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"Shrinkwrap" licensing on wood-shop tools

Reports are circulating that Stots Corporation, a maker of jigs (a.k.a. templates) for woodmaking, has been shipping its TemplateMaster jig with a shrink-wrap l…

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CyberSecurity Agenda

A revised and expanded schedule of events for the upcoming CyberSecurity, Research, and Disclosure conference is now online. Register before Nov 1 and save.…

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3rd Circuit Appeals Court Brief Opposing FCC Media Ownerhsip Rules…

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Supreme Court Brief on Benefits of Municipal Ownership of Telecom & High Speed Internet Facilities…

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Shaking the Foundations 2003

Shaking the Foundations 2003 is an annual student-organized conference that brings together law students, practitioners, and academics from around the country w…

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shaking the foundations

I will be speaking on a panel on "Equally in war and in peace: An Examination of Civil Rights in the Wake of 9/11" on 11/9 at Shaking the Foundations…

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McDanel Files

In case you missed it before the DoJ removed it from its servers, here is the original press release announcing Bret McDanel's [wrongful] conviction. And h…

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Open Access to Scientific Information

In the ongoing revolution of how scientific information is being published, major German research organizations have published a Berlin Declaration on Open Acce…

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Taking Patent Reform to the Banc

The beautiful and talented Donna Wentworth recently called me a "Stupid Patent Avenger."  While I'm usually not tickled when people use the word &…

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Washington Internet Daily

October 22, 2003: Admission of Bad Conviction Shows Hacking Act Needs Clarity, Lawyer Says, Washington Internet Daily…

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Voting Vagaries

There's something weird going on in the implementation of touchscreen technology for voting machines: the company Diebold is making tons of voting machines…