Hello, As usual, a slightly off topic post. I'm sorry but you guys are so helpful. I'm in the process of applying to law schools. In my personal statement I ...
Martin
martinwk@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:33 am
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Get your degree, but don't take the bar exam... Then they'll all have to call you "doctor" (provided your school grants the juris doctor degree....). Once you...
roberthelmer@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:45 am
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... ISTM "practice law for clients" is the term you seek. Few lawyers actually do this; what you seek is not unusual. -- A host is a host from coast to...
David Lesher
wb8foz@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:48 am
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A few days ago, Lycos Europe released a screen saver program for users of its service, the purpose of which is to initiate traffic to websites allegedly ...
Ray Everett-Church
ray@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:58 am
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You have to wonder what Lycos was thinking. This thing is so goofy and dangerously susceptible to causing collateral damage that my understanding is that now...
roberthelmer@...
Dec 3, 2004 2:35 am
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IMHO: I would avoid indicating that you might screw up their stats re: U.S. News and World Report or any one else that happens to be measuring. Discuss your ...
DJBJD97@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:19 am
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I think Dayna's advice here is pretty good. This essay is not primarily about what you're going to do with your law degree (and, in any case, it doesn't help...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:36 am
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Here's one more program.... Very similar to the Lycos screensaver. "Q: What is SpamVampire? "A: SpamVampire is a spam abatement tool. It is an image rotator on...
roberthelmer@...
Dec 3, 2004 3:46 am
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Law schools are really looking for people who have done intersting stuff, and who can contribute different viewpoints -- both in class discussion and in the...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:50 am
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In message <20041203015554.9C1C554826@...>, at 17:56:02 on Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Ray Everett-Church <ray@...> writes ... Compare with the...
Roland Perry
roland@...
Dec 3, 2004 7:39 am
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What you say in applications to convey this notion is that legal training is extraordinarily valuable in today's complex world, and that you are excited about...
Chris Savage
chris.savage@...
Dec 3, 2004 12:49 pm
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My advice -- if you wish to address this issue in your personal statement, I would say something like "I don't envision a traditional law practice but plan to...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:45 pm
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Dear all: Just in case you may not have heard already, the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies is holding our Annual U.S....
Lawrence J. Spiwak
lspiwak@...
Dec 6, 2004 10:20 pm
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I know that some folks on the list followed the decision last spring in which Judge Lamberth of the D.C.Dist.Ct. ordered the Interior Dept. to disconnect a...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Dec 6, 2004 10:57 pm
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I sat through a two day CLE program that was otherwise indistinguishable from every other, with one exception - some kid from Stoll Keenan and Park gave a...
Randall
rvh40@...
Dec 7, 2004 2:54 am
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... Did he give any case cites? stm ********************************************************************** For Listserv Instructions, see...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Dec 7, 2004 3:22 pm
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There is a doctrine of patent misuse, and early in the days of domain name issues, some people wrote articles attempting to argue for recognition of a related...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
Dec 7, 2004 6:32 pm
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Quick search of federal cases turns up 125 using the exact phrase "copyright misuse." Perhaps someone else on the list will review them and share an analysis...
Eric C. Grimm
eric.grimm@...
Dec 7, 2004 6:35 pm
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... The main case is /Lasercomb/ Am., Inc. v. Reynolds, 911 F.2d 970 (4th Cir. 1990), text copy: http://www.bowie-jensen.com/computerlaw/lasercomb.html This...
Mike Oliver
me@...
Dec 7, 2004 7:27 pm
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Why should the copyright misuser and the copyright misusee have to be in privity of contract in order to give rise to the old unclean hands, etc. equitable ...
Paul Gowder
paultopia@...
Dec 8, 2004 5:37 am
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... Nope. Just "Fourth Circuit". ********************************************************************** For Listserv Instructions, see...
Randall
rvh40@...
Dec 8, 2004 12:04 pm
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... If I remember correctly, "unclean hands" doesn't apply to a body of law but rather to anyone seeking an equitable remedy. "He who comes to equity must...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Dec 8, 2004 7:52 pm
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As I recall, the copyright misuse theory has its roots in the patent concept - based more on a monopoly theory - using the government-granted IP "monopoly" to...
Mark Kolber
lawlists@...
Dec 8, 2004 9:01 pm
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Hi everyone, I was thinking about doing a paper on the state of intellectual property law as it exists in the middle eastern states. Does anyone have any...
Jason Fung
Jason.Fung@...
Dec 8, 2004 9:14 pm
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Do you mean Middle East states like Iran and Iraq? If so Drahos has an excellent body of work on international IP law. Do you mean mid-eastern states like...
Martin
martinwk@...
Dec 9, 2004 3:46 am
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... It's been a long while since I looked at this stuff in law school (not long after the Lasercomb case), so your mileage may vary. Unclean hands applies...
Stephen C. Carlson
scarlson@...
Dec 9, 2004 4:21 am
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... <snip> ... But since the copyright holder's monopoly now, thanks to the DMCA, covers the permission to circumvent "access control" devices in the...
Paul Gowder
paultopia@...
Dec 9, 2004 5:24 am
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... I can't quite understand the first question. The public policy behind the copyright (and patent) misuse is antitrust. There would have to be some kind of...
Stephen C. Carlson
scarlson@...
Dec 9, 2004 12:23 pm
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I am interested in the intellectual property law development of Middle East states such as Iran, Iraq, etc. What is Drahos? Jason ... From: Martin...
Jason Fung
Jason.Fung@...
Dec 9, 2004 5:24 pm
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... That's >why the defendent need not be in contractual privity >with the plaintiff to assert a misuse defense. It's just come to my attention that the Third...