Neither I not Linus nor Richard Stallman are patent lawyers, but I have had dinner with RMS[1]and a patent lawyer (Sorry, Judith :-) and have read some number...
Bill Stewart
bill.stewart@...
Jul 1, 2003 8:05 am
46958
There's a lot of muck flying around here on this topic. I appreciate people's ardor, but this is a law and policy list. Let's be a little more specific. ...
Carol Shepherd
arborlaw@...
Jul 1, 2003 12:09 pm
46959
That is true; if it was ALL about content, and nothing about volume, or impermissible relaying. Good statement. ... ...
Virginia Metze
vmetze@...
Jul 1, 2003 1:13 pm
46960
... They may well be actionable in California, but that action would not be called ``trespass,'' but rather something like ``an unreasonable interference with...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jul 1, 2003 2:13 pm
46961
http://cryptome.org/dod070103.htm ... Federal Register July 1, 2003 DoD Rules for War on Terrorism 1. Trials by military commissions of certain non-United...
John Young
jya@...
Jul 1, 2003 2:33 pm
46962
Of the text (I do understand that independent invention isn't a defense against patent suits, but it's an attack on validity of a patent, so even if it doesn't...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
LEbert@...
Jul 1, 2003 2:38 pm
46963
I understand that California -- at least at one time -- did have an interpretation of the state constitution that, essentially meant that expressive rights...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
Jul 1, 2003 2:39 pm
46964
... You're talking prior art, he's talking obviousness. ... A lot of patents are invalid under that article, or on obviousness or prior art issues. Doesn't...
Olivier Galibert
galibert@...
Jul 1, 2003 2:53 pm
46965
Of the text You're talking prior art, he's talking obviousness. following the text: (I do understand that independent invention isn't a defense against patent...
Ebert, Lawrence B.
LEbert@...
Jul 1, 2003 4:00 pm
46966
Here is the relevant passage from the plurality opinion: Like the District Court, the dissents fault the tendency of filtering software to "overblock" -- that...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jul 1, 2003 4:08 pm
46967
... Those were, as I recall, cases that held that shopping centers were public fora. I can't think of how one could have applied the public forum doctrine to...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jul 1, 2003 4:15 pm
46968
Thank you for the information about specific law in California in the Intel case. --snip ... Of course; I simply meant that I would not bother if it were one...
Virginia Metze
vmetze@...
Jul 1, 2003 5:16 pm
46969
They also held that state constitutions supply broader rights than the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. Which may or may not still be good law. I agree...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
Jul 1, 2003 5:27 pm
46970
... Why would that *not* be good law? --Michael ********************************************************************** For Listserv Instructions, see...
Michael S. Fischer
michael@...
Jul 1, 2003 5:31 pm
46971
When lawyers say "good law," they generally mean "law that has not been overruled by a subsequent decision," not "law that is wise as a matter of policy." My...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
Jul 1, 2003 5:41 pm
46972
... In theory, the proposition always will be good law. In practice, I believe that the only remaining difference of any significance is that under the CA ...
James S. Tyre
jstyre@...
Jul 1, 2003 5:49 pm
46973
... I'll defer to Professor Junger on this one. ********************************************************************** For Listserv Instructions, see...
Randall
rvh40@...
Jul 1, 2003 6:45 pm
46974
The oral arguments in the CIPA case, starting with General Olson's, are online at ...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jul 1, 2003 9:06 pm
46975
So much for meet me at Finegans Bar in 15. d ===================== "SRO I: NASD and NYSE Release Guidance on Retention of Instant Messaging As Expected,...
Dwight Hines
dwighthines@...
Jul 1, 2003 11:39 pm
46976
... Can a non-lawyer chime in here? As I recall from a course I took, the status of a business with its door open to the public is one where everyone is an...
Stephen Satchell
list@...
Jul 2, 2003 1:55 am
46977
... Interesting you should bring up PostScript, because it's a perfect illustration of the limits of copyright and trademark law. In the type font work, no...
Stephen Satchell
list@...
Jul 2, 2003 2:06 am
46978
Hi all, ... DRM 2003 October 27, 2003 The Wyndham City Center Washington DC, USA Call for Papers Original Research Papers on all aspects of Digital Rights...
Stefan Bechtold
stef@...
Jul 2, 2003 6:49 am
46979
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/02/1056825430340.html> UK government gets bitten by Microsoft Word By Sam Varghese July 2 2003 The British government...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jul 2, 2003 2:08 pm
46980
... From: CDT Info <info@...> To: policy-posts@... Subject: Policy Post 9.14: Congress Takes on Spam Date: 02 Jul 2003 13:59:37 -0400 CDT POLICY POST...
Randall
rvh40@...
Jul 2, 2003 6:11 pm
46981
WASHINGTON - The government and private technology experts warned Wednesday that hackers plan to attack thousands of Web sites Sunday in a loosely coordinated...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Jul 2, 2003 8:46 pm
46982
EDRI-gram bi-weekly newsletter about digital civil rights in Europe Number 11, 19 June 2003 ================================================================== ...
Dwight Hines
dwighthines@...
Jul 2, 2003 10:50 pm
46983
... everyone ... That stuff (guest v. business invitee v. trespasser) is really more about negligence and what duty a property owner has to fix things and what...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Jul 2, 2003 11:08 pm
46984
This work could not have been done without computerized databases. It is a great application of cyber-law. Weinberg and his team are to be congratulated....
Dwight Hines
dwighthines@...
Jul 2, 2003 11:10 pm
46985
... That seems fucked up. If there's no "state action" involved with the landlord's ban, how are they going to enforce it? Why is that not state action when...
Randall
rvh40@...
Jul 2, 2003 11:14 pm
46986
... Has THAT been ruled on lately? I think I had a really eye-opening experience because I went to law school in basically "two pieces." The first time we...