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> EFF Staff Attorney Daniel Nazer, who also holds the Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents Best chair name ever.

• oh_sigh 12y ago
  As I read the title of the chair, my reaction went from "I can't believe Mark Cuban as a Chair named after him" to "That's just about right". Good for him.
• andrewrice 12y ago
  Mark Cuban funded the title with a $250,000 donation in 2012. "The current state of patents and patent litigation in this country is shameful," said Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. "Silly patent lawsuits force prices to go up while competition and innovation suffer. That's bad for consumers and bad for business. It's time to fix our broken system, and EFF can help. So that's why part of my donation funds a new title for EFF Staff Attorney Julie Samuels: 'The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents'." https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-patent-project-gets-half-million-dollar-boost-mark-cuban-and-notch https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-patent-project-gets-h...
  • klipt 12y ago
    So if you donate enough money you can name the chair anything you want? This raises so many opportunities!
    • cdcarter 12y ago
      Just wait until you discover endowed professorships.