3/26/2026 3:16:41 PM "Unprecedented" patenting in energy on batteries By Liz Flannery The energy industry has largely avoided the waves of patent litigation that have long defined telecom and software. That is beginning to...
3/26/2026 3:23:00 AM White House Publishes National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence By Nick Palmieri On March 20, 2026, the White House released its National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, setting forth a series of...
3/20/2026 4:14:38 PM EU Committee on Legal Affairs Issues Report on Generative AI and Copyright By Nick Palmieri On February 25, 2026, the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs adopted, on its own initiative, a report addressing the...
3/3/2026 5:48:34 PM Supreme Court Denies Petition on Copyright Authorship by AI By Nick Palmieri On March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court denied certiorari filed by Dr. Stephen Thaler, who sought review of the U.S. Copyright Office's...
2/12/2026 2:56:04 PM White House Defense Contractor Push Is About Innovation, Not Punishment By Brendan Dignan Eric Robinson The President’s January 7 Executive Order threatened penalties for contractors that were both "underperforming" and engaged in stock...
2/3/2026 3:19:42 PM “Project Vault” signals a new era of federal demand support for critical minerals stockpiles By Rebecca Seidl Inglesby Eric Robinson “Project Vault” is a first of its kind $12 billion strategic stockpile for critical minerals. By pairing Export-Import Bank financing...
1/29/2026 8:29:19 PM House Committee Passes Significant Clean Air Act Amendments - Key Changes Identified By Matt Trawick Julie Cress Allison Watkins Mallick Debra Jezouit Jeffrey Wood +2 more... Show less On January 21, 2026, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reported a package of bills that, if enacted, would constitute the most...
1/28/2026 6:44:27 PM EU Issues Adequacy Decision for Brazil By Nick Palmieri On January 26, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision under Article 45 GDPR finding that Brazil's general data privacy law...
1/28/2026 5:20:21 PM Supreme Court to Take on Definition of "Consumer" Under VPPA By Nick Palmieri On January 26, 2026, the Supreme Court granted the petition in Salazar v. Paramount Global (Case No. 25-459) to address “[w]hether the...
12/9/2025 10:06:51 PM CJEU Rules on GDPR Obligations for Advertisements By Nick Palmieri The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"), on request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal of Cluj, Romania, has...
12/9/2025 10:05:19 PM Canada Releases Accessibility Standard for Artificial Intelligence By Nick Palmieri Accessibility Standards Canada has published the first edition of the National Standard of Canada CAN-ASC-6.2:2025, Accessible and...
12/1/2025 10:19:59 PM USPTO Publishes New Inventorship Guidance for "AI-Assisted Inventions" By Nick Palmieri The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued revised examination guidance on inventorship for AI-assisted inventions, rescinding its...