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After the One-Hit Wonder(online.wsj.com)
5 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
602.
Fueling a Stock Bubble with Facebook Fans(theatlantic.com)
3 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
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Steve Jobs' first dream for an Apple headquarters: Coyote Valley, San Jose(mercurynews.com)
3 points by grellas 15y ago|2 comments
604.
Guard That Password (and Make Sure It's Encrypted)(nytimes.com)
5 points by grellas 15y ago|2 comments
605.
How Google Finds New Recruits(it-jobs.fins.com)
2 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
606.
EFF on the Lodsys patent claims(eff.org)
30 points by grellas 15y ago|11 comments
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Microsoft v. i4i - the text of the decision with some Groklaw analysis(groklaw.net)
2 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
608.
Finding Creative People Is Easy (And Here's How)(theatlantic.com)
9 points by grellas 15y ago|4 comments
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Judge reverses course on letting his court be used for mass copyright suit farce(techdirt.com)
71 points by grellas 15y ago|3 comments
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Google granted leave to file Daubert motion; attacks Oracle's damages report(groklaw.net)
13 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
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Supreme Court Takes Up Scholars' Rights(chronicle.com)
41 points by grellas 15y ago|11 comments
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by grellas 15y ago
Thanks for the kind words. The "spread" in this context always means the difference between your exercise price and the fair market value of the stock on the date of exercise. For example, you hold ISOs for which you can buy common stock at
613.
by grellas 15y ago
Options for employees usually work well in spite of the tax risks. Most employees get ISOs and exercise them without incident and without AMT. They take some modest financial risk in paying for the stock but these amounts are usually small.
614.
by grellas 15y ago
The short answer: because tax, though important, isn't everything. Most startups do not want to make immediate shareholders of new people as the company is growing. They want to test them first. Hence, the standard grant of options with one
615.
by grellas 15y ago
Very nice piece. A few technical points on tax (of course, check with your professional advisor for any real-world case): 1. IRC 83(a) sets the baseline: you are taxed on the value of property (stock) received in exchange for services as or
616.
Legal Outsourcing Firms Creating Jobs for American Lawyers(nytimes.com)
6 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
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What's In Facebook's Pile of Evidence Against Paul Ceglia(paidcontent.org)
50 points by grellas 15y ago|16 comments
618.
Microsoft joins preemptive patent protection program(arstechnica.com)
47 points by grellas 15y ago|7 comments
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Historical documents/analysis on who owns the Unix copyrights(groklaw.net)
3 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
620.
An IT "boondoggle" that became a "nightmare" for California courts(courthousenews.com)
1 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
621.
MPAA Moves to Shut Down Online Streaming Service Zediva(hollywoodreporter.com)
6 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
622.
by grellas 15y ago
Copyright terms in the U.S. did not always run into the 100+ years category. Here is a rough summary of how the terms have evolved under U.S. law (the details of which are nicely summarized here: http://ipwatchdog.com/2011/05/27/copyrights
623.
What Next for Google Books? (top digital copyright experts in 80-min. video)(vimeo.com)
1 points by grellas 15y ago|1 comments
624.
Waiting 100+ Years for Version 2.0(techdirt.com)
107 points by grellas 15y ago|57 comments
625.
by grellas 15y ago
In general, every employee in California may freely work for a competitor after leaving a job and may do so right away. But - in doing so, he has no right to pilfer his former employer's trade secrets and either use or disclose them in th
626.
New grad takes "murder one" first case, gets slapped by judge, sues critics(techdirt.com)
5 points by grellas 15y ago|0 comments
627.
by grellas 15y ago
There is federal law that defines theft of trade secrets as a crime. The federal Espionage Act of 1996 provides: "Whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret, that is related to or included in a product that is produced for . . . interst
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by grellas 15y ago
Google has issued a pretty tepid statement to what appears to be a highly problematic situation. In its complaint ( http://www.ebayinc.com/assets/pdf/fact_sheet/2011_PayPal_DOC... ), PayPal alleges in meticulous detail how its chief negotia
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Google hires top trial firm for possible October trial with Oracle(fosspatents.blogspot.com)
3 points by grellas 15y ago|1 comments
630.
by grellas 15y ago
This order represents a good kick in the rear to the parties. Judge Alsup had suggested that Oracle cuts its claims from 142 to 3. Plainly, though, the law gives him no authority to force Oracle to do this (or to force Google to cut back it

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