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7 Nov, 2007 7:49 am
... In re Ferguson (Fed. Cir. 2007) (on appeal) Scott Harris is one of the named inventors on U.S.
Patent Application No. 09/387,823. He is also ... - asking the court to explicitly define patentable subject matter to include business methods.** Ferguson's claimed invention focuses on the "concept of a marketing company devoted to selling/marketing ... , and tangible result" or "transform" something
into a new physical state. Because Ferguson's claims don't fit either of these categories, the Board held ...
26 Mar, 2007 7:02 am
... ). * * * * * As Exhibit A in the constitutional anti-canon, it is easy enough to find objectionable features in Dred Scott. But a
remarkable characteristic of even the worst legal arguments is that they are often Janus-faced-they contain ideas that, in ... as an "anti-colonialist," a central term in
turn-of-the-twentieth-century discourse. It was the great dissenter in Plessy v. Ferguson and the Civil Rights Cases, John Marshall Harlan, who
drew on this aspect of Taney's opinion, just as the pro- ...
10 Mar 6:15 pm
In re Ferguson (Fed. Cir. 2009) Scott Harris has been discussed several times on Patently-O. Harris
is a former Fish & Richardson partner. Fish handles the most patent litigation of any firm in the ... , and as Applicants conceded during oral argument, "you cannot touch the
company." Ending in a flourish, the court found that in fact, the Ferguson paradigm claims are "drawn quite literally to the paradigmatic
abstract idea." (quoting Warmerdam). Judge Newman offers a poignant ...
5 Aug 8:51 am
... this because as I listened to the lecture, drifting in and out, I found myself thinking of the Dred Scott decision, which so outraged Brown
that it spurred him to draft his own Provisional ... , and murder arising from his failed raid on Harper's Ferry. (Robert Ferguson and Steven
Lubet beat me to the article.) Brown had already gained notoriety ... . We should all take note. Of course, none of this explains what got me thinking about Dred Scott, Obama, and citizenship. I'll save that for my next post.
7 Mar 10:40 pm
The beginning of the CAFC decision states: Lewis Ferguson, Darryl Costin and Scott C. Harris
(collectively, "Applicants") appeal from the final decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ("Board") sustaining the rejection of all sixty-eight claims of their U.S.
Patent Application Serial No. 09/387,823 ("the '823 application"). (...) Because we conclude that Applicants' claims are not within the parameters of the statutory ...
31 Mar 10:36 am
... v. Madison, etc. After that, though, the list gets real interesting. Brandeis makes two appearances: his "Right to Privacy" article is #75, while his opinion in Erie Railroad v.
Tompkins is #94. Harlan is represented (sort of) at #20: Plessy v. Ferguson, although Blomquist isn't really citing Harlan's dissent. Instead
he cites the majority opinion as an example of what he calls negative creativity: where creative means were used to reach a deplorable outcome. I'm not sure how instructive lists ...
10 Apr 10:58 am
... cases)? Brown v. Board of Education (16,868 cites), followed closely by Roe v. Wade (15,991 cites). Brandeis makes an appearance in the top 10 cases with Erie Raliroad Co. v.
Tompkins, while Olmstead is the 25th most cited case. Plessy v. Ferguson is the 12th most cited case, which I would imagine is due in no small
part by Harlan's dissent. All of this is nice fun for legal historians and trivia buffs, but there is a practical use for this data as well. All law professors are familiar with the ...
25 Jun 10:17 am
Harlan's dissents in Plessy v. Ferguson and the Civil Rights Cases are well known, but the June 2009 issue of the ABA Journal has a story about
Harlan's role in another little known, but significant, civil rights case: United States v. Shipp. In Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1906, a black man named Ed Johnson was accused of raping
a white woman. Barely escaping a lynching, he was found guilty and sentenced to death by an all white jury despite overwhelming evidence of his innocence. His white ...
26 Dec, 2007 6:20 am
Source:eWeek, December 24, 2007. The Most Important Hardware Stories of 2007 By Scott Ferguson
December 24, 2007 :Michael, Acer, Xen, Pretexting and Petaflops. eWEEK's Scott Ferguson names the
hardware stories of the year that will have an impact well into 2008". READ MORE...
14 Aug, 2006 2:22 pm
... .0(c) and Commentary thereto. And what of the Court's adoption of the government's reference to the extent of the departure being 99.89%? It didn't seem to matter to the Court when
the district court in U.S. v. Scott Ferguson [see Randy Alden's post, below] imposed a 100% higher
sentence than the presumptively reasonable guidelines sentence. What will the break point be? 66%? 50%? 33%? Will there be a presumptively reasonable amount of variance? ...
