiss copyright infringement lawsuits; and Representative Jamie Raskin has escalated his inquiry into USPTO Director…

Digital Privacy and Data Regulation this week: An audit by webXray of over 7,000 popular websites accessed from California found widespread noncompliance with the; and The Electronic Frontier Foundation has updated its privacy policy…

Tech Policy & Congressional Oversight this week: The Electronic Frontier Foundation critiques the legislative push in multiple states to ban or severely restrict; and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has invited…

Digital Privacy & Data Regulation this week: A webXray audit of over 7,000 popular websites accessed from California found widespread failure to honor the Global; and Following a 2023 investigation by The Markup and CalMatters, which…

Intellectual Property & Patent Law Updates this week: IPWatchdog interviews Kristen Osenga, a law professor and former patent litigator, who critiques the dominant; and The Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB ruling that DraftKings failed to…

Policy, Legal & Regulatory this week: This matters for Policy, Legal & Regulatory because it gives a concrete current signal to track: The following; and The USPTO’s remand decision in the HID case redefines when estoppel under 35 U.S.C.