Code & Conduit Podcast by Bloomberg BNA

By Lydia Beyoud

What's Code & Conduit Podcast by Bloomberg BNA about?

Code & Conduit is a legal and policy podcast from Bloomberg BNA focusing on all things tech, telecom, intellectual property and privacy. Each episode features interesting discussions about what’s happening in Congress, the economy, the courts, federal agencies and society. We cover everything from drones, competition policy, transatlantic data transfers, copyright and patent litigation and all things tech. Learn more at www.bna.com/legal.

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Episode 32: Talking Blockch...

08.17.2018

New tech innovations usually spur a wave of companies competing to win patents for their inventions. But with budding blockchain technology, the decision to patent isn’t always easy. Blockchain was first created as the underpinning technology to crypocurrencies like bitcoin ...

Code & Conduit Podcast by Bloomberg BNA episodes:

08.17.2018 Episode 32: Talking Blockchain Patents with Ropes & Gray New tech innovations usually spur a wave of companies competing to win patents for their inventions. But with budding blockchain technology, the decision to patent isn’t always easy. Blockchain was first created as the underpinning technology to crypocurrencies like bitcoin ...
08.17.2018 Episode 31: Sen. Gary Peters Talks Self-driving Cars and Taking the Long Way on his Motorcycle Senators, industry and interest groups continue their negotiations over that chamber’s self-driving car bill AV START (S. 1885). Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), one of the co-authors of the legislation, returned in August from a five-day motorcycle tour of Michigan where ...
08.09.2018 Episode 30: Gene Ludwig Talks FinTech, Regulation and Economic Opportunity In a special fintech episode of Code and Conduit, we chat with Eugene Ludwig, former Comptroller of the Currency during President Bill Clinton’s administration and now CEO of Promontory Financial Services Group, a sought-after financial regulatory advisory company. Ludwig discusses ...
08.03.2018 Episode 29: ‘If Not Us, Who?’: Cybersecurity’s Gender Gap Requires Fixing America’s information security workforce faces a massive gender gap, and it hasn’t improved much in recent years. It’s a longstanding issue. Women composed 10 percent of the cybersecurity profession in 2013, and the number rose to just 14 percent in ...
07.26.2018 Episode 28: Rep. Bob Latta Eyes Self-Driving Car Compromise This Year The chief House proponent of getting self-driving cars on U.S. roads says Congress must pass a self-driving car law this year. The House, Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, told a recent episode of Code & Conduit, spent a lot of time ...
07.19.2018 Episode 27: New Illinois Attorney General, Same Privacy Focus Privacy and data security enforcement likely will be a top priority for Illinois’ attorney general, according to the two candidates running for the office. Kwame Raoul (D) and Erika Harold (R) are battling it out to replace current AG Lisa ...
07.17.2018 Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Editor Eleanor Tyler Discusses Sinclair-Tribune Controversy at FCC Bloomberg Law Senior Legal Editor Eleanor Tyler talks to Tom Keene on Bloomberg Surveillance about FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's recent decision to deal a major setback to a proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger.
06.18.2018 Episode 26: Blockchain Could be Copyright Holders’ Friend or Foe Blockchain could turn out to be an ally—or trouble—for copyright holders. The underpinnings of the developing technology, which acts like an inerasable, chronological database of transactions, appear to be at odds with a 20 year-old law that protects copyright holders ...
05.30.2018 Episode 25: It’s Not Easy Being a Blockchain Patent Attorney Blockchain tech might be poised to revolutionize how companies like Bank of America operate and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin trade. But inventors trying to patent their ideas in the field—and stake their claim on future profits—are facing hurdles at the U.S. ...
05.03.2018 Episode 24: Tech Steps-up Teardowns in Patent Fights When the patent infringement claims get tough, inventors are turning to teardowns. Federal courts have raised the bar for the evidence needed to file a patent infringement case in recent years. This has led inventors to increasingly disassembling physical bits ...
04.19.2018 Episode 23: Kraken Crypto Exchange CEO Jesse Powell Talks Regulation Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is strategizing on how to face an ever-evolving regulatory landscape. Kraken CEO and co-founder Jesse Powell told Bloomberg Law April 6 the exchange—one of the largest in the world—was ready for increased scrutiny and expecting regulation this ...
04.09.2018 Episode 22: ITI's Dean Garfield Talks Artificial Intelligence It may be too early to regulate the robots. But the U.S. government needs to play a big part in the rollout of artificial intelligence to make sure it benefits society, Dean Garfield, president and CEO of ITI told Bloomberg ...
03.20.2018 Episode 21: Talking EU Digital Taxes, Privacy with Ambassador O'Sullivan EU Ambassador to the U.S. David O’Sullivan talked about multiple policy changes companies are facing in tax and privacy regulations in an interview at the SXSW annual tech conference held in Austin, Texas.