17 May, 2008 5:25 am
... our works and control the ways in which they are used." In addition to surpassing 6,000 signatures online, many prominent members of the music community have physically signed a
special version of the "Bill," including: Lionel Richie, Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, Justin Timberlake, Quincy Jones, Desmond Child, Jackson
Browne, Steve Miller, Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Chamillionaire, Keri Hilson, Johnta Austin and John Rzeznik. Both the full text of "Music Copyright in
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26 Apr, 2008 11:01 pm
... Awards held on April 9 and was also introduced to attendees of the third annual ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO (April 10-12). In just a few days, more than 500 signatures were
collected including: Lionel Richie, Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, Justin Timberlake, Desmond Child, Jackson Browne, Steve Miller, Marilyn Bergman,
Alan Bergman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Chamillionaire, Keri Hilson, Johnta Austin and John Rzeznik. These 500-plus signatures served as the kick-off to a grassroots campaign that,
...
3 Sep 1:08 pm
Jared Rhoads has posted a fresh Health Wonk Review at The Lucidicus Project. There are many interesting posts running the gamut: healthcare reform, home birth, hospice, hypertension and
a variety of other topics that the health bloggers found noteworthy in the last two weeks. Other news notes Bad Manager of the Month Club - Scott Polston, an employee of Foster...
21 Jun, 2007 1:46 pm
... the participation of those journalists, government operatives and military officials, once engaged in that reconstruction effort. Ferguson
creates a stirring account of how our arrogance and lack of experience undermined America's purported plans ... attack of the Bush Administration comes from those who once worked with
the administration at the time, not from Ferguson or his narrator, Scott. Instead, the assembly of
frustrated commentators -- people who were in Iraq to bring freedom and safety to ...
23 Oct, 2008 8:28 pm
... a part in the battle of brother against brother. In 1857, the court weighed in on the question of human bondage with the Dred Scott
decision, followed shortly by the 1859 trial of abolitionist John Brown in Virginia who sought to free the slaves. ... argued the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the
Constitution prohibited the railroad from making these distinctions. Judge John Howard Ferguson ignored federal law and ruled that Louisiana
had the right to regulate railroad companies as long as ...
9 Aug, 2006 4:02 am
... the theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2313. United States v. Scott A. Ferguson, --F.3d--, No.
05-3998 (6th Cir. August 9, ... in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)." The judge weighed the factors and sentenced Ferguson to 12 months in prison and 3
years of supervised release, and ordered him ... range and traditional "departures" made pursuant to Guidelines' provisions. The panel's opinion in Ferguson is mostly important for how it distinguishes between, and utilizes the concepts, of "substantive reasonableness" and " ...
3 Apr, 2008 3:20 pm
... the superintendent's daughter. Cathy Heminghaus Cathy Heminghaus, 46: Special-education teacher from Ferguson, Mo., charged with statutory
sodomy involving at least three of her students ... . Karen Patton Karen Patton, 41: English teacher and cheerleading coach at Scott Memorial
Middle School in Wytheville, Va., resigned in January 2006 after she ... Texas, charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student. The victim, Michael Ferguson, alleges: "She just started grabbing me and hormones were on and ...
9 Oct, 2008 5:37 pm
... Scott Barker v. City of West Lafayette and Officer Adam S. Ferguson, a 14-page opinion, Judge
Crone writes: Christopher Scott Barker appeals the trial court's attorney fees order issued upon remand from another panel of this Court. The
fees order followed Barker's successful civil rights action against the City of West Lafayette and Officer Adam S. Ferguson (collectively, "the
City"). The City filed a cross-appeal. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand. ...
15 Sep, 2008 4:40 pm
From the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals: T.B. v. Cullman County Department of Human Resources Ex parte Ferguson, Petition for Writ of Mandamus;
In re: Ferguson v. Ferguson Corwin v. Corwin Swann v. Regions Bank and Barnett Burlington Insurance
Company v. Fluid Services, Inc ... Service v. Keating Franklin v. Etheridge D&E Investments, L.L.C., d/b/a Kiva Dunes v. Singleton Scott v.
Lenoir From the Supreme Court of Alabama: Carroll v. Williams Ex parte Burr & Forman, LLP, Petition for Writ of ...
11 Nov, 2008 12:15 pm
... M.D. - Neurosurgeon Call for dates Norman Kohn, M.D. - Neurologist Call for dates Scott A. Kale, M.D. - Internal Medicine Appleton / Green
Bay / Oshkosh / Neenah September 4, ... for Dates Mark R. Aschliman, M.D. - Orthopedic Surgeon Call for Dates Anthony A. Ferguson, M.D. - Ortho
Surgeon - Foot/Ankle Plainfield September 23, 2008 James C. ... for Dates Mark R. Aschliman, M.D. - Orthopedic Surgeon Call for Dates Anthony A. Ferguson, M.D. - Ortho Surgeon - Foot/Ankle Plainfield June 26, 2008 James C. ...
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