Or, more recently and pertinently to this case since it involves discrimination, the case of  Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza [2004] UKHL 30 where the House of Lords ruled that the relevant provisions of the 1977 Rent Act treats the survivors of homosexual relationships less favourably than survivors of heterosexual relationships. [read post]

(Patently-O) Patents Online announces new patent search engine (Patent Docs) SumoBrain now free (Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates)   Global - Copyright How music licensing rights can hurt music sales (Techdirt) Seth Godin - maybe art should be for its own sake and the enjoyment of the artist creating it (Copyfight)   Africa Pressure to sign up to European Partnership Agreements mounts (Afro-IP)   Australia Innovation policy in Australia -… [read post]

Contemplate this at Real Lawyers Have Blogs, which quoted Seth Godin and Scott Greenfield (at Simple Justice) on why worrying too much about "optimizing" a blog for search engine results is misguided: "At some point," said Godin, "you realize you're spending your best energy on optimization, not on creation. [read post]

Supreme Court in the affirmative action case of United Steelworkers of America v. [read post]

Blawg Review #213 is all about the community of law bloggers, the tribe, as Seth Godin might call it. [read post]