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Linus Torvalds Interview

BusinessWeek has published an interview with Linus Torvalds. First question: "What are the biggest challenges facing Linux?" Answer: "From a te…

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New York Law Journal on Tiffany v. eBay

Thursday August 19th, the NYLJ has this article about Tiffany's suit against eBay for direct and contributory trademark infringement over using its name as…

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Win, Win

At yesterday's hour-long hearing on Plaintiffs Rule 56(f) motion for discovery and the government's motion for a protective order to stay discovery, the…

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Golan v. Ashcroft: Win & Win

We won the Rule 56(f) motion and also defeated the government's attempt to stay discovery.  Read the details here.…

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checks, not chants

More grassroots online organizing.  Filmmaker Jack Cushman has launched Realprotest.org, a website about protesting the Republican National Convention.  The sit…

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BloggerCon III at Stanford Nov 6.

BloggerCon III November 6, 2004 Stanford Law School Free and Open for All We're pleased to announce that BloggerCon III will be November 6, 2004 at Stanfor…

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Ersatz Ink Fueling Terrorism?

From Politech, this odd notice of a Chamber of Commerce "Intellectual Property Roundtable" earlier this morning.  Members of the press are expressly u…

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Homeland what?

Today I went to the post office to take care of renewing my passport.  This is a sad day, because I actually liked my old passport photograph, taken with good l…