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On Electric Vehicles And Environmental Policies For Innovation, Shi-Ling Hsu
On Electric Vehicles And Environmental Policies For Innovation, Shi-Ling Hsu
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
Electric vehicles have been in existence for over a century. Impetus and progress towards commercialization have been uneven. For the most part, government policy on electric vehicle development has consisted of government funding and other support for research and development. The long, meandering path that has now resulted in the emergence of Tesla as an industry leader has been documented carefully in John Graham’s The Global Rise of the Modern Plug-in Electric Vehicle. Graham’s account is remarkably broad and thorough, leaving few stones unturned, and comprehensively detailing the history of electric vehicle policy in a number of countries, and often …
The Role Of Constitutional Provisions In Protecting Artificial Reproductive Technology: A Comparative Analysis Of The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, And The United States, Gabrielle Kleyner
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
Artificial reproductive technology (ART) is a common medical treatment for individuals struggling with infertility. However, accessibility depends largely on social, economic, and legal factors. This article will examine the role constitutional provisions play in protecting access to ART, comparing countries with constitutional provisions protecting the right to health like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy, with the United States, which lacks such safeguards. This article will begin by comparing the constitutional provisions protecting the right to health broadly and then explore the specific guidelines governing ART. The article ultimately finds a relationship between constitutional health protections and access to …
The Artificially Intelligent Trolley Problem: Understanding Our Criminal Law Gaps In A Robot Driven World, Jake Feiler
The Artificially Intelligent Trolley Problem: Understanding Our Criminal Law Gaps In A Robot Driven World, Jake Feiler
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
Not only is Artificial Intelligence (AI) present everywhere in people’s lives, but the technology is also now capable of making unpredictable decisions in novel situations. AI poses issues for the United States’ traditional criminal law system because this system emphasizes mens rea’s importance in determining criminal liability. When AI makes unpredictable decisions that lead to crimes, it will be impractical to determine what mens rea to ascribe to the human agents associated with the technology, such as AI’s creators, owners, and users. To solve this issue, the United States’ legal system must hold AI’s creators, owners, and users strictly liable …
Redirecting The Herd: Informing Cryptocurrency Regulations Through The Lens Of Behavioral Science, Jonathan Su
Redirecting The Herd: Informing Cryptocurrency Regulations Through The Lens Of Behavioral Science, Jonathan Su
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
Conversations on cryptocurrencies have become a mainstay in society today, whether that be on social media or in individual conversations. The cultural and social impact of cryptocurrency is undeniable and, as conversations with cryptocurrency supporters would suggest, lead to a positive impact in the lives of those that invest in the currency. However, cracks are showing in the patchwork of cryptocurrency regulations throughout the United States as cryptocurrency scams run amok, resulting in losses for innocent investors. Although attention is placed upon the decisions of individual companies or executives in explaining cryptocurrency scams, little discussion is present regarding investor behaviors …
Regulating The Digital Resonance, Hassan Salman
Regulating The Digital Resonance, Hassan Salman
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
The proliferation of automated content moderation in social media has negatively impacted users’ (individuals, businesses, and governments) selfexpressions. Major social media platforms like Facebook act as public forums for billions of users whose content may vary in terms of acceptability and legality. User content is colored by social as well as personal norms, values and experiences. For example, though blasphemy may be objectionable in Poland, it may not be so in France. However, despite facing some mistrust over how Facebook and other platforms handle user data and moderate content, users rely on the entities like Facebook to correctly filter this …
One Map To Rule Them All: Google Maps And Quasi-Sovereign Power In International Legal Disputes, Catherine Grace Katz
One Map To Rule Them All: Google Maps And Quasi-Sovereign Power In International Legal Disputes, Catherine Grace Katz
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
