The Roundtable
Welcome to the Roundtable, a forum for incisive commentary and analysis
on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
on cases and developments in law and the legal system.
 By Amanda Damayanti
Amanda Damayanti is an exchange student from Indonesia at the University of Pennsylvania. Back home, she is studying Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia. The rapid development of technology changed the way we live, from how we access information and communicate with each other to how we conduct economic activities. Technological development paved the way for the emergence of the digital market, which changed the way economic activities are carried out. The digital market allows for more cost-effective activities, such as online advertising and web news distribution, cutting costs. The shift not only changed the way of the market but also changed the way it should be regulated. The rise of the digital market has resulted in some antitrust challenges and has led to the need for a change in the antitrust laws.
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 By Amanda Damayanti
Amanda Damayanti is an exchange student from Indonesia at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently pursuing a law degree in the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia. In July 2023, the Royal Assent for its Employment Relation (Flexible Working) Act 2023 was passed in the United Kingdom. [1] The relatively new law gives employees more power to control their working hours. [2] Employees have more flexible start and finish work times and more leniency concerning working from home. Additionally, the new bill increased the number of requests employees can file for the flexible working hour, which employers can’t deny without first discussing with the employee. [3] In contrast to the United Kingdom, the United States of America is the most overworked developed country in the world. [4] The country is still lagging behind other developed countries in terms of working hours, overwork pay, paternal leave, and wages. [5] There is a trend showing that the richer the nation is, the fewer the employee working hours will be, and the more freetime they will have. [6] In 2023, the United States itself experienced strong economic growth because of its increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and decrease in inflation. [7] The United States has the largest GDP in the world with an annual rate of 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2023. [8] Despite this, the reality is that employees in the United States work more hours compared to those in Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Japan. [9] This begs the question: does the United State’s increase in economic wealth trickle down to its employees?  By Amanda Damayanti
Amanda Vania Damayanti is an exchange student from Indonesia at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently pursuing a law degree in the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia. A patent is an exclusive right, granted for the invention of a product or a process which allows a new or an alternative way to solve a problem. In the healthcare industry, patents are provided to novel pharmaceutical medicine or medical devices. The exclusive right of the patent allows the patent holder to exclude others in making, using, and/or selling their patented product. [1] In order to get a patent for a new medicine or medical device to be sold in the market, one must register through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and then get the FDA’s (Food and Drug Administration) approval. |
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