Largely due to the FTX scandal, the crypto market is currently facing a crypto winter with unexpected lows. Recently, much focus has been on the negatives— the crypto market shrinking by $1.4 trillion, Bitcoin losing 60% of its value, and investor security unraveling to name a few. Undeniably, the FTX case of greed stands, and … Continue reading In the Wake of FTX & Into the New Year: The Ethereum Merge & The Evolution of Crypto
For years, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has shut down Ohio State University’s trademark application for the word “the” on the grounds that the trademark appeared to be used for “merely decorative manner” and as an “ornamental feature” rather than serving as a symbol distinguishing the University’s goods and identifying its source. Under … Continue reading Ohio State University Has Now Trademarked the Most Common Word in the English Language: Why the USPTO Granted the University the Exclusive Right to the Word “THE”
On March 31, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (“SAB 121”) to provide guidance for companies in their handling of crypto-assets and to provide investors with the knowledge to make informed decisions. Specifically, SAB 121 focuses on the reporting and disclosure requirements for companies who hold crypto-assets, as … Continue reading More Certainty or More Ambiguity for Crypto-Asset Regulation?
A Leader in Cryptocurrency Exchange, Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange where users can buy, sell, and trade crypto in the US. Binance is distinguished from other prominent trading platforms such as Coinbase in that it offers global crypto exchange services and offers trading, institutional benefits, and digital storage to more than just US users. Recently, … Continue reading Uncovering the Mystery of Crypto Markets: Binance
The Federal Trade Commission has been tasked with finding a solution to deceptive digital data practices at the hands of big tech companies. Indeed, algorithmic disgorgement would act as a deterrent in that companies would be penalized for unfair and deceptive data practices. Specifically, algorithmic disgorgement maintains that when companies collect data illegally, they should … Continue reading An Actual Deterrent: Algorithmic Disgorgement
At the crossroads of our virtual and real worlds––the online and offline––lies the metaverse. As we try to navigate the metaverse’s technology-advanced, online roads, much of our imagination has enabled us to enter and explore this entirely new world. Indeed, it is our imaginations that set the scope and the limitations of such a world. … Continue reading Is it Time to Set Up Shop in the Metaverse?
Notwithstanding its relatively recent development, TikTok, a popular short-form, video-sharing app, is currently the fastest-growing social networking platform on the internet. Whether used as a medium for expression, a source of entertainment, or a means of connecting, the app has evolved among our social media favorites, now leading Twitter and Reddit. Notably, TikTok runs on … Continue reading Content Creation Gone Wild: YouTube Shorts
You know that buzzword “AI” or “Artificial Intelligence” you’ve heard being thrown around? The one that comes with talk of robots taking over the world by the end of 2050? Well, while many buzzwords are evanescent in nature, and even though the very being of AI relies on artificial, non-human systems or machines, there is … Continue reading Part 2 ~ An Intelligent Way to Protect the Artificial Inventor
Must an “inventor” be a human being? Indeed, in Thaler v. Commissioner of Patents the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia upheld the view of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms cannot be inventors for the purposes of a U.S. patent. Through a textualist lens, the court … Continue reading Part 1 ~ The Artificial Inventor: Is Artificial Intelligence Eligible to be an Inventor on a Patent?
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