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BOGO day for patents at the Supreme Court

SCOTUSblog reports that the Supreme Court today issued decisions in two high-profile patent cases. According to SCOTUSblog, Microsoft won (7-1) in Microsoft v. AT&T, and in KSR v. Teleflex, a unanimous Court ruled that the Federal Circuit had applied too narrow a standard for determining “obviousness.” Note: BOGO means “buy one, get one free.”

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Simpsons – Star Trek mash-up

IP Profs: here’s some music to blog, prepare for IP class, or simply recover from the holidays by. IP Students: discuss (or just hum along). The video’s creator, Culture Killer, can be found here and here.

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Courtrooms, Razrs, and ringtones

New Year’s Resolution: catching up on my blogging. Along those lines, my St. Thomas colleague Fred Light brought to my attention last term to an interesting administrative order from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The order, entitled In re: Cellular Phone and Electronic Equipment Usage in the Courthouse, addresses […]

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LibraryThing awesomeness and memories of my Amiga 3000

Way back in the late 80’s, I had a couple of Commodore Amiga personal computers. The Amiga was perhaps the first (or one of the first) consumer PCs to incorporate a mouse, graphical interface, fast color graphics, and real pre-emptive multitasking. As cool as Mac users thought their system was, I recall that the Amiga […]

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