With 80% market share, Google Maps has become the most powerful digital mapping platform in the world to such an extent that users often believe Google Maps represents an objectively accurate and universally truthful depiction of the world. The desire to create a single, objective map for the whole world dates to the turn of the 20th Century, even though objectivity and cartography are inherently at odds—a notion that has long complicated the status of maps as evidence in domestic and international law. However, growing acceptance of GIS maps as evidence in both domestic and international courts highlights the importance …
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Waste: A Better Alternative To The Reduce Act Tax Proposal, Ryann Wong
Reducing Single-Use Plastic Waste: A Better Alternative To The Reduce Act Tax Proposal, Ryann Wong
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
This article will discuss the relevant and imminent need for government intervention to curb and reduce single-use plastic waste. It will look at the proposed 2019 REDUCE Act and consider potential outcomes and unintended consequences which the proposed plan may bring. The article will analyze the REDUCE Act through a discussion of: how similar policies have fared in the past, a historical survey of single-use plastics in US supply chain practices, how past tax laws have had a disproportionate impact on low-income taxpayers, the current market demands for single-use plastics, and an observation of how other countries are applying tax …
Reversing The Irreversible: Mitigating Legal Risks Of Blockchain-Based Data Breach Through Corporate Governance, Katayoon Beshkardana
Reversing The Irreversible: Mitigating Legal Risks Of Blockchain-Based Data Breach Through Corporate Governance, Katayoon Beshkardana
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) embodies a set of enforceable data subject rights, data controller and processor obligations, and compliance requirements. The GDPR outreach is extraterritorial and impacts US blockchain-based businesses that collect and process personal data of individuals from the EU. Given the ambiguities of the law itself surrounding what is considered as personal data on blockchain, and who data controllers and processors are, this research examines the corporate governance response to the GDPR as a bottom-up solution for compliance. To secure the sustainability of the business models based on blockchain solutions there is an immediate need …
Foreword, Jenny Sui, Nick Wood
Foreword, Jenny Sui, Nick Wood
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Adopting A Legislative Approach For Data In The Fourth Amendment: Defining Personal Data As An “Effect”, Dan Yosipovitch
Adopting A Legislative Approach For Data In The Fourth Amendment: Defining Personal Data As An “Effect”, Dan Yosipovitch
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
This Article addresses the need to recognize a property-based right in personal data and to limit the amount of personal information that can be lawfully collected about individuals online. The Fourth Amendment, protecting “persons, houses, papers, and effects” from unreasonable searches must be interpreted to ensure privacy for personal data. The evolving nature of data privacy protections and global data privacy standards emphasizes the necessity to develop clear standards and statutes to protect an individual’s interest in their personal data. Statutes such as the E.U.’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, provide a regulatory framework on how to approach data privacy on …
The Private Regulators Of The New Public Square, Jagdeep Sekhon
The Private Regulators Of The New Public Square, Jagdeep Sekhon
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
A Comparative Analysis Of The Eu And U.S. Data Privacy Regimes And The Potential For Convergence, Ruben De Bruin
A Comparative Analysis Of The Eu And U.S. Data Privacy Regimes And The Potential For Convergence, Ruben De Bruin
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Big Tech Trademarks: Trademark Law Empowers Big Tech To Maintain Market Dominance, Denise Pritchard
Big Tech Trademarks: Trademark Law Empowers Big Tech To Maintain Market Dominance, Denise Pritchard
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Privacy In Wearables: Innovation, Regulation, Or Neither, Kenny Gutierrez
Privacy In Wearables: Innovation, Regulation, Or Neither, Kenny Gutierrez
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Foreword, Jenny Sui, Nick Wood
Foreword, Jenny Sui, Nick Wood
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
For The Betterment Of All Mankind: Claiming The Benefits Of Outer Space Through Intellectual Property Rights, Maeve Dineen
For The Betterment Of All Mankind: Claiming The Benefits Of Outer Space Through Intellectual Property Rights, Maeve Dineen
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Artificial Intelligence And Inventorship – Does The Patent Inventor Have To Be Human?, Mimi S. Afshar
