High Tech Law Institute

Michael J. Kaufman (currently dean of Loyola Law School in Chicago) will be the next Santa Clara Law dean! http://j.mp/37rxRMp. Welcome, Dean Kaufman, we are excited to work with you! Also, many thanks to Professor Anna Han for serving as interim dean for the past two years!

Santa Clara Law Professor Don Polden will be the moderator for the upcoming Judge William Ingram Symposium: Equality, Social Justice, and the Rule of Law on January 13, 6:00 to 7:15pm. MCLE available. Registration is open. https://law.scu.edu//17th-annual-judge-william-ingram-sy/

ICYMI - Recording is now available for the "Recent Developments in #Trademark Law" event featuring Santa Clara Law Prof. Tyler Ochoa, Facebook IP Counsel, Austin Phillips, and Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner attorney, Jessica McDonald. https://law.scu.edu/e/recent-developments-in-trademark-law/

Santa Clara Law Professors Catherine Sandoval and Al Hammond and students Robert Murillo JD ’21 and Rosa Rico JD ’22 filed an #amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case FCC v. Prometheus Radio Broadcasters regarding the impact of the FCC's media ownership rules on #minorities and #women. The case will be heard on January 19, 2021. https://law.scu.edu//catherine-sandoval-and-al-hammond-fi/

Interested in legal operations? This scholarship could be for you! https://cloc.org/cloc-scholarship-program/

In today's San Francisco Chronicle, Irina Raicu & I explain why "Social media companies should permanently ban political advertising"

Need an escape from 2020? Paruzal - Live-Hosted Online Escape Rooms has released a slightly different version of the Publish or Perish game that HTLI helped to design. Available to the public, and friends of HTLI will get 20% off through the end of the year by using the code HTLI-20. (Note: this version of the game does not contain an Easter egg hunt, only an escape room).

Santa Clara Law is lucky to have #Section230 expert, Professor Eric Goldman, continue to create important scholarship and resources about the law. His newest free ebook is on Zeran v. AOL, an important case interpreting the law.

Congratulations to Professors Christakos and de la Torre for being recognized as top cybersecurity lawyers in California by the Daily Journal!

Check out this week's SVBJ Social Capital article about alum Harmony Oswald featuring her life story from soldier to legal tech founder and lawyer (page 27). Congrats Harmony! Here's the pay-walled linked: https://www.bizjournals.com//legalucy-startup-ceo-learned-

Prof. Lydia de la Torre and Glen Brown co-authored an article entitled "What is the California Privacy Protection Agency" featured today in the IAPP Privacy Advisor.

Congrats Professor Goldman on publication of your new eJournal!

Thanks, Santa Clara Magazine, for covering our Lady A event featuring #Trademark and #Copyright expert Santa Clara Law Professor Tyler Ochoa. Great article and link to the video of the lecture and concert. If you are looking for some bluesy inspiration today, take a listen at 34:00! https://magazine.scu.edu/magaz/fall-2020/whats-in-a-name-3/

https://law.scu.edu//htli-artificial-intelligence-for-soc/

The Santa Clara Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic is producing phenomenal results for our students and our community! So far this semester the value of services provided to nearly 120 startups and entrepreneurs equals $435,000, from the work of 71 students and 86 attorney volunteers. Now that's IMPACT!

Congratulations Colleen Chien

In a divided world, how can we advance innovation for all? Check out Prof. @Colleen_Chien’s new post on @patentlyo, suggesting 1) innovation equity metrics, 2) closing the patenting gap, and 3) diversifying inventorship by diversifying the patent bar. Posted with Santa Clara Law students Jonathan Collins, Zachary Daly, and Rodney Swartz, PhD. https://patentlyo.com//advancing-innovation-entrepreneursh

November 19 @ 5 -6 PM, PST: The SCU Internet Law Student Organization (ILSO) invites students to a lively discussion about JD Advantage careers in Trust and Safety. This panel is also co-presented by the Internet Law and Policy Foundry (ILPF) and the Trust and Safety Professional Association (TSPA). The conversation will explore some of the typical JD Advantage roles in Trust and Safety, explain how these roles differ from traditional counsel roles, and offer some meaningful next steps for candidates pursuing legal-adjacent careers in Trust and Safety. https://law.scu.edu//j-d-advantage-careers-in-trust-and-s/

Another new working paper from Santa Clara Law Prof. Brian Love, SCU Biz School Prof. Christian Helmers and Univ. Of Toulouse Capitole Prof. Yassine Lefouili. "Do Standard-Essential #Patent Owners Behave Opportunistically? Evidence from US District Court Dockets".

