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Chicago – June 29, 2023: The Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) named Crowell & Moring to its 2023 Pro Bono Recognition Roster. Crowell was one of 44 law firms and corporations honored for making “significant commitments and contributions to pro bono throughout the state of Illinois, and who help ensure that individuals, families, and communities who are in need receive legal services.”

Chicago – May 22, 2023: Crowell & Moring partner David Lindner has been elected to the Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Board of Directors in Chicago.

Since 2020, the FCC has been working on rules for cellular communication technology that allow vehicles to share information with other vehicles, infrastructure, and safety systems (commonly known as cellular vehicle-to-everything or C-V2X).  Although the C-V2X industry continues its development at a blistering pace, some have commented that advancements in the space have been impeded because of the FCC’s delay. In a September 27, 2024 letter to the FCC, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (“AAI”), whose membership includes both manufacturer and technology companies, once again requested that the FCC finalize rules for C-V2X technology so that innovations in the field can be made and deployed.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Federal Register Notice on February 13, 2024 explaining how it will analyze patent inventorship issues for inventions that utilize artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Overall, the USPTO concluded that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable, but that a human must have made significant contributions in every aspect of the invention, and reminds applicants of their duty of candor to disclose information that could evidence that an individual may not be an inventor where her/his purported contribution was the result of an AI system.