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Covers Constitutional and Intellectual Property (copyrights, patents, trademarks) Law, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Internet and New Media, and business-related legal issues from a American and European perspective. Sports (especially college football), Lifestyle (especially the wine business), and Ancient History (especially Legal History)-- all from a broadly defined legal and evidentiary point of view-- round out the picture.
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World's Top Patent Holders

Posted on June 04, 2010
World's Top Patent Holders at Portfolio.com.

Search World Government Data at the Guardian's Databases

Posted on June 04, 2010
Search World Government Data at the Guardian's databases

USPTO Director David Kappos Delivers Speech on the Innovation Economy and Unleashing Intellectual Property to Fuel Growth and Create Jobs

Posted on June 04, 2010
At Patent Baristas -- in nicely reformatted in larger type -- see the June 2, 2010 speech given at the Center for American Progress by Under Secretary of Commerce and USPTO Director David Kappos on the The Innovation Economy and Unleashing Intellectual Property to Fuel Growth and Create Jobs -or - go to the -- typically -- less readable original at the United State Patent Office here in unnecessarily small print...

Legal Accountability for the Disaster in the Gulf: The Obama Administration Takes a Stand : A Full & Vigorous Accounting

Posted on June 03, 2010
Here is an email that I received from the WhiteHouse concerning the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the actions that the Obama Administration is taking with respect to it: Good afternoon, Yesterday, President Obama and I met with former Senator Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator Bill Reilly who will chair the bipartisan BP Oil Spill Commission...

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News that Really Matters : Has American Car Culture Peaked?

Posted on June 03, 2010
Richard Florida at The Atlantic in The Great Car Reset refers to an article -- The End of Car Culture -- by Nate Silver at Esquire magazine and to a similar article by Jack Neff at Advertising Age -- Is Digital Revolution Driving Decline in U.S. Car Culture? -- which provide evidence that America's car culture has peaked...

Speaking of "Judges": Armando Galarraga Throws a Perfect Game, but Umpire Joyce Blows a Clear Out Call at First Base with 26 Batters Down : Video Proof : Baseball Commissioner Lets Decision Stand

Posted on June 03, 2010
Two down, one to go in the 9th inning of a game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Armando Galarraga on the mound has thus far thrown a perfect game for the Tigers. Are the umpires ready? The ball heads for the plate...

The SCOTUS Whiz Kids? The Supreme Court Lineup Has its Eyes on the Ball, Baseball That Is - Matching the SCOTUS Justices with their Positions

Posted on June 02, 2010
Adam Liptak at the New York Times Sidebar notes in This Bench Belongs in a Dugout that the United States Supreme Court has a lineup that is packed with baseball fans, and will be even more so if Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Court, but perhaps this is not surprising, for as Liptak notes: "There have been more references to baseball in federal and state judicial opinions over the last century or so than to any other sport, though golf is a surprisingly close second...

U.S. Supreme Court Limits Miranda Overreach as Justice Kennedy Shifts the Country in the Right Direction to Stop Senseless Mollycoddling of Criminals based on Hairsplitting Legal Technicalities

Posted on June 02, 2010
Does it matter if a U.S. Supreme Court decision would mean that a murderer would go free? It matters to the average citizen. Good law brings the right results. Bad law brings bad results. Todd Spangler of the Washington Staff of the Detroit Free Press in Supreme Court reins in Miranda rules in case from Southfield summarizes a recent 5-4 U...

What Legal Documents are Required for Websites?

Posted on June 02, 2010
See Al Taylor's What legal documents do I need for my new website? at the Web Law Blog Website Law.

English Website Law - UK and EU Requirements for Web Developers and Webmasters

Posted on June 02, 2010
Website Law is "a website dedicated to helping web developers and webmasters ensure that their sites comply with the varied and ever-changing requirements of English law". Take a look.