7 teams, 37 #IP scholars, 31 universities - And the winner of Publish or Perish: HTLI edition is team Library Takeout! Congrats @PatentScholar @jsherkow @RESachs @WNicholsonPrice @LinfordInfo Checkout the leaderboard below. https://law.scu.edu/hightech/publish-or-perish/

"The ABA’s Young Lawyers Division and the Access to Justice Tech Fellows are hosting the Legal Tech Fictional Writing Competition for law students, sponsored in part by LexBlog. The goal is to get law students to think critically about how technology will impact the future practice of law, and access to justice in a fun engaging way." https://www.atjtechfellows.org/ltfwc

Read Santa Clara University School of Law Professor Eric Goldman's blog post re: Wall Street Journal "debate" on "Should Amazon be Responsible When Its Vendors' Products Turn Out to Be Unsafe?"

Read the latest empirical insights from Prof. Colleen V. Chien, along with Nick Halkowski JD '20, Rodney Swartz, PhD and 3L, and Maria He, MSBA, in their Patently-O post "Patenting Trends Following the Patent Eligibility Guidelines (101) and 112," and accompanying journal article, "Parsing the Impact of Alice" posted yesterday. https://patentlyo.com//prosecution-eligibility-guidelines.

Stop by today (virtually) at noon today (Nov. 17) and learn more about Santa Clara Law's experiential learning programs, including our successful Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic!

SCL's own Jess Meirs be speaking about JD Advantage roles, including her role @ Google w/Jurist next Thursday, 3PM (PST)/6PM (EST). Register here: bit.ly/2IOoiND

Professor Love and Professor Helmers authored a new working paper entitled" The Effect of New Information on Patent Litigation from U.S. Inter Partes Review". https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm

Congrats to Santa Clara Law High Tech alum Gabriella Ziccarelli for recognition as a rising star by New York Law Journal! https://www.law.com//10/21/rising-star-gabriella-ziccare/

Professor Eric Goldman speaks about a variety of topics this week - check out his schedule of engagements in his post, below.

Zoom in at lunch today (10/20) for "Who Says You Have to Practice Law" . Prof. Edwards will talk to a sports agent, Register: https://law.scu.edu/event/who-says-you-have-to-practice-law/ Learn from a sports agent, marketing executive, privacy expert, tech legal operations leader and research librarian about alternative careers available to law grads. Santa Clara University School of Law Prof. Elizabeth T. "Eli" Edwards moderates our panel: Alison Gilliam from Seagate Technology, Danny Kim from Polsinelli, Wynn Silberman of Wynn Media, and Dan Wu from Immuta.

Professor Eric Goldman authors op-ed on why Prop 24 is the wrong approach in SF Chronicle

Friends of Santa Clara Law are welcome to join this free event on November 17 from noon to 1 PT.

Attn: #IPLaw #Professors, fellows and academics: Need an "escape"? the High Tech Law Institute is forming teams to play "Publish or Perish" an #IP themed virtua...l escape room by Paruzal - Live-Hosted Online Escape Rooms Don't miss out! Register by 10/18. Eric Goldman Brian Love Colleen Chien Tyler Ochoa Laura Lee Mikkola Norris Anna Han https://law.scu.edu/hightech/publish-or-perish/ See more

Register for tomorrow's (10/13) event! Professor Kevin J. Green discusses #Copyright Formalities as the Bane of #AfricanAmerican #Artists from #Blues to #HipHop on October 13 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm PT. Co-sponsored by SCU Black Law Students Assn, and moderated by Prof. Tyler Ochoa and SCL student Dorothy Boakye-Donkor. Free with registration. https://law.scu.edu/.../copyright-formalities-as-the.../

Santa Clara University School of Law's MLS in Compliance online program is offering 'An Introduction to the Global #Privacy Regulatory Environment' #MCLE on December 2, from 11 to 1. Registration is open! https://law.scu.edu//an-introduction-to-the-global-privac/

Congratulations and thank you Professor Chien for aiding the Biden transition team!

