I'm still worrying about software patents and am more and more convinced than ever that the Supreme Court, probably sooner than later, will reaffirm _Benson_,...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jun 3, 2006 6:53 pm
50076
Very interesting. A couple of points. The policy favoring uniformity in patent law that gave rise to the creation of the Federal Circuit's exclusive...
J. Noble
jfnbl@...
Jun 4, 2006 2:41 am
50077
I want to thank John Noble for his most informative response to my query about _Holmes Group, Inc. v. : >Vornado Aircirculation Systems, Inc._, ... I don't...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jun 4, 2006 10:16 pm
50078
On Tuesday, May 23, 2006 the Department of Health and Human Services published a notice (71 FR 29642) seeking comment on the idea of voluntary storage of...
Stephen T. Middlebrook
Stephen.Middlebrook@...
Jun 5, 2006 11:00 pm
50079
This may not be exactly on-topic but it is worth a shot. This is to the lawyers in this group. I am a lawyer defending a couple of individuals in a SLAPP...
David L. Finger
dfinger@...
Jun 6, 2006 12:37 am
50080
A recent affidavit filed in a court case in Florida claimed a 'contract' between the purchaser of computer software and the software manufacturer was attached....
Dwight Hines
dwight.hines@...
Jun 13, 2006 1:06 pm
50081
... I don't see what this has to do with Computer Communications. The contract may be partially oral or by implication, but the invoice and the check together...
Peter D. Junger
junger@...
Jun 13, 2006 3:48 pm
50082
I'm surprised that you don't see the relationship of contracts and invoices to computer communications. One of the areas, just one, where our legal system has...
Dwight Hines
dwight.hines@...
Jun 15, 2006 1:11 am
50083
http://htdaw.blogsource.com/post.mhtml?post_id=347565 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 11:51 PM EDT A Note to Google Users on Net Neutrality: The Internet as we...
Randall
rvh40@...
Jun 15, 2006 4:16 am
50084
In its suit against the State of New Jersey filed on June 14 in NJ District Court, DoJ reuses declarations by DNI Negroponte and DIRNSA Alexander in Hepting v....
John Young
jya@...
Jun 19, 2006 2:48 pm
50085
More on why it's not as straightforward as it appears. John Noble ... ********************************************************************** For Listserv...
J. Noble
jfnbl@...
Jun 19, 2006 2:56 pm
50086
This issue is more complicated than first appears. Think twice before ... ********************************************************************** For Listserv...
J. Noble
jfnbl@...
Jun 19, 2006 3:52 pm
50087
... Technically, that is bullshit. QoS will have zero effects against all that, or security in general. ... Internet is not reliable for anything where lives...
Olivier Galibert
galibert@...
Jun 19, 2006 4:55 pm
50088
I know Farber's position pretty well, and I know Yoo's (he spoke at Yale about his approach to the issue). To me, Yoo's position in particular was comical --...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 19, 2006 5:32 pm
50089
... I don't think Farber is arguing that innovation comes from carriers; rather that innovation may be facilitated by the innovator's ability to buy bandwidth...
J. Noble
jfnbl@...
Jun 20, 2006 2:18 am
50090
... I didn't mean to be read as suggesting that Farber holds this view. As I thought I made clear, it's Yoo who holds this view. Farber's view is a little...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 20, 2006 2:39 am
50091
... As the NCTA would point out, cable is not and has not been a common carrier. Yet, as a non-common carrier, cable has been more successful at delivering...
Sean Donelan
sean@...
Jun 20, 2006 3:12 am
50092
... My apologies. On closer reading, I did conflate their positions and your view of Yoo, who I don't know except by his alignment with Farber in their joint...
J. Noble
jfnbl@...
Jun 20, 2006 5:18 am
50093
... Yet cable has functioned something like a common carrier, despite not being covered under that regime. To say that "cable has been more successful at...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 20, 2006 12:56 pm
50094
... The same may said of building roads and bridges. I don't find such "inefficiency" particularly troubling, and I think it may well be a positive social...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 20, 2006 2:36 pm
50095
... That's part of the problem with the debate, everyone is talking about a different part of the elephant. The net neutrality debate seems to have morphed...
Sean Donelan
sean@...
Jun 20, 2006 3:20 pm
50096
... I'm attracted to the public utility model when it's a publicly-owned infrastructure acquired at cost. That may be suitable to the transport element of...
J. Noble
jfnbl@...
Jun 20, 2006 4:58 pm
50097
... Should we prohibit private schools and bottled water because they violate school or water neutrality? How do you define school or water neutrality? Should...
Sean Donelan
sean@...
Jun 20, 2006 5:05 pm
50098
... I'm not too terribly worried about this. I'm not myself confused about what "common carrier" means, and I think the notion provides traction for those who...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 20, 2006 5:08 pm
50099
Hello, I orginally subscribed to this list back in 1995 after talking with Ed Cavazos at a Sun Microsystems seminar on "Computers and the Law." I contributed...
rjasonc
rjasonc@...
Jun 20, 2006 5:11 pm
50100
... I have to disagree here. Discrimination by roads (or road owners) could be beneficial to society. What about discrimination FOR ambulances and fire ...
rjasonc
rjasonc@...
Jun 20, 2006 7:31 pm
50101
... Not unless they're using the same facilities as public schools and the same waterworks as public water. Then we probably should prohibit both. Nobody's...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 20, 2006 7:46 pm
50102
... Jason, if you think this is true, why not pick a jurisdiction to try it in and get back to us on the results. If citizens are happier with your experiment...
Mike Godwin
mnemonic@...
Jun 20, 2006 7:50 pm
50103
... In the USA, most publicly used networks are privately owned. Most publically owned networks, e.g. government agency networks, are private and the public...
Sean Donelan
sean@...
Jun 20, 2006 8:50 pm
50104
... Is that an argument? "Try it and see?" How about we look at the contra example (i.e. the current state of affairs)? Seeing that people aren't happy with...