1 sentence synopsis: The world needs articulated quantum-innovation policy mechanisms (tailored to the unique physics of the very small).The adoption of applied quantum technologies by the markets raises cross-disciplinary questions about balancing their disruptive societal effects. It raises...

The expected societal impact of quantum technologies (QT) urges us to proceed and innovate responsibly. This article proposes a conceptual framework for Responsible QT that seeks to integrate considerations about ethical, legal, social, and policy implications (ELSPI) into quantum R&D, while...

Profile picture projects ("PFPs") are the reigning format for NFTs, both aesthetically and economically. Aesthetically, the format allows for experiments in variation within a standard template on a high-volume scale that Andy Warhol would have envied. Economically, it allows creators to supply...

The New Romanian Civil Code (Law no. 287 of 2009, enforced since October 1, 2011), has introduced, in the Romanian Law, the matrimonial property regimes (the statutory community of property, the conventional community of property and the separation of property) as well as the concept of basic...

Since 1978, dismissals of involuntary bankruptcy petitions due to petitioning creditors' bad faith have proliferated. In the process, a textual oddity has not gone unnoticed: even as “bad faith” is denominated as the basis for an award of punitive damages, nowhere in the Bankruptcy Code's...

Mistake raises several important and difficult questions for contract law. The question addressed here is, when is it an excuse from contractual obligation that a contract has been made under the influence of a mistake of fact? Posed in this form, the question invites attention to aspects of...

This response to the public consultation by the European Commission on the Data Act provides an overview on the main Parts and findings of the ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy before elaborating in more detail how they could provide inspiration and guidance in the preparation of the Data...

The authors are part of a joint project of the European Law Institute (ELI) and the American Law Institute (ALI). The “ALI-ELI Principles for a Data Economy” aim at developing a cross-sectoral governance framework in the form of transnational Principles that can be used as a source for...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a current buzzword. It describes the network of physical devices of any kind (cars, TV sets, watches, garments, food packaging, etc.), which are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity to enable them (i) to collect and exchange data...

The first target of today's global commercial and military espionage, trade secrets, are the only form of intellectual property protection to be based on the necessity of nondisclosure and secrecy rather than on the paradigm of publicity and exploitability, with the obvious consequence that...