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Viacom $1B case against YouTube reinstated by appeals court(businessweek.com)
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High Court draws line on attempt to patent law of nature through artful drafting(groklaw.net)
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by grellas 15y ago
For those who are not categorically opposed to the idea of copyright (I am not), this case illustrates both the good and the bad of the current system. Copyright when properly applied ultimately protects creative forms of expression (see h
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Walt Mossberg review: the new iPad(online.wsj.com)
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It is easy to disparage the Encyclopedia Britannica from a modern perspective - out-of-step, overpriced, outmaneuvered by competitors - but there is a great sadness here at the demise of something that represented an effort by western schol
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by grellas 15y ago
By now the blogosphere, twitterverse, and even mainstream media is abuzz with the absurd decision that Yahoo has made to sue Facebook over ten software patents with the assertion that Facebook’s entire business is based on Yahoo’s patented
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Facebook, Google to Stand Trial in India(online.wsj.com)
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by grellas 15y ago
I watched some really lousy movie the other day while doing the treadmill (without the sound on, of course) and, as I went through my boring routine, the movie ended and the credits scrolled through for what seemed like an interminable peri
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by grellas 15y ago
A few quick thoughts (am about to go into a meeting): 1. Lawyers are not immune from market forces. This is easily seen at the micro level: a new practitioner with no established reputation can charge $800 per hour and see where that gets
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The Nucleus of the Digital Age(online.wsj.com)
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AT&T Caps Unlimited Data Plans(online.wsj.com)
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EveryMD sues Facebook end users for alleged violation of its software patent(groklaw.net)
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by grellas 15y ago
Actually, you are correct concerning federal law. I practice in California where state law requires that a computer professional make a much higher salary (or comparable hourly rate) in order to be exempt. My statement is correct for the co
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by grellas 15y ago
The U.S. has a strong free enterprise foundation and its laws reflect this. Freedom of contract remains the rule even though it is much criticized in some circles and has been hedged considerably over the years. In employment, the old rule
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by grellas 15y ago
The copyright belongs to an author or poster, respectively, depending on whether it is an article or comment. HN gets an implied license to display the comments and cannot be held to infringe from a typical link to an outside article. I hav
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by grellas 15y ago
Deposition line of questioning suggested after reading this piece: Q. Is it true that the battery has catastrophic failure when it drains to zero and is left in that state for a sustained period? A. The company has built in countless safegu
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Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis sued for copyright infringement(newyorklawjournal.com)
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Facebook Gets Decisive Win Against Pseudo-Competitor Power Ventures(blog.ericgoldman.org)
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by grellas 15y ago
I have mixed feelings about a loser-pays system and have articulated the reasons why I believe that such a system can sometimes work undue hardships on average people who go to court to try to obtain redress (see http://news.ycombinator.co
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by grellas 15y ago
I began my legal career working for several years at in Big Law. In one case, a stultifying bureaucratic management for a major steel company was building a new plant. After hiring a firm out of the midwest to manage the construction on a f
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Oracle v. Google: "the value of this case keeps getting smaller and smaller"(groklaw.net)
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Facebook wins legal battle against Power.com over spam, unauthorized access(thenextweb.com)
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U.S. Returns Jotform.com Domain; Still Refuses to Say What Happened(techdirt.com)
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Google's iPhone tracking bypasses users' privacy settings(whenisapartynotaparty.wordpress.com)
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Microsoft's 2003 patent application for the "Is Not" operator(appft1.uspto.gov)
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Proposal to make permanent zero capital gains on small business investments(startuplawblog.com)
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by grellas 15y ago
Copyright and patents are not property. They literally cannot be owned. It may be a broken metaphor but the law says you can own intangible rights without question - or at least gives you rights that equate to pretty much everything tha
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by grellas 15y ago
Silicon Valley once was home to scientists and engineers — people who wanted to build things. Then it became a casino. Now it is being turned into a silicon cesspool, an upside-down world filled with spammers, liars, flippers, privacy inva
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Regulators to Google: You can buy Motorola, but we still don't trust you(arstechnica.com)
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Debunking the EU Commission's 'Myths About ACTA'(techdirt.com)
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