Take a listen to the next "Without Precedent" podcast featuring Internet Law experts Annette Beebe and Santa Clara Law Professor Eric Goldman explaining the importance of #section230 in the development of the Internet and why we should care what happens to it. Hosted by Santa Clara Law Prof. Elizabeth T. "Eli" Edwards and grad Nikki Pope (former HTLI director and current LL.M. student) https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8yw72-f1f006

Congrats to Santa Clara Law's Broadband Institute of CA, Profs. Sandoval & Hammond & students for their influential work on a new order requiring PG&E to develop an app for public submission of photos of safety issues. https://law.scu.edu//cpuc-cites-comments-from-the-broadba/

Two great events today (Oct. 8) at 11:00am and 12:00pm PT Deidentification - Let's Talk Privacy and Technology Series and Content Policy and Enforcement: People, Policy and Product - AI for Social Impact and Equity Series. ... Links to register for these free events on the event calendar. While your there, check out this month's other great events. https://law.scu.edu/events/

Attention IP Law Profs: - this is for you! Desperately looking for a way to "escape" from 2020? We've got you covered! Santa Clara Law's High Tech Law Institute has partnered with start-up Paruzal Games to create an IP/academia-themed virtual escape room that we call: PUBLISH OR PERISH! Check out the details and register before by October 18, 2020. For more details on the game and scoring, visit: https://law.scu.edu/hightech/publish-or-perish/

Oct. 8 at 11am PT - Prof. Lourdes M. Turrecha chats with Privacy Analytics Chief Methodologist, Luk Arbuckle about his work involving #deidentification as a #privacy enhancing technology. Free with registration. Part of the Santa Clara University School of Law great "Let's Talk Privacy and Technology" speaker series. Join us! https://law.scu.edu/event/deidentification/

Professor Kevin J. Green discusses #Copyright Formalities as the Bane of African-American Artists from Blues to Hip-Hop on October 13 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm PT. Co-sponsored by BLSA, and moderated by Prof. Tyler Ochoa and SCL student Dorothy Boakye-Donkor. Free with registration. https://law.scu.edu//copyright-formalities-as-the-bane-of/

Strategic Privacy by Design - with author R. Jason Cronk. September 29 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PT. Join Prof. Turrecha for the next "Let's Talk Privacy and Technology" webinar which will discuss the guest's work to demystify privacy enhancing technologies (PETs).- free with registration https://law.scu.edu/event/strategic-privacy-by-design/

Artificial Intelligence for Social Impact and Equity Speaker and Blog Series starts 9/24! Including five webinars focused on legal responses and frameworks for dealing with algorithmic and emerging AI technologies. Register now! https://law.scu.edu//artificial-intelligence-for-social-i/

Students: Ready, Set, Draft! The USPTO's patent application drafting competition registration is opening on Oct. 1, deadline Nov. 7. Interested? Contact Joy Peacock, [email protected]. Practitioners: Interested in being a judge? Contact Joy Peacock.

Interested in Privacy Law? Follow https://www.facebook.com/PrivacySCU and @SCUPrivacy on Twitter.

$10k IP law student scholarship - are you a member of a traditionally underrepresented group interested in pursuing a career in IP Law and attending law school through Fall 2021? Consider applying for this $10k scholarship.

9/24, Thursday at noon, the HTLI will host Matt Cagle from the ACLU Northern California on the latest developments in facial recognition including its use to surveil protesters and at the border, and ban by several jurisdictions and decision by major companies to discontinue sales and research. Join us for a timely update, moderated by Professor Colleen Chien, about the research which has revealed the technology's racial bias and legal, policy and company responses. #FacialRecognition #aiequity Colleen V. Chien https://law.scu.edu/event/facial-recognition-and-equity/

1Ls and 2Ls, learn about Privacy Law at SCL 9/21 at noon. Registration in Emery at link below. Learn about the Privacy Law Certificate and other ways to develop expertise in Privacy Law. https://emery.scu.edu//privacy-law-certificate-info-sessi/

Wow! HTLI's event this week featuring a mini-concert from Anita "Lady A" White, and lecture from Prof. Tyler Ochoa discussing the pending Lady A #trademark case was fantastic! Two talented people showcasing their gifts. Here's the press release with the link to the video. Timely too, Lady A filed a lawsuit against Lady Antebellum this week.

Recent Developments in Patent Law, September 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Free webinar with CLE! Haley Guiliano attorneys Dr. Andy Hilton, Josh Van Hoven (San Jose), and Greg Lundell, moderator (San Jose), joined by Michael Schwartz, Senior Vice President at Xperi Corporation. This panel will discuss highlights from recent patent case law focusing on the different standards for patentability between patent prosecution at the USPTO and enforcement in the federal courts; Sisvel v. Haier, a recent decision by the German Federal Court of Justice involving standard-essential patents (SEP), an important decision for managers of global patent portfolios and operations; and cases involving infringement at importation. Register here: https://law.scu.edu/event/recent-developments-in-patent-law/ #patentlaw #SantaClaraLaw #haleyguiliano #MCLE

Lady A: Controversy, Commentary and a Concert September 15 @ 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm Controversial trademark lawsuit filed by Lady Antebellum, who now want to be known as Lady A against Seattle-based blues singer Anita Lady A White, who has performed under that stage name for over 20 years, has sparked headlines across the country. Professor Tyler Ochoa will discuss the trademark, rights of publicity and other legal issues this situation reveals followed by a live performance by the original Lady A. You won’t want to miss this! Free event, but please register. https://law.scu.edu//lady-a-controversy-commentary-and-a-/

