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18 Aug 2008, 9:14 am
We've discussed non-competes often here in the past; Techdirt made much the same point a year and a half back.And then there is from Networkworld, Non-compete pacts called bad for tech innovation:Some instead seek employment in large companies that can defend them against litigation related to non-compete agreements, said Lee Fleming, an associate professor at Harvard who is conducting a research project into the subject. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 6:26 am
Democratic Underground (motion here) Righthaven sued over a five-sentence excerpt of a news article that was posted by a political discussion group.Here from Techdirt we have coverage of Righthaven appealing to the Ninth Circuit from a ruling that copying of an entire work can be fair use, together with a link here to the brief.Check out www.righthavenlawsuits.com for more. [read post]
4 Apr 2010, 4:17 am
“Developers Trying To Treat Houses Like Copyright; Want A Cut Of Every Future Resale” [Techdirt] It seems the anonymous online comments were made from the judge’s online account [Cleveland Plain Dealer] NLJ reports on surge of patent false marking suits [earlier here, here, here, etc.] [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 5:30 am
Other user-produced blogs like Techdirt, Mashable, and any other techy blogs that relate to social networks. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 8:47 am
On Wednesday March 2, starting at 1:15 PM (after the conclusion of the morning session on Introduction to Trademark Law), in downtown Minneapolis, we'll be discussing these interesting topics and hearing from several dynamite speakers, including Jackie Leimer of Chicago-Kent Law School (former President of INTA and former Chief Trademark Counsel of Kraft), Paul Mussell of Wells-Fargo, Mark Masnick of the famed Techdirt Blog; Craig Krummen of Winthrop… [read post]
14 Jan 2010, 12:09 pm
You can also read a Wrapup on TechDirt, and all recordings from the events will be online at WFUD.info. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 5:00 am
The irony is that, as others have pointed out (Boing Boing, Techdirt), Yee was previously best-known for sponsoring AB 1179, which banned the sale of violent video games to anyone under 18 because of the clear connection between those games and violent behavior. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Louis Post-Dispatch] Judge throws out mountain of tickets from Chicago traffic and speed cameras” [TimeOut, Timothy Geigner/TechDirt, earlier] Britain: following collapse of lengthy Operation Midland law enforcement inquiry into a fantasist’s wild tales of abuse (did senior Tories murder rentboys for fun?) [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 5:41 am
Of course the elected officials are in control (wink, wink) [The Recorder via Cal Civil Justice] Copyright enforcement mill appears to have copied its competitor’s website [TechDirt via Eric Goldman] Tags: asbestos, bankruptcy, Barack Obama, baseball, baseball bats, child support, contingent fee, copyright, Fred Baron, New York, politics, privacy, schools, shotgun defendant selection Related posts October 1999 archives, part 1 (0) July 2001 archives, part 3 (0) February… [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
Also quoted regarding the ominous move to heavy armaments of Wisconsin prosecutors investigating their political opponents in the dawn-raids “John Doe” proceeding [Watchdog, and second post, earlier] And here’s a previously unlinked Cato panel last month on cop militarization with David Kopel, Mark Lomax, and Cheye Calvo, moderated by Tim Lynch; Australia prime minister declares “repeal day” with “bonfire” of regulations [Jeff Bennett and Susan Dudley,… [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 2:55 am
Brannon, Congressional Research Service] “A social media campaign from the French government has been blocked by Twitter – because of the government’s own anti-fake-news law” [BBC via Elizabeth Nolan Brown] European authorities misidentify many pages on Internet Archive as “terrorist,” demand takedown [Mike Masnick, Techdirt] Armslist case is one in which Section 230 protected Second Amendment rights (that’s not a misprint for First) [John… [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 2:56 am
” [Mike Masnick, TechDirt] Author of new book, a Fordham lawprof, “wants the U.S. [read post]
26 May 2017, 3:05 am
Jarrett Dieterle, City Journal] If concept of obstruction of justice is not to do injustice itself, it must be confined to a limited number of well-defined offenses [Tim Lynch, Cato] “Drug recognition experts” deployed at traffic stops have a reliability problem, and that can put innocent people behind bars [11Alive Atlanta, Ed Krayewski] Zero-tolerance THC: Unimpaired driver gets six months for fatal crash she did not cause [Jacob Sullum] New York Senate approves bill to make… [read post]
19 Jun 2015, 8:46 am
p=1075 Mike Masnick, TechDirt: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150607/14411031264/only-copyright-office-would-fix-problem-orphan-works-doubling-down-problem-itself.shtml Kevin Smith: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2015/06/11/this-is-a-solution/ And see Jennifer Urban’s article, “How Fair Use Can Help Solve the Orphan Works Problem. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 2:59 am
” Take for example the Ninth Circuit [Cathy Gellis, TechDirt] New book (not seen by me) by Bruce Cannon Gibney, The Nonsense Factory: The Making and Breaking of the American Legal System, draws a favorable review from Tyler Cowen and a less favorable one from Mark Pulliam; The loophole that lets 3.1 million persons — even millionaires — collect SNAP benefits even though they wouldn’t otherwise meet eligibility standards, and why some state agencies are fine with… [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 8:44 am
Here’s more information about the project from Techdirt. [read post]
5 May 2011, 5:34 am
For more thoughts on that see this post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt, and this post by a UK blogger. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 9:05 pm
John Doe (“motion seems more like a gimmick designed to allow it an easy exit if discovery reveals its claims are meritless”) via Techdirt] IKEA dresser recall shows CPSC acting aggressively. [read post]
4 Dec 2011, 10:23 am
Techdirt's view here and here. [read post]
5 Jul 2008, 11:05 am
’: (IP finance), Allied Security Trust – High-tech companies pool resources to fight trolls: (IAM), (Techdirt), (Patent Prospector), (Ars Technica), (Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property) Global - Copyright On distinguishing between creative commons, the public domain, and all rights reserved – confusion in mainstream media: (creativecommons.org), Inside views: a new business model for the music industry explained: (Intellectual Property Watch),… [read post]
