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The Road to 2026: Anticipating Intellectual Property, AI, and Data Modifications in the Upcoming USMCA Joint Review

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Candidate, 2027 In 2026, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which succeeded the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 2020, will undergo a joint review to assess its effectiveness, consider a 16-year extension, and evaluate potential adjustments to better align with current economic and technological trends.

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Santa in the House | Best Books to Read | Recapping 2020’s Top Tech Advances

Legal Talk Network

Show hosts spent the last days of 2020 reviewing a year that was deadly, tumultuous, and at the same time threaded with bursts of innovation and layers of human kindness. Santa showcased his in-depth knowledge of intellectual property law, contracts, and pivoting to video via Santa Claus Calls during the pandemic.

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Battle Royale: Alpha Modus Sues Walgreens for Patent Infringement

Brett Trout

This case underscores the importance of protecting intellectual property and of conducting intellectual property due diligence before launching new technology. According to the lawsuit: Alpha Modus approached Cooler Screens in January 2020 about licensing its patents. Walgreens ignored all three letters.

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Fast Fashion Creating Even Faster Copies?: Examining Shein’s Intellectual Property and Racketeering Suit

The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

The online retailer jumped in sales from $10 billion in 2020 to $100 billion in 2022, surpassing the sales of both Zara and H&M combined. However, independent designers are accusing Shein of something much more sinister: systematic and rampant intellectual property theft amounting to racketeering.

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Exclusive Analysis: Legal Tech Exits, 2001-2022

LawSites

Recently, I posted here an exclusive analysis of legal tech funding from 1984 to 2020, a video timeline showing the evolving bar chart of investments in legal tech over nearly four decades. The top three categories based on dollar values were e-discovery, intellectual property and tax. The average deal value was $65 million.

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Journalists’ Lack of Harm Fatal to DMCA Claims Against AI Developer

Debevoise Data Blog

Generally, the DMCA provided additional digital rights management (“DRM”) and copyright protections to aid rights holders in protecting their intellectual property assets by prohibiting the production and distribution of technology that attempts to circumvent DRM and the act of such circumvention. 2020); Stevens v. 2022), cert.

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Eight Legal Software Solutions for Eight Fields of Law

Attorney at Work

I’d like to shine the spotlight on emerging vertical tools that address the needs of lawyers in specific fields like immigration, family law, or (my field) intellectual property. I specialize in Intellectual property law, not employment or personal injury. Field of law: Intellectual property.