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Old 07-09-2012, 09:10 PM   #2791
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There's a guy who's threatened to report my clients to "the ACLU, the NAACP, Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey." It's the new Federalism.
Fuck him. If he can't get Al Sharpton's attention, he doesn't deserve your time.
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Old 07-17-2012, 09:08 PM   #2792
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One way to handle a grand jury
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Old 07-18-2012, 05:25 AM   #2793
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He could have objected to the date of birth and name questions as calling for hearsay.
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Old 07-18-2012, 11:33 PM   #2794
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He could have objected to the date of birth and name questions as calling for hearsay.
Well, sure, if he wanted to be a dick about it. Fed. R. Evid. 803(19); Cal. Evid. Code section 1310.
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Old 07-24-2012, 09:01 PM   #2795
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http://woodtv.triton.net/news/judge-...int-072412.PDF

she wielded the power fine, she just needed to know to delete stuff from the transcripts...
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Old 07-30-2012, 03:23 PM   #2796
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Apple has patented a rectangle.
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Old 07-30-2012, 03:31 PM   #2797
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there are 15 inventors. I don't do much design patent work, but it my guy were sued on this, first dep I'd want to know what was each of their contribution.

1 guy came up with making it a shape, another guy making it a rectangle and the other 13? of course they have at least one inventor who is the best kind of inventor- Mr. Jobs, so it might survive.
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Old 08-01-2012, 02:46 PM   #2798
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there are 15 inventors. I don't do much design patent work, but it my guy were sued on this, first dep I'd want to know what was each of their contribution.

1 guy came up with making it a shape, another guy making it a rectangle and the other 13? of course they have at least one inventor who is the best kind of inventor- Mr. Jobs, so it might survive.
They clearly stole some old drawings. The guy in Fig. 9 has pleats.
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Old 10-15-2012, 06:33 PM   #2799
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“Under Reddit logic, outing Violentacrez is worse than anonymously posting creepshots of innocent women, because doing so would undermine Reddit’s role as a safe place for people to anonymously post creepshots of innocent women.”

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Old 10-16-2012, 08:02 PM   #2800
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If you're going to put the HR director in charge of strongarming all the employees into binding arbitration agreements, make sure she signs first.
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Old 10-20-2012, 12:55 AM   #2801
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/te...?emc=eta1&_r=0

this is not the most hollow win I've ever seen, it's beyond that. it's like the part that should empty in a hollow win is filled by poison.
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Old 10-20-2012, 02:50 PM   #2802
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this is not the most hollow win I've ever seen, it's beyond that. it's like the part that should empty in a hollow win is filled by poison.
More important: were the judges wearing those silly wigs?
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Old 10-20-2012, 05:11 PM   #2803
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this is not the most hollow win I've ever seen, it's beyond that. it's like the part that should empty in a hollow win is filled by poison.
Well, they did better than I would have given them. I think it's kind of silly that one can patent a rectangle. Of course, everything I know about intellectual property law may be summed in that second sentence.
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Old 10-20-2012, 07:53 PM   #2804
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Awesome ruling against the FBI - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...00-3965054.php .
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Old 10-20-2012, 09:58 PM   #2805
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Iwant to make sure I have thje procedural history right: writer files FOIA statements; FBI jerks him off for a while; wter files suit to force disclosure and court orders same. The $470K is a recovery of attorney's fees and not damages, right?
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