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

Brett Trout

Why Litigation Experience Matters in a Patent Attorney One of the most overlooked but highly valuable assets in a patent attorney is litigation experience specifically, experience arguing patent cases in federal court.

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Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Bradford

Eric Goldman

We used to see lawsuits like this 15+ years ago, but we don’t see them any more because they are so obviously doomed by Section 230. Either way, looping Facebo0k into this litigation was a terrible decision. The post Facebook Easily Defeats Lawsuit Over User Posts–Hicks v. Whoa, what a flashback. LifelongLearning.

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Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Moody v. NetChoice

Eric Goldman

While the decision today doesn’t definitively resolve the future of the Florida and Texas laws, a majority bloc of justices–led by Justice Kagan–articulated some important principles that represent a major victory for the First Amendment freedoms of social media services.

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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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Photo Licensing Service Qualifies for DMCA 512(c) Safe Harbor–McGucken v. ShutterStock

Eric Goldman

Is the attorneys’ fee shift motivating some or all of this lawsuit? I’m sure ShutterStock would have written a $2,131 settlement check to avoid the litigation. Last year, ShutterStock won a very similar lawsuit in Steinmetz v. Otherwise, this case appears to be economically irrational. ShutterStock.

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Rounding Up Some Recent Copyright Decisions

Eric Goldman

This is a rare attack on the capacious definition of a service provider, and it did not succeed. Shockingly, the plaintiff didnt contest any of the other 512 elements, so Joybuy defeats the lawsuit. March 14, 2025) This is a lawsuit against an IAP for subscriber-caused copyright infringement. After II Movie, LLC v.

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What is a Legal Assistant? How to Become One?

MatterSuite

Legal assistants, also called litigation assistants, mainly perform ancillary work and work at the strategic and administrative levels to support the legal profession. Moreover, the American Bar Association (ABA) still only changed the definition of paralegal, which specifies that one cannot use the term legal assistant in 2020.