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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Santa Clara University School of Law High Tech Law Professor Tyler Ochoa was recently quoted in this article, “AI is Giving Life to a Resurrection Economy,” which explores #AI-generated likeness of deceased celebrities. Read more here: sherwood.news/tech/ai-resu...

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AI is giving life to a resurrection economy

As AI tools become more sophisticated, they’re increasingly being used to imitate the voices and likenesses of the dead, with and without permission....

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We’re excited to announce a NEW AI Specialization within our High Tech Law Certificate program at Santa Clara Law. As #ArtificialIntelligence transforms the legal landscape, this will prepare students to navigate the intersection of #AI, law, & policy. Read more here: law.scu.edu/news-events/...

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Santa Clara Law Expands High Tech Law Certificate with New AI Law Specialization

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

TODAY Santa Clara Law's Professor Tyler Ochoa will be speaking at USC Gould School of Law's 2026 Intellectual Property Institute. He will be presenting the #Copyright portion of the #IP Year in Review. For more information: gould.usc.edu/cle/ip/ipibr...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Pamela Samuelson Edition How it started: 1976 How it’s going: At the Hepworth Museum in St Ives, UK Prof. Samuelson will be speaking at Santa Clara Law's #IP Conference TODAY! See the full schedule here: lnkd.in/g8NNq_Sx

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie Edition How it started: 1976 How it’s going: Real photos, now AI-illustrated by ChatGPT Prof. Dinwoodie will be speaking at SCU Law's IP Conference TODAY! See the full schedule here: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Professor Mark McKenna Edition Professor McKenna will be speaking on the "How It's Going: What Went Wrong" panel at Santa Clara Law's Intellectual Property Conference TOMORROW. Don't miss out! law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Professor Sharon Sandeen Edition How it started: High school graduation How it’s going: Soon to be retired (July 2026) Professor Sandeen will be speaking on the "How it Started" panel at SCU Law's #IP Conference TOMORROW! law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Camilla Hrdy Edition Prof. Hrdy will be speaking on the "Where Do We Go From Here" panel at Santa Clara University School of Law's Intellectual Property Conference this Friday, January 30. Don't miss out!: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Rob Merges How it started: Preparing the April Fool’s issue of my high school newspaper How it’s going: I guess legal scholarship is not as funny Prof. Merges will be speaking at Santa Clara Law's #IP Conference ON FRIDAY Register now: lnkd.in/g8NNq_Sx

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Tyler Ochoa Edition How it started: In 1976, as a new chapter in copyright law begins How it’s going: Prof. Ochoa, SCU Law's #copyright law expert, will moderate the "How it Started" panel at our IP Conference on Jan. 30. law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Jeanne Fromer (@jeannefromer.bsky.social) How it started: 1976 How it’s going: Vice Dean and Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Intellectual Property Law Prof. Fromer will be on the "How it's Going: What Went Right" panel: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Prof. Mark Lemley Edition (@marklemley.bsky.social) How it started: Hair today... How it’s going: Gone tomorrow Prof. Lemley will be on the "How It’s Going: What Went Wrong?" panel at SCU Law’s IP Conference on Jan 30. Register now: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

How it Started vs. How it's Going: Associate Dean Laura Norris Edition (@lauraleenorris) How it started: 1976, at the beginning of an extraordinary journey How it’s going: Now stepping into her new role as Director of Innovation and shaping what's next.

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

How It Started vs. How It’s Going: Professor Eric Goldman Edition 📜➡️🤖 (@ericgoldman.bsky.social) How it started: Prof. Goldman in 1976 How it’s going: Prof. Goldman, upgraded to full AI cyborg mode. 💡 Don’t miss our IP Conference on Jan. 30! Register now: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🚨 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 How it started: The High Tech Law Institute (HTLI), shaping conversations where technology and law meet. How it’s going: A new name and logo made possible by a generous gift from alumna Mita Datta. We’re proud to continue as the Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL).

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

In honor of National #Bobblehead Day, here’s a fun throwback to our custom bobbleheads, including one featuring our very own Co-Director, Prof. Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman.bsky.social). If you haven’t yet, take a moment to enjoy the “Unauthorized Annotated Bobblehead” details.