Artificial Intelligence And Inventorship – Does The Patent Inventor Have To Be Human?, Mimi S. Afshar
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Linkedin: A Case Study Into How Tech Giants Like Microsoft Abuse Their Dominant Market Position To Create Unlawful Monopolies In Emerging Industries, Ram Bhadra
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should reconsider the merits of hiQ Labs’ antitrust arguments against Microsoft after the Supreme Court of the United States vacated the district court’s judgement and remanded hiQ Labs, Inc. v. LinkedIn Corp. back to the district court. LinkedIn and its parent company Microsoft have violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by denying its direct competitor, hiQ Labs, in the downstream people data analytics market access to data available publicly and exclusively on LinkedIn. Limiting the consumers’ and recruiters’ option of downstream people data analytics tools to only the …
Liberty Or Licentiousness: Disinsenting, Disparaging, And Scandalous Marks Post-Tam And Brunetti, Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons
Liberty Or Licentiousness: Disinsenting, Disparaging, And Scandalous Marks Post-Tam And Brunetti, Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Covid-19 Vaccines And Their Pitfalls In Informed Consent, Yousef Haik, Eleni Polymenopoulou
Covid-19 Vaccines And Their Pitfalls In Informed Consent, Yousef Haik, Eleni Polymenopoulou
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a global health crisis. The search for a coronavirus vaccine escalated to a global competition. Drugs for other diseases as well as new formulations are proposed as potential candidates for the treatment or intervention of coronavirus. Almost all pharmaceutically able countries are pursuing potential vaccines. At the time of writing this article, two vaccines are already marketed and tested with promising interim results. Both vaccines use messenger RNA (mRNA) encapsulated in a lipid nanocarrier. Under ordinary circumstances, clinical trial authorizations oblige sponsors to disclose all risks to volunteers in order …
Towards Optimal Liability For Artificial Intelligence: Lessons From The European Union’S Proposals Of 2020, Stefan Heiss
Towards Optimal Liability For Artificial Intelligence: Lessons From The European Union’S Proposals Of 2020, Stefan Heiss
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
Are the E.U.’s proposals on artificial intelligence (AI) a major breakthrough or just a mere token of an initial liability regime? Several initiatives have been released in 2020 to shape Europe’s digital future to the next level, whereas the U.S. leadership program is hesitant to regulate AI. However, the recent E.U. proposals by introducing strict liability or implementing a certification procedure are a first approximation of what is needed rather than an adoptable bill. Based on the lessons learned from the E.U. a scheme of liability is outlined, which strengthens the trajectory of AI’s development in the long-term solely when …
Super Mario Decompiled, Joseph Godfrey
Super Mario Decompiled, Joseph Godfrey
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
Super Mario 64 was a video game released to critical acclaim in 1996. 24 years later, a group of dedicated fans reverse engineered the game and released reconstructed source code publicly on GitHub. Soon afterwards, an unofficial PC version of the game began circulating the internet. The decompilation project presents an opportunity to examine the legal status of reverse engineering under US Copyright law, and whether publicly releasing reverse engineered code is a fair use.
For The Betterment Of All Mankind Claiming The Benefits Of Outer Space Through Intellectual Property Rights, Maeve Dineen
For The Betterment Of All Mankind Claiming The Benefits Of Outer Space Through Intellectual Property Rights, Maeve Dineen
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
No abstract provided.
Katz And Covid-19 How A Pandemic Changed The Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy, Wayne Unger
Katz And Covid-19 How A Pandemic Changed The Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy, Wayne Unger
UC Law Science and Technology Journal
COVID-19 spread to 189 countries and infected tens of millions of people in the matter of months. Organizations, including governments and employers, turned to health surveillance technologies to slow the spread and combat the disease. Protected health information and personal information are required for the proper and effective functioning of the health surveillance technologies. The collection, use, and dissemination of protected health and personal information raised data privacy and security concerns. But under the current data privacy and security regime—based on the reasonable expectation of privacy standard—protected health and personal information is not protected to the extent that it needs …