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Migrant Mercy: Pedro Gerson Awarded Prize for Immigration Law Scholarship

“I was very surprised,” says Chicago-Kent College of Law Assistant Professor of Law Pedro Gerson. “I think more than anything, it’s the fact that the ideas in the paper resonated...

Undressing the Law: Chicago-Kent Professor Breaks Down Grok Photo Scandal

“From a criminal law standpoint, AI-generated nude images might run afoul of the recently enacted Take It Down Act, which criminalizes the publication of certain digitally created ‘intimate visual depictions’...

Levers of Change: Chicago-Kent Staff Member Honored with Civic Champion Award

“You can teach students the three branches of government, but teaching them access to power, access to change, is equally important,” says Dee Runaas, project director of Chicago-Kent College of...

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Despite Low Applicant Numbers, Design Patent Bar Is Needed, Says IP Program Co-Director Sarah Fackrell

“Art people have something unique and valuable to bring to this field,” said Sarah Fackrell, co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s intellectual property program. “The creation of the design patent bar is incredibly, symbolically important in recognizing that.”

Bloomberg Law

Microsoft Blog Told Users to Train AI on Pirated Harry Potter Books. Law Professor and IP Expert Cathay Y. N. Smith Explains the Legal Issues

“The ultimate result is to create something infringing by saying, ‘Hey, here you go, go grab that infringing stuff and use that in our system,’” said Cathay Y. N. Smith, a law professor and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Program in Intellectual Property Law. Microsoft “could potentially have some sort of secondary contributory liability for copyright infringement, downloading it, as well as then using it to encourage others to use it for training purposes.”

Ars Technica

Supreme Court Backs Congressional Power in Tariff Ruling, Says Chicago-Kent Law Professor Harold Krent

“The court is reminding the country, maybe finally, that there are three branches of government, and if the president wants to have certain powers whether they are emergency powers or not he should seek them from Congress,” said Harold Krent, a law professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law specializing in separation of powers issues

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