Automated Privacy Consent Webinar: Wed. September 10 @ 12:00 pm PT. CyLab Director Lorrie Cranor joins Let’s Talk Privacy & Technology host, Lourdes M. Turrecha, to talk about her work in privacy and technology, including her vision of automated privacy consent in the future. Free event, but please register. #privacy #santaclaralaw #privacytech #cylab https://law.scu.edu/event/automated-privacy-consent/

Sept. 2 at 9:00 am PT, Free Registration and 1.5 hours of CLE, for more details and link: https://law.scu.edu//contact-tracing-tech-whos-tracking-y/

The IP Law Section of the California Lawyers Association is looking for 2Ls, 3Ls and recent graduates to serve as IP Section Reporters!

Fantastic news: "Joy Peacock Rejoins Santa Clara Law as Interim Director of its Privacy Program & High Tech Law Institute" https://j.mp/3lC9y3e

Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 9:00 - 10:30 - Contact Tracing Tech Who’s Tracking You. According to the CDC, contact tracing is vital to slowing the spread of coronavirus and for the U.S. to return to normal. The public is being asked to trust government agencies that want to deploy contact tracing technology to fight the current pandemic. While there may be public health benefits to downloading a contact tracing app to your mobile device, will you be risking your privacy if you do?... Can the same app be used to surveille you without your consent? We have gathered a panel of experts to discuss contact tracingwhy it is useful and how to protect your privacy. Rosa Burcelo, Partner, Squire Patton BoggsBrussels Professor David Hess, Department ChairBiology, Santa Clara University Faiza Patel, Director, Liberty & Security, Brennan Center for Justice Lauren Kitces (moderator), Associate, Squire Patton BoggsSilicon Valley Free Registration and 1.5 hours of CLE, for more details and link: https://law.scu.edu//contact-tracing-tech-whos-tracking-y/

September 1 at Noon PT: Join Santa Clara Law’s Professor Tyler Ochoa, Fabio Marino, Office Managing Partner/Practice Chair IP and Technology Litigation Group at Polsinelli for a discussion on recent developments in Copyright Law, and Professor Amanda Reid, University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media, for a discussion on recent developments in Copyright Law. The discussion highlights copyright case law during the first seven months of 2020. Free registration and one hour MCLE. More info and registration link: https://law.scu.edu/e/recent-developments-in-copyright-law/

Join us on Tuesday, August 25th, for our first High Tech Tuesday event of fall semester, "Recent Developments in Trademark Law," featuring Professor Tyler Ochoa as moderator and attorneys from HTLI Benefactors Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. and Facebook.

The next episode of "Let's Talk Privacy & Technology" features Paola Zeni, Sr. Dir. of Privacy at Palo Alto Networks on the subject of "Building Privacy into Cybersecurity Products." Join host, Lourdes M. Turrecha on August 11th at 2 pm (Pacific).

Join Let's Talk Privacy on Monday, July 27 for "The Battle to Control the Design of New Technologies," a webinar discussion on privacy with guest Woodrow Hartzog and series host, Lourdes Turrecha.

Professor Eric Goldman is quoted in The New Yorker's article on Trump's Executive Order on Section 230.

The California Privacy Rights Act is a proposed law that will be considered by CA voters on November 3, 2020. Prof. Lydia de la Torre co-wrote an article discussing the likelihood of the CPRA passing in November.

Prof. Eric Goldman announced exiting news today: the creation of Trust & Safety Professional Association and of Trust & Safety Foundation Project.

Jess Miers, a rising 3L at Santa Clara Law explains the meaning of Trump's executive order regarding Section 230.

Prof. Eric Goldman on Bloomberg Radio discussing President Trump's executive order regarding Section 230.

Prof. Eric Goldman discusses President Trump's recent executive order attempting to censor the internet today in his blog "Technology & Marketing Law Blog."

New blog post from Prof. Colleen Chien and SCU Law alum Evan Hastings JD '19.

We need small businesses to stay afloat regardless of the criminal records of their owners, argues SCU Professor and Ethics Scholar Colleen Chien in her oped, about #SBA restrictions on emergency relief.

Dean Emeritus and Professor Donald Polden's article on "no poach" agreements and antitrust law was published in the Santa Clara Law Review.

JOTWELL (Journal of Things We Like (Lots)) published Prof. Eric Goldman's article on emojis and the law. If you haven't read it, you can have time. It's still !