Archive for April, 2010
As my twitter feed indicates, Above the Law broke news that the coveted USNWR law school rankings had leaked. A few hours ago, they had a link in their post to a user’s Flickr account. That account had about 6-10 scanned pages from what looked to be the official ranking list. Now it’s nearly 11pm [...]
Filed under: Copyrights, Defenses, Fair Use | 1 Comment
Word on the street is that the Bilski opinion will be coming out soon. Arguments were heard by the Supreme Court on November 9, 2009. Like any other area of law, the esteemed Justices are surely considering where to draw the proverbial “line.” To the lay person, why does Bilski even matter? To be quite [...]
Filed under: bilski, patents, Software, Supreme Court | 3 Comments
Tags: bilski, methods, patents, subject matter
Justice John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire from the Supreme Court in June. This will give President Obama the opportunity to appoint a second Supreme Court justice. After watching the confirmation hearings re: Sotomayor, things could get pretty darn interesting. Some people are saying that even Hilary Clinton or Al Gore could be [...]
Filed under: Kennedy, Sotomayor, Stevens, Supreme Court | 1 Comment
Tags: First Post, Obama, Sotomayor, Stevens, Supreme Court