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Covering Intellectual Property - From the Neville Law Group
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Twitter in Plain English
Posted on December 03, 2008Some background; comments on Twitter to follow in mini posts http://en.blog.buzzparadise.com/twitter-for-dummies/
San Francisco Twitter
Posted on December 03, 2008San Francisco Grand Hyatt Hotel, December 2 2008 Interviewer: Kevin Maney (closest to podium) Interviewee: Evan Williams (closest to the tree)
Somali Pirates
Posted on December 03, 2008http://http://optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com/2008/12/02/somali-pirates-in-discussions-to-acquire-citigroup/
Stanford Hosts Celebration of California's William Saroyan
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US Turkey Sentiments
Posted on November 24, 2008At odds with National Diabetes Awareness month, November features the US celebration of Thanksgiving, epitomized by the below kitchen towel at a local Palo Alto fine grocery: photo credit: me and my iphone
Avatar Murder Lands Woman in Jail
Posted on October 23, 2008Real crime, real passion, real jail time - but the victim was an avatar...!!! Divorce me and You're Dead! Thanks to K.R. for submitting this story....
Mini Mythbusters
Posted on October 21, 2008I confess I enjoy watching the broadcast show "MythBusters," vicariously rigging all manner of apparatus winches, clamps, rotary arms, timing circuits and generally playing around within the arena of physics. If you haven't seen the show, they start with some myth and the questions about the properties at play...
Carp or Koi
Posted on October 19, 2008Title dilemma Tree of Carping? Can one hear kvetching murmurs on the gentle breeze? "This branch-- its really getting under my scales" Or, the accurate but too -long- for- a- Flckr tag: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Cyprinus Species: C...
Media Manipulation 1919 style
Posted on October 18, 2008From 2008, plagued by campaign spam and spin of viral messages and robo-calls, a look back to a time of ink and inches: In 1922, Roscoe Pound and Felix Frankfurter undertook a detailed quantitative study of crime reporting in Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers for January 1919, counting column inches...
Quote-able Quotes
Posted on October 18, 2008"Future lawyers should be more aware that law is not a system of abstract logic, but the web of arrangements, rooted in history, but also in hopes, for promoting to a maximum the full use of a nation's resources and talents." -Justice Felix Frankfurter http://en...
Pumpkin Plump
Posted on October 17, 2008Is that a gourd bar pick-up line? Guess my weight and take me home?
Segue Fully Loaded
Posted on September 20, 2008Try new things, and keep the mind young. A few weeks ago, while in beautiful San Diego, a friend and I rented Segues. I had admired the technological achievement, and wanted first hand experience. Although we were given helmets and a half hour orientation, I was not ready to ride on the path a few yards from the beautiful Pacific Ocean...
San Francisco: Born Digital Release Fete
Posted on September 08, 2008San Francisco Event: September 15 2008 Book Talk and Reception for Born Digital: Understanding The First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Monday, September 15th, 2008 6:00PM, to be followed by a cocktail reception. Free and open to the public, no RSVP required...
Heroes
Posted on September 01, 2008Heroes the TV show is great, right. We won't discuss the problems of time travel as described by Cauchy and string theory (next time - I know you can't wait !) But in a ligher vein, after you've read Berlinski's short history of mathematics, Infinite Ascent, you'll enjoy seeing how Jame Kakalios maps (jovially and with nary an equation up his sleeve) so many of the mathematical concepts into the world of Spiderman, Ironman, Batman : superheroes...
Quarterly taxes nigh: take the big picture
Posted on August 17, 2008Quarterly taxes will soon be due. Again. A few days ago I posted the fun comparative approach to animal courtship, mating and reproduction (Headless Males Make Great Lovers. Read it and see why the geeky male bower bird steals toothbrushes along with baubles, bangles and bright shiny things)...
Food Glorious Food- for thought
Posted on August 10, 2008Voting time means the usual circulation of emails recounting American suffragettes suffering to change a prohibition on the right to vote. Often jail and hunger strikes are mentioned. I read and send along various useful historical reminders, each calculated to revive appreciation for a right fought for by others...
