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by micks56 18y ago
I thinks 'iTunes for news' is an excellent idea. I would pay for stories. I will not pay for AP stories or similar ones. Usually the headline contains as much content as the story. What I will pay for are those incredibly written expose sto
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by micks56 18y ago
As a law student I would love for this to happen. Charles Nesson is a first rate lawyer. We have studied several of his cases in law school so far. It would be a good learning experience to see an experienced lawyer in action. Sure beats re
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by micks56 18y ago
The father of a friend of mine from college sells software that newspapers use to do their layouts as well as the printers that make the papers. His customers include the very large newspapers across the US as well as the smaller local pape
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by micks56 18y ago
I don't know anyone out there. Your best bet is to ask around at the Chamber of Commerce or other business meetups near you.
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Where are you located? It is best to get an attorney near you. I am in Massachusetts. Whether you are infringing depends on how the patent claims are drafted. That I cannot tell you because I can't give legal advice. If you want to learn fo
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by micks56 18y ago
You need a lawyer. You have knowledge of an existing patent and knowledge that you appear to be infringing. Again, you need a lawyer. Get an IP attorney.
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You are right. I didn't attempt to distinguish between trade dress and trade mark. It is difficult for a person studying IP to understand. I thought it would only confuse things. But yes, you are right. And you explained it better than I wo
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by micks56 18y ago
This is silly. Imagine a world where this would be enforced. There is no way to know in advance that your look and feel doesn't accidentally resemble some of the existing millions of websites. I agree with you and so does the law. The fir
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by micks56 18y ago
Jon was a friend of a friend when I was in college. Very sharp guy. He was working in Washington for another senator a couple years ago. That is where he met Obama. Jon also worked on the Deval Patrick campaign for governor in Massachusetts
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by micks56 18y ago
NYSE:FED is not the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. It is a bank in California. And the US cannot bail out the Federal Reserve. The United States borrows from the Federal Reserve and pays the Federal Reserve interest on that mone
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by micks56 18y ago
FYI: Massachusetts is the only jurisdiction in the US (that I am aware of) that requires at least 2 members for an LLC.
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by micks56 18y ago
I am in law school. I started school not bringing my laptop but that quickly changed. My notes are better because I can edit without crossing out. I can insert, delete, and copy+paste. I make bold, italics, larger print, etc. My notes are i
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by micks56 18y ago
Good point. I stand corrected. Lamborghini and Toyota would have valid copyrights in their design, even if the Toyota is relatively boring. Personal use defenses still stand however...
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I agree. Copyright protects original works of authorship. A car is not an original work of authorship. A picture of the car is... And I agree about trademark being the biggest issue, perhaps coupled with infringement on design patents held
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by micks56 18y ago
Yes, it would be trivial for me to spread a few hundred thousand around a few banks so that I could be within the FDIC limit. What is not trivial is a brokerage spreading around $50MM across 500+ banks. What I was trying to explain is that
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by micks56 18y ago
I think the people buying these are worried that the cash won't exist in 90 days. If the bank they deposit their cash in goes bankrupt they get nothing. The people buying the T-Bills are well above the $100k FDIC limit. Therefore, by buying
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by micks56 18y ago
Yes, there is such thing as infringement in software. These are a few notable settlements in the software patent field: 1. $106 million to Acacia from various companies throughout all computer industries in the first nine months of 2007. 2.
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The short answer to how close you can be is you don't know till you end up in court. Now, for the longer explanation. The Supreme Court of the US has ruled that patents can be obtained for "anything under the sun." Exceptions carved out by
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by micks56 18y ago
I don't know much of the background of this, or any of Wayne's background. But from reading this it appears this may be one of the best examples of why not to play around with lawyer stuff if you are not a lawyer. Don't write a partnership
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In this case it does. The use in the case you are referring to had several extra elements which prompted the court to not find copyright infringement. 2 Live Crew was fair use because their work was transformative. They took a beat and chan
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by micks56 18y ago
DMCA safe harbor applies when you are a service provider. Examples are an ISP that merely provides access to the internet. The ISP cannot be sued for copyright infringement just because infringing bits passed through its servers. Also, a me
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by micks56 18y ago
It is most likely not legal. The user owns copyright to the article or story that he wrote. This ownership of copyright gives the user the right to decide how it is distributed. For you to use the material legally, you must get permission o
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by micks56 18y ago
You only need to incorporate in one state. Which one you choose depends on many factors. Businesses are supposed to register in each state that they do business in. This is easy to understand for brick and mortars. Any place you have a stor
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by micks56 18y ago
Timothy B. Lee is a little off in his analysis. He refers to the Supreme Court not allowing algorithms to be patented. This is true. He is right here. But his next line about the Federal Circuits is off. "Unfortunately, the Federal Circuit
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by micks56 18y ago
I agree with your statements of going with the large CM and one with extensive "new product introduction" (called NPI in the biz) experience. I will re-iterate the points from my previous post. Extensive due diligence is a must. You need to
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by micks56 18y ago
I worked for a contract manufacturing/engineering company for a while. Here is what I would recommend based on my experiences: 1. Interview employees at the CM. Talk to the people that will be building your product. Talk to the bosses and t
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by micks56 18y ago
"Personal experimental project" is just that. Only you use it. Once you let an outside person use it you have distributed in the eyes of the law. You are open to suit and are no longer within safe harbors of personal use. If you are making
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by micks56 18y ago
That probably does not count as service. Service of process is governed by Rule 4 of Civil Procedure (in Mass and at the Federal Level). The overnight likely does not meet requirements of either Mass state or federal rules of civil procedur
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Exactly. A key issue in trials is what facts can be re-litigated at later trials. If you and/or the other defendants don't litigate the validity of the patent well and lose that issue, future parties are barred from re-litigating that issue
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by micks56 18y ago
Have you been served yet? You will want a lawyer right away, since the time allowed to respond starts ticking at service. Where are you incorporated, if at all? If you are not incorporated in Delaware, do you have customers in Delaware? If

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