Monthly Archives: October 2022

This Week in Washington IP: Fighting the Chip Wars, FTC Regulation of Technology, and Using WIPO Center’s ADR Proceedings for SEP Disputes

This week in Washington IP news, both houses of Congress are silent as they enter scheduled work periods but the Hudson Institute and the American Enterprise Institute host conversations with Chris Miller, the author of Chip Wars: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. Another Hudson Institute event with Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Noah…

SEC fines Kim Kardashian $1.27 million for ‘unlawfully touting’ a cryptocurrency

Kardashian was paid $250,000 by the makers of EthereumMax in 2021. Deposit Photos The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today it is charging Kim Kardashian with “unlawfully touting” a cryptocurrency to her 225 million Instagram followers last year. Kardashian was paid $250,000 for the social media shoutout. Despite Kardashian including “#AD” at the…

Twitter’s edit button is rolling out to Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Twitter is rolling out the ability to edit tweets to Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the social network announced on Monday. The company says the edit button will roll out to Blue subscribers in the U.S. soon, but didn’t provide a specific launch date. Blue subscribers in these countries can now edit…

The PS5 modding scene just had its gates thrown wide open

Two years after its launch, the PS5 has been jailbroken, unlocking the possibility of installing unofficial content on Sony’s flagship console. Demonstrating the PS5 jailbreak in action, content creator Lance McDonald posted a clip on Twitter showing the jailbroken console grants access to features not typically accessible to console owners. These include an extensive debug…

Student-loan borrowers in public service have less than one month to use a ‘historic waiver’ that will bring them closer to debt relief, 102 Democratic lawmakers say — and they want Biden to extend that debt relief through July

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images The PSLF waiver for public servants with student debt is expiring on October 31. A group of Democratic lawmakers called on Biden to extend the waiver through July 2023. They said the current deadline does not allow enough time for all eligible borrowers to access the relief. Government…