Published: June 30th, 2021The local news outlet, citybiz, interviewed Peter Lando, founding partner of Boston Intellectual Property Law firm, Lando & Anastasi, LLP. Mr. Lando answered questions about how he led the firm through the COVID crisis, how the firm evolved over this period, and what the future practice will look
Read MorePublished: May 17th, 2021L&A Partner Peter Lando spoke with WGBH Greater Boston reporter Liz Neisloss on the recent announcement by the Biden Administration in support of waiving international intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines. Greater Boston, a local public television program presented by WGBH, is hosted by Jim Braude. Greater Boston
Read MorePublished: May 13th, 2021It certainly makes for a good sound bite, especially as outbreaks rage across India. But intellectual property attorneys doubt that waiving patent and other IP protections for COVID-19 vaccines would turn the tide on the global pandemic. INBLF member Peter Lando speaks on this issue in a
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Author: Caitlin WilmotPublished: December 4th, 2020IBM Security (the company’s cybersecurity division) has recently discovered a global phishing campaign targeting organizations associated with the critical coronavirus vaccine distribution chain. The division’s “X-Force,” created at the onset of the pandemic to monitor cyber threats against vaccine developers and distributors, released a report on Thursday
Read MoreAuthor: Caitlin WilmotPublished: January 14th, 2021On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Everalbum, Inc., the California-based developer of a photo app called “Ever,” with regard to allegations that the company deceived consumers about the use of its facial recognition technology and its data retention practices.Click here to view
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. Colgate, Caitlin WilmotPublished: February 3rd, 2021While Europe is leveraging hefty fines against violators of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month on whether the FTC – the chief federal agency on privacy policy and enforcement since the 1970s – lacks
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: February 8th, 2021In December 2020, Apple started requiring Apps to display mandatory labels that provide a graphic, easy-to-digest version of their privacy policies. They are being called “privacy nutrition labels,” presumably a reference to the mandatory FDA-required “Nutrition Facts” labels that have appeared on food since 1990. In
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Author: Susan LutzkerPublished: July 6, 2020The recent destruction of 46,000 year-old rock shelters in Western Australia by the actions of mining giant Rio Tinto has focused attention on the proposed new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act. The new law would expand the definition of significant sites from dots on a map to
Read MoreAuthor: Jenny L. ColgatePublished: October 16th, 2020Jenny L. Colgate, of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck PC, discusses the lawsuit filed against Amazon for another BIPA violation, this time for a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA). Colgate notes that any company conducting COVID-related employee scans should be aware of
Read MoreAuthor: Rothwell FigPublished: September 25th, 2020Caitlin Wilmot, Martin Zoltick, and Jenny Colgate discuss employee privacy concerns and security considerations employers should make in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Click here to view entire blog article at Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck P.C.
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