Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Richard Arnold, U.K. Court of Appeal, will deliver the Greg Lastowka Memorial Lecture: Proportionality of Patent Injunctions in U.S., E.U., and U.K. Law The lecture will take place Thursday, Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge at Rutgers Law School in Camden. A reception will follow. Please RSVP … Continue reading Lastowka lecture Thurs. 2/27 at 4 pm…
RIIPL Partnership on Public Algorithms – Already Making Change
By Professor Ellen P. Goodman When the New York Times ran a huge story on Clearview AI (1/18/20) and how local police departments were using scraped social media data to conduct facial recognition, it was blockbuster news. That story drew on Muckrock’s database of records collected through FOIA requests of state and local governments related … Continue reading RIIPL Partnership on Public Algorithms – Already Making Change…
Lastowka Short-Form Writing Competition – SUBMISSIONS DUE 3/15/20
The Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law is pleased to announce the Lastowka Short-Form Writing Competition. Open to Rutgers students and recent graduates (class of 2019), the award will be given to an entry of 500-1,500 words on a topic of intellectual property or information policy more broadly. Professor Greg Lastowka (1968-2015) will be … Continue reading Lastowka Short-Form Writing Competition – SUBMISSIONS DUE 3/15/20…
2019 Lastowka short-form competition winner
Tattoos in Video Games: Who Owns the Ink By Lee Colrick One of the appeals of video games is that players are given the chance to play as their favorite musician, celebrity, or sports athlete. When creating a digital avatar of a real life idol details matter; this includes the idol’s tattoos. Tattoos that are … Continue reading 2019 Lastowka short-form competition winner…
Professor Ellen P. Goodman Joins Pittsburgh Task Force on Public Algorithms
Will provide guidance on the ethics of deploying algorithmic systems as methods of public governance