Bilski Watch: Timing of Supreme Court Decisions - Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

Posted on June 02, 2010
Bilski Watch: Timing of Supreme Court Decisions - Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

Q&A: Is Israel's naval blockade of Gaza legal? | Reuters

Posted on June 02, 2010
Q&A: Is Israel's naval blockade of Gaza legal? | Reuters

World Economics and National Finance

Posted on June 01, 2010
I may be wrong, but I have a "jaundiced" Charles Dickens view of world economics and national finance. On the scale of nations, money and journal entries are merely one way of assigning "rights" in a given system of monetary exchange and they tell only one small part of the picture...

Effective Date of Copyright Registration at the U.S. Copyright Office depends on the Court of Jurisdiction

Posted on May 31, 2010
At On the Docket at Forbes in When Is a Copyright ?Registered?? ? Depends Where You Litigate Glenn G. Lammi, Chief Counsel (Legal Studies) at Washington Legal Foundation, points to a split in the U.S. Courts of Appeal on the issue of the effective date of "registration" of a copyright at the U...

Bilski Decision Coming - The Basic Issues and Business Patents

Posted on May 30, 2010
At Forbes.com On the Docket Daniel Fisher in Bilski May Take Down Business Method Patents With Him has a nice summary of the basic issues involved in the pending Bilski case at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Obama's "Oilgate" : The Buck Stops Here : Deepwater Horizon Oil Gusher Fiasco similar to 1979 Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico where Similar Topping Methods were used and failed : BP's Legal Liability

Posted on May 30, 2010
The Buck Stops here: It is high time for President Obama to put all available relevant government resources to work to stop the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill Disaster. Stephen C. Webster at Raw Story in 1979 news reports on Mexican oil gusher may as well be from 2010 informs us that the current oil spill is similar to a gusher in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979 in which all of the same methods thus far used to halt the Deepwater Horizon deepsea oil gusher were also tried - and failed...

2010 Eurovision Song Contest, Oslo, Norway: Geographic Map of Finalists Reveals Clear Pattern : plus Betting Odds and Comments Going into the Finals

Posted on May 29, 2010
After semifnals reduced the field of contestants from 39 countries, 25 nations compete this evening in the Finals of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest which will be seen by over one hundred million viewers. Who will win? Our geographic map below of the finalists for Eurovision 2010 contains some fat surprises...

Victoria Pynchon argues that New York Anti-Bullying Law takes Legislation too far in attempting to manage Personal Human Relations in the Workplace

Posted on May 28, 2010
At On the Docket at Forbes.com, Victoria Pynchon in New York Anti-Bullying Law A Big Bad Idea examines to what degree legislation such as this "attempts to manage that which can only be managed up close and personal."The degree to which good manners can be legislated is an interesting question and we have no fixed opinion yet on this issue...

The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of Association Football (Soccer) Teams

Posted on May 28, 2010
For all those out there following the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010, check out the world team rankings at The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. This ranking gives a good idea of the relative strength of the teams using professional ranking variables, although there are bound to be upsets and surprises -- there always are -- and the winner will be in doubt until the World Cup 2010 is raised high by the winning team after the end of the last game.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and Trademark Law Issues related to this upcoming Association Football (Soccer) Gala : Fans and Press Excepted

Posted on May 28, 2010
The Times Online suggests that one Steer clear of ambushing the World Cup [trademarks] as the FIFA (= International Federation of Association Football viz. F�d�ration Internationale de Football Association) guards its trademarks actively. Take a look at the World Cup Blog for a list of FIFA World Cup phrases for which the FIFA has applied for a trademark...

A Power Backlash against Apple? Time Warner and Universal not to rework Video Libraries to permit iPad Compatibility

Posted on May 28, 2010
Is Apple's market power going to its head?Edward Moyer at CNET News in Time Warner, Universal push back at iPadsuggests that Apple may be facing a power backlash on many fronts.

