Carolyn Chin

[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

What is the government doing to address deepfakes?

The government relies on foundational privacy laws already in place and does not necessarily need specific AI laws. It is more about putting safeguards around the use of technology.

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

What are states doing to address deepfakes?

California recently passed the AI Transparency Act that will be implemented in January 2026.
This act requires videos, images, and audio content created with AI to be indicated on the content itself.

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In the Navigating Legal IP Rights and Publicity Issues in the Age of Deepfakes panel - discussing the unprecedented challenges posed by the rise of deepfake technology and voice cloning, focusing on their impact on intellectual property law and rights of publicity.

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

What distinguishes a good advocate v. bad advocate in oral arguments:

- Converse. Explain your position as if you are the judge’s law clerk
- Preparation. Know your argument, record, and cited cases
- Substance over style
- Be comfortable with your voice

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A couple tips from Hon. William Bryson on writing post-hearing briefs:

- “Simplicity and clarity above all”
- “Think Hemingway, not Faulkner”

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Is there a portion of appellate briefing that does not get enough attention?

Argument Sections.
- Be sure to address the weaknesses of your argument & be ready to argue it
- Write a good summary of the argument, it’s one of the first & last things they look at.

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

Advice from the bench:

- Your burden is to lessen the judge’s - lay out your argument, do the work for the judge so they understand.
- If you don’t know, say you don’t know.
- Maintain your credibility.

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A Dialogue Between Bench and Bar: Tips from Both Sides
- Hon. William C. Bryson, U.S. Court of App. for the Fed. Cir.
- Hon. Dori Johnson Hines, U.S. ITC
- Hon. Kara F. Stoll, U.S. Court of App. for the Fed. Cir.
- Hon. Gregory B. Williams, U.S. Dist.Court for the Dist. of DE

[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

Learn more about TPAC -

What is TPAC?
A focus group of 9 people to talk about changes and developing policies

How to get involved?
Apply or be nominated

How do you get picked?
Depends on who’s in the board, TPAC’s goal is to get a variety of perspectives.

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

Understanding how people profit off of trademark fraud?
- selling a “bogus” registration on a secondary market
- scammers

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How do you measure the impact of the Trademark Modernization Act?

Depends on what the expectations were, there are less than 100,000 trademarks filed by the public each year (there are 600,000-700,000 filed each year)!

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

A couple top priorities of the Trademark Office -
- Reducing pendency from 8 months to 4.5 months (dependent on the agency hiring freeze)
- Protecting the trademark registries

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Last panel before lunch - hearing Perspectives on the Trademark Office from former Commissioner of Trademarks, David Gooder.

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Weird facts make weird law…

Did the court get it right in Zunum Aero v. Boeing?

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

Can your company keep a secret?

Create a culture of confidentiality around the office:
- lock drawers
- erase white boards after meetings

When you create that confidential culture, your employees will start to think about how to keep information safe.

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

What’s the difference between confidential information and trade secrets?

Discussions on whether they are the same or different 🤔

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Mindy Morton takes us through recent/ongoing cases that set reasonable measures of what qualifies as a trademark secret 🤫

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

Hearing from the Trade Secrets: The Final Frontier – An Exploration of the Boundaries of Trade Secrets panel!

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[Carolyn Chin @cchin41]

Dunstan Barnes explains if you want to file a design and used AI to create it, the US requires that you must have an author, but AI does not qualify as a co-author.

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