Jenkins Blog

February 26, 2024

USPTO's Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

On February 13th, 2024, the Patent and Trademark Office published a notice on Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions in vol. 89 no. 30 of the Federal Register (89 FR 10043). This notice follows the "Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial...

News & Events

June 15, 2023

Avoiding Legal Website Scams and Pitfalls

When searching online for legal forms or information, it is important to use safe internet practices to avoid scams or other misrepresented services. When representing oneself, it is up to each litigant to understand the procedures of a lawsuit, draft the legal forms required, file them with the...

Technology

April 6, 2021

Artificial Intelligence Law 2021

Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic, touching on various legal issues such as information privacy & data protection, intellectual property, and civil liberties. With the proliferation of personal assistant devices and the increasing use of algorithms in our everyday lives, related justice...

HeinOnline

December 8, 2020

Researching Cryptocurrency Laws and Regulations

As the use of cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, continues to rise, so do researchers' interests in the laws and regulations about cryptocurrencies. The Law Library of Congress has compiled a list of resources to assist researchers looking for more information: United States Blockchain and...

Forms

July 23, 2020

Emerging Technologies and the Law: Forms and Analysis

Cross-technology transactions bring up complex legal issues related to entertainment, publishing, computer technology, finance, securities, healthcare, insurance, and communications law. Emerging Technologies and the Law: Forms and Analysis, from Law Journal Press , focuses on the legal issues...

Technology

May 26, 2020

Choose Privacy Every Day: Tools for User Privacy

Online privacy is an everyday concern, and its importance may be particularly heightened for those of us working from our home computers and devices during the pandemic. Choose Privacy Every Day , a website of the American Library Association , highlights some practical ways to protect your online...

Remote Resources

March 18, 2020

Logging in to jenkinslaw.org

Whether this is the first time you are logging in to Jenkinslaw.org or if you've forgotten your password, these instructions should help all Jenkins members log in to access our Member Databases from their home or office. First, from the top of our website, click on "LOG IN". On the next screen,...

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)

December 17, 2019

Understanding Legal Search Algorithms

Ever wonder why the same search across different legal databases can produce results with different relevancy rankings? It's because of the unique algorithms each database uses. In order for researchers to better understand how the databases cultivate their specific algorithms, representatives from...

Caselaw & the Courts

August 13, 2019

New Privacy Measures at the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Federal Court

Earlier this summer, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a standing order regarding the possession and use of electronic devices in the courthouse . This order specifically addresses the use of cameras and other recording devices, including cell phones,...

American Bar Association (ABA)

July 16, 2019

New ABA Title: Biotechnology and the Law

According to the OED , biotechnology is "The application of science and technology to the utilization and improvement of living organisms for industrial and agricultural production and (in later use) other biomedical applications". Broadly, biotechnology (or biotech) covers a wide-range of topics...

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