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by grellas 14y ago
The cost bill filed by Google underscores the intensity of this case and shows that we caught only surface glimpses of what surely were day-to-day firefights keeping the lawyers and their minions going round-the-clock for an intense year'
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by grellas 14y ago
A few thoughts: 1. The complaint here presents Hipmunk as the developer of an innovative travel search engine that offers something great that no one has ever offered and, hence, as a rising star in its market. It contrasts this with i2z Te
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Another Spanking for Apple from Judge Posner(groklaw.net)
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Explaining the legalese of the US S. Ct's ruling on the Affordable Care Act(groklaw.net)
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Lawyers Getting Smarter About Betting on Tech Clients(online.wsj.com)
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Oracle v. Google: a preview of what Oracle will argue on appeal(groklaw.net)
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Privacy Lawyers Sell Out Facebook Users for $10 Million(wired.com)
53 points by grellas 14y ago|31 comments
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by grellas 14y ago
If I am a boxing manager sitting at the corner of the ring to encourage my guy during the fight, I don't do him a good service by leaping into it and taking wild swings at the opposing fighter, or at the ref, or at any crazy person from the
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by grellas 14y ago
Lawyer attacking The Oatmeal shocked by big mean Internet's reaction The reaction of the lawyer is understandable, it being the sole prerogative of lawyers to bully hapless victims into submission and, if not bully, at least to trick and
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"Apple is looking like Wile E. Coyote to Samsung's Roadrunner"(dailytech.com)
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Red Hat GC: Initial thoughts on Mayo v. Prometheus and software patents(ifosslr.org)
1 points by grellas 14y ago|0 comments
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by grellas 14y ago
While it is true that comment submissions to HN give an implied license for HN to post the content, with copyright being held by the submitter, you can't copyright names, titles, or short phrases (see, e.g., the 6th entry down in this FAQ s
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by grellas 14y ago
Judge Posner is indeed a brilliant and highly-respected jurist and his views on our problematic patent system will undoubtedly resonate and help the cause of reform. In his courtroom role as such, though, he can have only limited impact on
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by grellas 14y ago
Will the failure of the Facebook IPO change the climate here going forward? Possibly. But it doesn’t matter . . . we didn’t build this company with the intention to flip it. We’re in it for the long-haul and we’re committed to building a r
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by grellas 14y ago
In the federal courts, I think it is more a matter of philosophy than of economic necessity. Unlike state courts, federal courts use the single-judge calendar system, meaning that any given case is assigned to one judge for all purposes fro
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by grellas 14y ago
I had clerked for a federal judge who applied "old school" philosophy to the handling of civil disputes - that is, let the parties have maximum scope within the rules of civil procedure by which to fashion and try their cases, with the judg
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Judge Alsup knows how to play a bluff(economist.com)
214 points by grellas 14y ago|58 comments
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by grellas 14y ago
A few thoughts: 1. This is a meticulously researched, marvelously analyzed, and brilliantly synthesized order done by a judge who has a keen grasp of not just the facts of the case but of those that really matter. As the opinion notes, this
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Why Connectix matters in Oracle/Google copyright case(groklaw.net)
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French Court Sides with Google in YouTube Case(nytimes.com)
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by grellas 14y ago
No, there are no Ninth Circuit precedents saying APIs are protectible by copyright. I am referring to the Johnson Controls line of cases that specify that software is to be analyzed piece-by-piece (including its "structure, sequence, and
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by grellas 14y ago
Best case: judge concludes that the 37 APA packages are purely functional and hence not protected by copyright. Ninth Circuit precedents (in my view) preclude him from doing this as a categorical imperative ("all APIs are inherently unprote
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by grellas 14y ago
Fascinating concept that potentially can work: private arbitration is a matter of contract, there is nothing in law limiting the ability of parties to agree to be legally bound by a determination reached by a private party (i.e., arbitrator
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Supreme Court to Federal Circuit: Fix Ultramerical Decision(eff.org)
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A few thoughts on this: Google had pushed for a fall trial date at the earliest but Oracle argued vigorously (and successfully) for an immediate date on grounds that the case was ready with Google only playing for time. To induce the judge
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Verdict for Google in Oracle's patent infringement case(groklaw.net)
723 points by grellas 14y ago|165 comments
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by grellas 14y ago
Steve Blank is a respected Valley veteran who has written highly insightful and informative materials about the history and development of the Valley (see http://steveblank.com/secret-history/ ) and so his opinion is worthy of note. That s
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by grellas 14y ago
The "subject matter" for copyright is defined in 17 U.S.C. section 102. Part (a) of the statute defines what can be copyrighted (essentially, original works of authorship) and part (b) defines what cannot. For policy reasons, the (b) part
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by grellas 14y ago
Even though I am not averse to IP rights generally, I strongly believe they need to be applied with their proper goals in mind and that it is deeply prejudicial to all concerned when they are misapplied - in that vein, my view is that APIs
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by grellas 14y ago
The quoted exchange is between Judge Alsup and Oracle's counsel, David Boies, and concerns the issue of what damages Oracle intends to seek in phase 3 of this trial (phase 1: copyright liability; phase 2: patent liability; phase 3: damages)

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