Trademark Officials Must Distinguish Between Irony and Offens
Years ago, Justice Frankfurter observed, “the protection of trademarks is the law's recognition of the psychological function of symbols,” noting, further,…
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When Selfies Become Surveillance Beacons
Few things represent the age of social media better than posting a selfie. We share these ubiquitous self-portraits with such an urgency you’d think we’d cea…
Inefficiently Automated Law Enforcement
For some crimes the entire law enforcement process can now be automated. No humans are needed to detect the crime, identify the perpetrator, or impose punishmen…
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Will artificial intelligence revolutionize cybersecurity?
""Just imagine a world in which bots are out there looking for vulnerabilities and other bots or artificial intelligence is simultaneously poking hole…
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Woman forced to unlock her iPhone using her fingerprint in unprecedented move that has divided legal experts
"However, Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, said the order does not appear to violate the Fi…
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Argentinian Telecoms (and Credit Cards) Ordered to Block UBER App
Argentina is in the midst of an inflamed debate on the lawfulness of UBER services. The last stage of the UBER affair—previously visiting cities like Milan or P…
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WhatsApp Goes Through Judicial Revolving Door in Brazil
"A cybercrime report under discussion on Tuesday includes proposals to allow application blocking explicitly, said Pallero, which would increase the number…
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Texting A Person While They’re Driving Could Land You In Jail
"But Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor of law and engineering at the University of South Carolina, thinks the textalyzer bill, Gallatin v. Gargiu…
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CPJ alarmed by WhatsApp block in Brazil
""Journalists in Brazil regularly rely on WhatsApp for their reporting," said CPJ Technology Program Coordinator Geoffrey King. "Blocking ac…
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Woman ordered to provide her fingerprint to unlock seized iPhone
"Riana Pfefferkorn, a cryptography fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, said that she's not sure there would be a good legal defense…
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After Two Abandoned iPhone Cases, FBI’s Next Encryption Battle Unclear
"Riana Pfefferkorn, the cryptography fellow at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, believes the Justice Department will continue to pursue a multi-…
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Who's Responsible When a Self-Driving Car Crashes?
"Features such as Pilot Assist exist in what tech policy expert and University of South Carolina assistant professor Bryant Walker Smith calls the “mushy m…