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

The 2025 Internet Law Works-in-Progress Conference is officially underway at Santa Clara University School of Law! The event began with opening remarks by Dean Michael Kaufman and Prof. Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman.bsky.social), Co-Director of SCU High Tech Law Institute. #InternetLawWIP25

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

And that’s a wrap on The Office-inspired fun! 🎬📂 We hope you enjoyed these SCU Law HTLI twists on a classic and your year is off to a great start. 📚 Stay tuned for upcoming events and opportunities. To our fellow IP professors at other universities—we hope you loved your gift! 🎁⚖️ #WorldsBestIPProf

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

One more caption contest before the weekend! This time, we’ve got Santa Clara Law #HTLI Co-Director and #Patent Law Professor Brian Love (@brianjlove.bsky.social) in full Jim Halpert mode. What’s he explaining on the whiteboard? 🤔 Drop your best captions below! 🖊️📄

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

🚨 Caption Contest 🚨Santa Clara Law's HTLI Co-Director Professor Eric Goldman (@ericgoldman.bsky.social) channels his inner Michael Scott! 🖊️ What would his whiteboard of wisdom say? Drop your captions below and vote for your favorite! 👇😂#ThatsWhatHeSaid #SantaClaraLaw #HTLI #CaptionContest

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

When they ask for volunteers to chair the committee… 👀💼 Think you’ve got the perfect caption? Get ready for our Office Meme Caption Contest next week! 🖊️🎉 #SCUHTLI #OfficeLife #CaptionChallenge

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

HTLI professors are back and ringing in the new year with fresh ideas, big plans, and a dash of Office-style humor! 📞🎉 Here's to an innovative 2025! #HTLI #NewYearNewGoals #TheOfficeInspired feat. @brianjlove.bsky.social @edleeprof.bsky.social @linseyk.bsky.social

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

🎉 Nothing beats a surprise in the mail! Thank you Prof. Aman Gebru from the University of Houston Law Center for sharing excitement about the The Office-themed IP mugs we sent ☕ From all of us at SCU HTLI, we’re thrilled to share the fun nationwide. 📬 IP law professors, check your mailbox!

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In a year that brought us the 2024 Olympics, some of our IP professors celebrate with a Dunder Mifflin-inspired Office Olympics salute to close it out! 🏅📚🎉 Feat. Prof. @ericgoldman.bsky.social, Prof. Ed Lee, and Prof. Tyler Ochoa

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Right of publicity violations are not a joke, Prof. Tyler Ochoa! Thousands of celebrities suffer every year. 📸⭐️

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

From our IP Office to yours, Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃✨ P.S. Handle those feast-worthy dishes with care—we're all about protecting hot ideas! 😉 #GratefulForInnovation

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Feeling stressed by the end-of-semester crush or state of the world in general? HTLI is here help. Throughout the coming holiday season we'll be spreading cheer by sharing the results of some recent `The Office'-inspired faculty "portraiture." Stay tuned to see the results! You won't want to miss it

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

On Nov 7, the Office of Career Management and Santa Clara Law’s High Tech Law Institute hosted the 26th Annual High Tech Career Fair at Santa Clara University School of Law. This opportunity allowed them to connect with firms and learn about job opportunities in the Bay Area. It was a great success!

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

SCU’s High Tech Law Institute is proud to co-sponsor Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner’s 2024 virtual DEI keynote address: “Helping Legal Professionals Become More Conscious of Unconscious Bias.” 📆 Tuesday, October 22 🕓 12 PM CT | 1 PM ET 📌 Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3YkkEiJ

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Join Professor Procaccio-Flowers for an engaging discussion regarding the upcoming Federal Circuit oral arguments happening in Charney Hall on October 9, 2024 🌟 #SCUHTLI #SCULaw #FederalCircuit #OralArguments

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

The High Tech Law Institute is pleased to invite you to a unique and educational opportunity to observe the Federal Circuit as they hold Oral Arguments at Santa Clara Law. 💼 ⚖️ Courtroom attire required. A limited number of seats are available for this event, so RSVP here: bit.ly/4exDg44 🌟

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

On August 20th, the Santa Clara Law community gathered for a vibrant fireside chat with our newest faculty, Professors Edward Lee & Zahr Said. Hosted by Prof. Tyler Ochoa, the event was a success with a delightful lunch and engaging discussion. Missed it? Watch here: lnkd.in/dYF5hJ8D

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 20/05/2024

Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate the 2024 HTLI graduates at the annual HTLI grad brunch! 🍳🥞🍩🥓 More photos to come! #SCUHTLI #SCULaw #Graduation #Classof2024

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 18/05/2024

Congrats HTLI graduates on graduating!! We wish you the best for your future 🌟🥳🎓 #SCUHTLI #SCULaw #Graduation #Classof2024

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

T-1 Day until the 2024 HTLI grad brunch! Hope to see you there! 🍳🥞🍩🥓 #SCUHTLI #SCULaw #Graduation #Classof2024

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Congrats to Linsey Krolik, Privacy Law Co-Supervisor and TechEdge JD Asst. Director, for winning the 2024 Women of Influence Award! 🎉 #SCUHTLI #SCULaw #WomenofInfluence #SiliconValleyBusinessJournal

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Datta Center for High Tech Law (DCHTL) @dchtl.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

Tune in for HTLI & Markkula’s “AI-Powered Brain Implants: Novel Ethical Challenges” webinar TODAY at 12 PM! 🌟🧠🧬 Register here: bit.ly/4aOc53s 📌 #SCUHTLI #AI #Ethics #Webinar #Neuroscience

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