The Electronic Frontier Foundation announces, “Thanks to a generous donation, EFF attorney Julie P. Samuels is now ‘The Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents‘.”
In a less jocular vein, Dan Burk on patent reform [Cato Regulation magazine, PDF]
Archive for January, 2013
Royalties demanded over purloined crystal skull
Priceless Mayan-inspired mystical totem, or late Nineteenth Century German artifact aimed at the tourist trade? In “Indiana Jones and the Bogus Lawsuit,” Kevin at Lowering the Bar goes on the authentication trail.
Not-about-the-money watch, dateline Newtown
The lawyer who filed a $100 million claim with the state of Connecticut over the Newtown shooting “said the lawsuit isn’t about the money,” though he’s withdrawn it at least for a while following a public outcry. [Greenwich Time, earlier, background on Not-about-the-Money-ism] More: Lenore Skenazy.
Best of 2012: December
- Homeless man wins $200K for exclusion from L.A. buses, and more legal complications ensue.
- LAPD: “Is there any way you or your crew could make a few arrests so we can avoid negative coverage?”
- Hemingway museum needs zoo license for cats.
- Do commercial property owners have a duty to keep defibrillator on site?
- “Do not taunt mat.” Funny doormat warning.
- “State of Kansas hits sperm donor for child support.”