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

HISvHIG: Netflix Edition 🎞️➡️📺 How it started: Sony’s Betamax gave the power to record and watch TV on your own time. How it’s going: Netflix now streams millions worldwide at the click of a button. Join us Jan. 30 to explore how it started and how it’s going in IP law. law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Prof. Ochoa gives a great preview of what to expect at our upcoming conference, “Intellectual Property Law: How it Started, How It's Going,” where he’ll be moderating a panel of leading #IP scholars. Read more & register here: law.scu.edu/centers/high... campustechnology.com/articles/202...

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HTLI: Legal Experts Examine 50 Years of Change in Intellectual Property Law in the Digital Age -- Campus Technology

A Jan. 30 event offered by the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University convenes legal experts on intellectual property and IP law to consider the past 50 years and the future of IP in light ...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢 ‼️ Big news from Santa Clara Law! Alumna Madhumita “Mita” Datta, J.D. ’16 has made a $5M gift to endow and rename the High Tech Law Institute as the Datta Center for High Tech Law. Read more: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Brian J Love @brianjlove.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Exciting news: Santa Clara Law's High Tech Law Institute (@scuhtli.bsky.social) will become the Datta Center for High Tech Law, thanks to an incredibly generous gift from alum Madhumita Datta! law.scu.edu/news-events/...

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Santa Clara Law School Alumna Makes Monumental Gift to Support Excellence in High Tech Law

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

How it started vs. How it’s going: FaceTime Edition 1976: Blue Earth Valley Telephone advertised a videophone. Now: We #FaceTime friends and family - even over Thanksgiving! Join us as we celebrate 50 years of #copyright & #IP shaping the future. Register here: 👉 law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

On January 30, @scuhtli.bsky.social is hosting an event: "Intellectual Property Law: How It Started, How It’s Going" events.scu.edu/school-of-la... Hope to see you there!

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Intellectual Property Law: How It Started, How It’s Going

Santa Clara University School of Law Charney Hall Register Online Schedule Fifty years ago, Congress enacted the Copyright Act of 19...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

How it started vs. How it’s going – Apple Edition 🍏 1976: A wooden box, a keyboard, and the Apple I = $666.66. Now: Sleek Macs powering instant #AI tools. Explore the journey of tech and #intellectualproperty law at HTLI’s #IP Conference, Jan 30, 2026. 👉 Register: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

We’re launching a special campaign leading up to our conference, Intellectual Property Law: How It Started, How It’s Going. Join us as we look back from the 1970s to today, highlighting tech milestones and nostalgic faculty throwbacks. Follow along and register here: law.scu.edu/centers/high...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🎙️ Tune in Thurs. 9/18! Prof. Tyler Ochoa joins To Be Continued 5—a free virtual symposium on seriality + adaptation across media. As the only law prof on the lineup, he’ll bring key insights to the #Copyright panel. Don’t miss it! 🔗 Info & registration: www.monash.edu/arts/media-f...

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To Be Continued, 5 (2025)

TO BE CONTINUED connects adaptation and seriality scholars, promoting collaboration and shared insights on common concerns without enforcing a unified approach.

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We are excited to once again host the ABA's 7th #AI & #Robotics National Institute (@americanbar.org), Oct 13–14 at Santa Clara Law! Explore agentic AI, ethical AI use, legal risks & more. Learn more: events.scu.edu/school-of-la...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🎧 Tune in to hear HTLI Co-Director Professor Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman.bsky.social) on an episode of Freakonomics Radio: The Economics of Everyday Things as he discusses emojis and the law. ⚖️ freakonomics.com/podcast/emoj...

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Emoji and the Law - Freakonomics

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Ed Lee @edleeprof.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Updated Map of All US Copyright suits v AI companies. 45 cases still live. 3 voluntarily dismissed. Don’t expect any other cases to have decisions on fair use until spring 2026 at the earliest. Bartz trial on pirated books is Dec 1st in SF, 8 AM sharp. chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/08/13/u...

