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What is the Difference Between a Good Patent and a Bad Patent?

Brett Trout

Brett Trout When people hear the word patent, they often assume its a uniform stamp of protectionsomething rigid, standardized, and identical no matter who files it. But heres the truth that savvy inventors and business owners come to learn: not all patents are created equal.

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Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments

Eric Goldman

My takeaways: I did not hear 5 votes in favor of the plaintiffs’ position. Justice Gorsuch said that everything turns on the definition in (f)(4) of “access software provider,” an interpretation that would clearly collapse when pressed. That may be true, but it all depends on how “endorsement” is defined.

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Twitter Narrows, But Doesn’t Completely Avoid, a Dangerous Copyright Lawsuit–Concord Music v. X

Eric Goldman

Also, the court says: “Any feature that makes a service easier for all of its users will, by definition, also make the service easier for bad actors. If the publishers find any smoking guns, we’ll hear more about them. The plaintiffs have not identified any basis for concluding that X Corp. I imagine they will be thorough.

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4 Strategies for Preventing and Handling Frivolous Lawsuits

Lawmatics

There are more than 40 million lawsuits in the United states alone every year. And only 2% of those will ultimately proceed with a lawsuit. Contract and small claims cases comprise the bulk of the civil caseload, and unfortunately, most of these lawsuits are baseless claims, also known as frivolous lawsuits.

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The 9th Circuit Keeps Trying to Ruin Cybersecurity–Enigma v. Malwarebytes

Eric Goldman

Also, the definition of “malware” itself includes vague terms, like “disruptive” and “damaging”–and an “etc.” The lawsuit’s lengthy duration and high defense cost has significant substantive implications. ” NOT HELPFUL. We should not presume that we are.”

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What is a Legal Assistant? How to Become One?

MatterSuite

Legal assistants may perform tasks such as sorting or filing documents, preparing appointments and calendars, including trail schedules, and contacting clients and all other parties to lawsuits. They also regularly have contact with external organizations, clients, and courthouse representation for the setting of court dates and hearings.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

For those reasons, I strongly suspect this will not be the last we hear of this case. It is certainly within the definition of chutzpah to publicly display your own work on the Internet, visible for anyone to see for free and without further conditions, and then to complain that others are helping people find your work by linking to it.