Walmart Deal: Get a new 16GB iPhone 3GS for $97 | The Cheapskate - CNET News (This is not a paid ad, just info)

Posted on May 28, 2010
Here is a deal at Walmart: Get a new 16GB iPhone 3GS for $97 | The Cheapskate - CNET News Read the posting by Rick Broida for more information. This is not a paid ad on our part, just info.

IAM Magazine - IAM Blog - German Supreme Court software patent decision "not a landmark ruling", says expert

Posted on May 27, 2010
IAM Magazine - IAM Blog - German Supreme Court software patent decision "not a landmark ruling", says expert

Luxury Cars and Boats at June 3, 2010 U.S. Treasury Auction in Broward County Convention Center, Greater Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Posted on May 27, 2010
Get yourself a luxury car or boat at the June 3, 2010 U.S. Treasury Auction in Broward County Convention Center, Greater Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Being auctioned off are inter alia: 2006 Ferrari F430 Spyder 2010 Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 Super Veloce 2009 Maserati Gran Turismo (GT) Coupe 2008 Bugatti Veyron EB16...

U.S. Senate Passes the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 which still needs House Approval : Paul Weiss issues Detailed Alert

Posted on May 27, 2010
The New York headquartered law firm Paul Weiss et al. ("Paul Weiss"), the alma mater law firm of the LawPundit, just issued (May 26, 2010) a detailed client alert titled Senate Passes Comprehensive Financial Reform Bill. The Paul Weiss alert covers "the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (the ?Bill?)", which was passed by the U...

Former SCOTUS Justice O'Connor Supports Kagan but Warns of Nomination Process : O'Connor Now at iCivics - Where Students Can Run Their Own Virtual Law Firm

Posted on May 27, 2010
Suzanne Clark in her ABC News exclusive in which former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Cautions Elena Kagan on 'Dreadful' Nomination Process, informs us that O'Connor is currently working on her "vision", iCivics, an education project for middle school students, which among other things has a game called "Do I Have a Right" in which students can "run [their own] firm of lawyers who specialize in constitutional law"...

Citigroup Sees a EURO Rally Because of EU Bailout of Greece : Joschka Fischer in SPIEGEL Interview Assesses German Chancellor Merkel and European Union Fiscal and Political Situation

Posted on May 26, 2010
Citigroup has closed its recommendation to buy the Norway Krone and sell the Euro as Euro Poised For ?Sustained Rally? on Reform, Aid. The European Union (EU) bailout package for Greece and the EU plan for helping other member countries in fiscal difficulty have removed the pressure from the Euro, a fiscal danger to the Euro driven primarily by speculative money markets...

Facebook Privacy Policies Have Litte Impact on Users as the Strategy of the Lowest Common Denominator -- also found in Blogging, Publishing, Academia and the Law - Captures the Mainstream

Posted on May 26, 2010
Privacy concerns about Facebook have few teeth in the absence of laws which impose a stricter regimen on what customer data social networking sites are permitted to make public and what not. As written in a Business Week headline,Facebook Privacy Woes Make Little Impact on Site?s Popularity: "While privacy is a consideration for users, many are wedded to Facebook?s features, such as messaging, social gaming and running feeds of friends? status updates...

Oil Drill Rig Deepwater Horizon Showed Signs of Trouble Hours Before Explosion

Posted on May 26, 2010
CNN.com writes that there were signs of trouble at the Deepwater Horizon oil drill rig already hours before the explosion that sank the platform and indications that a "blowout preventer" may not have done its job.

The Fashion Industry and IP Reform? Are Copyright-Unfettered Industries More Efficient than Other Copyright-Plagued Industries Such as Music, TV and Movies?

Posted on May 26, 2010
Johanna Blakely, the Deputy (Assistant) Director of the Norman Lear Center, a think tank at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, has a thought-provoking video comparing the immensely successful copyright-unfettered fashion industry with other - monetarily much less successful creative industries such as music, TV and movies, which are all in the middle of copyright wars...

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