What are the top Technology Lawyers reading this month? See below for what the ITechLaw Board of Directors are reading about recent developments in technology law. Follow ITechLaw on Twitter @itechlaw_assn for additional articles and information. We encourage you to discuss the articles in Member Center within one of the Substantive Law Committee discussion groups.
- Susan Barty, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, United Kingdom: UK court first blocking order directed at streaming servers delivering infringing live streams of Premier League football.
- Domenico Colella, Orsingher Ortu, Italy: EU Parliament approved resolution on Robotics.
- Kevin Erdman, Brannon Sowers & Carcraft P.C., United States: US Patent on Medical Device method rejected by USPTO Board, but “means for” algorithm-system Patentable.
- Diego Fernandez, Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Argentina: Argentine courts uphold that comments posted to online news are protected under the freedom of speech fundamental right.
- Gabriela Kennedy, Mayer Brown JSM, Hong Kong: A single platform for the monitoring of the Internet of Things on the horizon in Singapore.
- Robert Milligan, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, United States: Interesting new article on RICO claims and the new federal trade secret act.
- Jeremy Morton, Harbottle & Lewis LLP, United Kingdom: UK’s House of Lords EU Committee issues Brexit report on digital services and non-tariff barriers.
- Matthew Mousley, Duane Morris LLP, United States: New restrictions on electronic devices on flights to US from certain countries. Also, a bonus article from Matthew: Wearables: burst bubble or market correction?
- Charles Mudd, Mudd Law Offices, United States: U.S. ABA plans to offer cyber breach insurance.
- Talha Salaria, Lawyers At Work, India: Privacy issues relating to Aadhar number usage need to be analysed in further detail given its growing prevalence.
- Talha Salaria, Lawyers At Work, India: Indian States have started upholding the right to be forgotten, even though it is not specifically provided in any statute.
- Anne Sutton, Sidley Austin LLP, United States: Can you avoid an outage by having more than one cloud service provider?