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Updated Map of US copyright lawsuits v. AI companies (Aug. 12, 2025)

We updated the map to add the Strike 3 Holdings suit v. Meta. By our count, this brings the total to 48 copyright lawsuits in the U.S. against AI companies, of which 45 are still pending (after 3 w…

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

In a blockbuster opinion, Judge Kness destroys the SAD Scheme, saying "the Schedule A mechanism should no longer be perpetuated in its present form" 🧵 1/18 blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202... [Personal note: the opinion cites my paper 15x ssrn.com/abstract=438... ] #StopTheSADScheme

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Judge Kness: the SAD Scheme "Should No Longer Be Perpetuated in Its Present Form"-Eicher Motors v. Schedule A Defendants - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

When I first encountered the SAD Scheme, I felt like Alice entering Wonderland. The scheme was so obviously whacked that I felt like I had tumbled into an upside-down jurisprudential world. I was sure...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🚨Breaking news! 🚨 Prof. Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman.bsky.social‬), Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute, just announced the release of the 2025 edition of Internet Law: Cases & Materials. Now available here: blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...

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Announcing the 2025 Edition of My Internet Law Casebook - Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I’m pleased to announce the 2025 edition (16th edition) of my Internet Law casebook, Internet Law: Cases & Materials. The book is available in multiple formats: a PDF for $10, a Kindle ebook for $9.99...

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

We are excited to welcome Emily Burns to Santa Clara Law! As an #IP attorney and "#trademark geek" with 15 years of experience in #tech, we are thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to continue learning from her this Fall. Read more here: law.scu.edu/faculty/facu...

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Faculty/Lecturer Profile Archive - Santa Clara University

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Today, Prof. Edward Lee (@edleeprof.bsky.social‬) was featured in this Los Angeles Times article, "Here's the number that could halt the AI revolution in its tracks." Read it here: www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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Commentary: Here's the number that could halt the AI revolution in its tracks

The penalty cost for pirating copyrighted works to train AI bots could exceed $1 trillion, which could scare AI firms into negotiating licensing deals for content

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Prof. Edward Lee (@edleeprof.bsky.social) testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, "Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI industry's Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training" Watch here: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

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TIME CHANGE: Too Big to Prosecute?: Examining the AI Industry’s Mass Ingestion of Copyrighted Works for AI Training | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Two of our #IPLaw profs weigh in on the #AI vs. image protection fight 🧠 Prof. Tyler Ochoa says “data detox” tools like LightShed do not violate the DMCA 💡 Prof. Ed Lee notes 47 copyright claims against AI companies since '22 via his site: ChatGPT is Eating the World. 📖 Read more bit.ly/459wYWo

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Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten

ai-pocalypse: Data poisoning, meet data detox

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🚀 Go ALL IN for HTLI this Day of Giving! Support HTLI’s mission to cultivate legal minds and shape the future of innovation. Your donation empowers the next generation of Intellectual Property lawyers and fuels education, mentorship, and groundbreaking opportunities. 🌟Link to donate: bit.ly/4lOa9y0

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

SCU Law Professor Tyler Ochoa is speaking today on publicity rights, AI, and the future of digital identity at Cardoza Law.

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

SCU Law Professor Tyler Ochoa is in Santa Monica today delivering the Copyright Year in Review at the 2025 USC IP Institute.

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Great job to Santa Clara Law's team in the 2025 USPTO Patent Drafting Competition!🌟 🔗 Read our blog post here: law.scu.edu/high-tech-la... #SCUHTLI #SantaClaraLaw #USPTO #Competition

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Scholars Who Play Together Stay Together! After presentations, the #SantaClaraLaw Internet Law Works-in-Progress turns to game night. This year’s game includes a Zentangle tutorial. To help with copyright registrations, we gave the artists A(i)ttestations their work was #AI-free. #InternetLawWIP25

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A Truly Global Event! 🌍 Participants traveled from all over the country and the world to present at Santa Clara Law's Internet Law Works-in-Progress. 16 US states/districts and 5 continents are represented. #InternetLawWIP25 #HTLI #SantaClaraLaw

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

15 Years in the Making! Santa Clara Law hosted the first Internet Law Works-in-Progress event in 2011 and most recently in 2019. It’s wonderful to have it back after a 6-year hiatus due to the COVID shutdown. #InternetLawWIP25 #SantaClaraLaw #HTLI

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

@ericgoldman.bsky.social kicking us off! #InternetlawWIP25

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