In recent years, the threat of cyber crime has become a staple of the news cycle. While most reports focus on threats to unwitting consumers, a recent New York Times article looked at the predicament facing publicly traded companies.

Posted in Blogs, Internet, Regulatory Policy, Reputation Management, Technology, Trade Secrets, Uncategorized
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Put this in your pipe and smoke it: The High Court of Australia recently ruled that the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act withstands constitutional scrutiny, in JT International SA v Commonwealth of Australia. Retailers and smokers will thus soon find themselves scrutinizing things as well, in order to distinguish between identical cigarette packages stripped of all branding and trade-marks.

Posted in Competition, Competition Law, Design, Freedom of Speech, IP, Ownership, Regulatory Policy, Trademarks
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An Austrian student studying law in Silicon Valley has raised serious flags about Facebook’s lack of adherence to privacy law and disclosure regulation.

Posted in Canada, Electronic Databases, European Union, Human Rights Issues, Identity Theft, Internet, IP, IP Reform, Jurisdiction, Privacy, Regulatory Policy, Reputation Management, Social Media, Technology, UK, UK
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On September 25th earlier this year, California became the third state in the US, following Nevada and Florida, to pass legislation in allowing the operation of driverless cars on the road. Two short years earlier, Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab director Sebastian Thrun unveiled that Google had created the world’s first autonomous car.

Posted in Innovation, IP Intensive, Jurisdiction, Privacy, Regulatory Policy, US
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