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by grellas 14y ago
The Familia Sancti Hieronymi (Family of St. Jerome), out of Florida, promotes the idea of Latin as a living language within the context of the Catholic Church. I have no special connection with this organization except that, having struggle
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by grellas 14y ago
The best entrepreneurs are ones who work in their field first, gaining valuable real-world knowledge and experience for a decade or more. I don't think one can meaningfully say that the "best" entrepreneurs come in one type or another. Ce
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Groklaw report on Federal Circuit hearing in CLS Bank v. Alice case(groklaw.net)
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Sexual harassment as a form of legal wrong is defined in extensive caselaw that practitioners in the field can recite verbatim. The problem is that all the refined nuances of this law turn on facts and circumstances, most of which depend on
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MIT's Role as Described in Aaron Swartz's October Motion to Suppress(groklaw.net)
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Apple's Pinch to Zoom Patent Preliminarily Invalidated by USPTO(groklaw.net)
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Apple v. Samsung: No injunction for Apple, no new trial for Samsung(groklaw.net)
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How to Fix Software Patents(forbes.com)
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by grellas 14y ago
This is a drama that will play out on the web and not in a courtroom. In this sense, the crowdfunding forum gives a focal point for thousands of not only backers but also spectators to debate a continuing thumbs-up/thumbs-down narrative ove
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The issue is more nuanced than depicted by the title of this piece: the courts already reject patents based on abstract ideas and the real issue is how they should go about determining whether something is patent-eligible (and, hence, poten
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by grellas 14y ago
A few thoughts: 1. It is always perilous for a startup to put all its eggs in one BigCorp basket. In most cases, even when success ensues, the startup will get squeezed on things like pricing and they will continually face the risk of termi
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Apple's Nerves Show in Buildup to December 6 Hearing(groklaw.net)
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Trial transcripts now complete on Oracle v. Google timeline(groklaw.net)
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I'm not sure why it should be a "dirty secret" that the tech world is predominantly driven by younger people who may at times be wont to push older people aside as suits their needs. Welcome to our capacity to be jerks if we indulge ourselv
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What Vehicle Should Startups Use For Seed Stage Fundraising?(slant.co)
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Programmers and lawyers discuss "Solutions to the Software Patent Problem"(groklaw.net)
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Mr. Stallman's proposed solution is both simple and elegant: take all software that runs on a general purpose machine and legislate a "safe harbor" from patent claims for software falling in that category. This essentially would return the
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by grellas 14y ago
In April, 2012, the erudite Judge Kozinski wrote for the entire Ninth Circuit in an en banc decision addressing the very concerns raised in this piece (see decision here: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/04/10/10... ).
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Preview of "Solutions to the Software Patent Problem" Conference(blog.ericgoldman.org)
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The 40-hour week is forever gone in the startup world, and that is simply one of the trade-offs in having moved from a world where big enterprises emphasized long-term relationships with defined pension benefits and health coverage for life
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Silicon Valley reality TV show 'Start-Ups' set to premiere(mercurynews.com)
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In July, 2012, Samsung had won a judgment in the UK to the effect that its Galaxy Tab computers did not infringe Apple's registered design. In spite of this, Apple continued to assert, broadly and widely, that Samsung's tablet computers di
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by grellas 14y ago
That which is shallow but useful can have its legitimate place in life, though it lacks character: a daily commute on the freeway might suck, and might not match the joy and invigoration of a brisk walk on a beautiful day, but it has its pl
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by grellas 14y ago
A black eye for the firm, for sure, but no lasting damage. Plausible story. Compelling legal position (if true). Big, fat and vulnerable defendant, with a ready-made villain at the center. And (I assume) a big, fat potential contingent fee
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by grellas 14y ago
A few thoughts: 1. When Ceglia first filed his claims, I called it a "lawsuit full of holes [that was] built up by sensationalist reporting into a supposed major threat to Facebook and to Mr. Zuckerberg" and concluded that, "in the courts,
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How We Fight - Cofounders in Love and War(steveblank.com)
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A few points: 1. The CLS Bank v. Alice case, though raising an issue of vital importance, is not about "whether software is patentable." 2. Over the years, the Federal Circuit has notoriously broadened the scope of patent eligibility, mos
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Yes, I will forever miss Carol Doda, the go-go "swing joints," the disco clubs, the Mitchell brothers, the Pavarotti operas where the star never showed up, the old SP trains with their smoking cars where you couldn't take a breath without c
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by grellas 14y ago
A few thoughts: 1. This is a superb essay delineating the attributes of a fast-growth, all-or-nothing type of startup. No surprise here. Who besides pg has had the depth and breadth of quality first-hand experience with such ventures over
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Here is my shortened version: "What I choose to call 'Founder's Guilt Complex' is a false sense of guilt imposed on founders who are told that the only worthwhile venture is one aimed at shaking up the world - I say, relax and use your tale

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