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Recent posts

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CIS on Surprisingly Free

Ryan Calo and I both recently recorded podcasts for the show Surprisingly Free, which is an excellent weekly podcast for anyone interested in law and technology…

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Google's Patent Indigestion

$12.5 Billion for a company with a portfolio of 17,000 patents is major news.  This news comes on the heels of Google being 0-for-3 in playing big strategic pat…

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Robots on the Rise

Consumer robotics and Ryan Calo, director of Robotics at CIS, profiled in this SF gate article. Technical manuals and popular fiction helped thrust robots into…

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Robots On The Rise

Ryan Calo, CIS Director of Privacy and Robotics, spoke with James Temple of the San Francisco Chronicle about the evolution of robots and how he expects them to…

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Guest Blogging At Concurring Opinions

I'm guest blogging over at Concurring Opinions this month. My first post explored what the domestic use of drones would mean for privacy law. I also did a t…