Fannie Mae, Freddie and Me
Posted on August 07, 2008Palo Alto real estate foreclosures triggered a feeding frenzy in August. Now, in light of the looming demise of Fannie Mae et al, how ought one handle the stress of primal concerns? Reading infiltrates the wet-ware in ways films or the cartoon world of Second Life cannot...
Guns, Copyright, Guns Guns Guns
Posted on June 27, 2008The US Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of the total ban on handguns in DC. [District of Columbia v Heller]. Parsing the Second amendment into a prefatory clause - "Because a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State" - and an operative clause-"the right of the people to keep and bear arms" is not without controversy...
Digital Publishing
Posted on June 27, 2008International Digital Publishing Forum (formerly Open eBook Forum) is the International Trade and Standards Organization for the Digital Publishing Industry. Stay tune for a discussion of standards in the e audiobook field. See also eMusic Publishing Partners
eMusic Publishing Partners
Posted on June 19, 2008Random House Naxos Hachette Penguin McSweenies BBC Worldwide Simon & Schuster Brainsync L.A.Theater Works Tantor Media Phoenix Books Listen and Live Reagent Press Audio Evolution Hay House Publishers
Technology Law & Patent Resource Short List
Posted on June 18, 2008A short list of good reading Law Journals Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law http://www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/organizations/journals/scitech/index.html Duke Law & Technology Review http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/ Harvard Journal of Law & Technology http://jolt...
Beverly Hills: 360 deals in music
Posted on June 17, 2008Beverly Hills, California From The Beverly Hills Bar Association: Making Sense of the New Wave in Artist Deals -- The Insider's Guide to 360° " Recording " Deals After years of financial turbulence and changing business models due to the decline of physical record sales and disruptive technologies, music companies are now commonly viewing recording artists' ancillary income as vital new revenue streams...
eMusic CEO Pakman on Piracy & Profit
Posted on June 16, 2008Los Angeles hosted BookExpo May 2008 and http://eMusic's David Pakman gave a requiem for DRM in audiobooks. As with bottled water, where free is everywhere, non-free goods must simply be better. Opening with a recounting of the travails of music piracy (i...
LA: BookExpo Dave Pakman of eMusic Part 1
Posted on June 12, 2008At LA Book Expo, Dave Pakman, CEO of eMusic spoke of the "death of DRM" for audio books..
Los Angeles: BooxExpo 2008
Posted on June 10, 2008Los Angeles, June 2008 Coming soon: Synopsis Dave Pakman CEO of eMusic RIP DRM: epublishing of audio books
Los Angeles: Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream and the Idea of Partnerships
Posted on June 09, 2008From Los Angeles contributor Bob Coleman I don?t often recommend an obituary as a jolly story, but this remembrance of Baskin-Robbins co-founder Irvine Robbins qualifies. For one thing, ya gotta love a guy who ate ice cream for breakfast and still lived to be 90...
Urban Cyclists Unionize
Posted on June 08, 2008(submitted by Bob Coleman) In Toronto, cyclists form a first-of-its-kind union Believed to be the first of its kind, the Toronto Cyclists Union plans to offer insurance, roadside assistance, advocacy, and even an online dating service. Kathy Marks cocks her head, listening for the din of a thousand bicycle bells...
Neville Appointed to CA Bar Exec Committee
Posted on June 04, 2008Ms. Neville, a veteran IP attorney, has been appointed by the Board of Governors to the California State Bar Law Practice Management Executive Committee. Her term will end in 2011.
San Francisco:Embarcadero after rush hour
Posted on May 23, 2008In the San Francisco Embarcadero, only the sound of this fountain, and the ferry bell from the tower across the street (out of frame). photographer: dneville
Second Life: Virtual Store-Real Music
Posted on May 22, 2008Second Tunes is a service for musicians who want to sell their music in Second Life. As of last month, about a hundred artists are on the SecondTunes roster. To sell someone else's music in Second Life, You are limited to 150 songs at a time, and you must get a license from Harry Fox Agency for $15 and 9...
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