@lexlanham I try to emphasize why they’re each fun in their own ways.
(And then I admit that I love teaching copyright the most even though I work on patents.)
@jess_miers As I often point out, the Founders also considered the ability to engage in authorized piracy against foreign nations a “right” in the same context as they did copyright.
Still waiting for the American Privateering Association to start lobbying on that one.
Sadly I was teaching tonight so I didn’t get out until the tail end of the show. Hoping for more tomorrow.
(My IP students were pretty excited about the aurora too. The kids are okay.)
This comment from Gavin Newsom on vetoing SB 1047, the AI "safety" bill, is absolutely spot on.
I hope a diverse group of folks will now work together to help create less risky and more effective regulations.
@dex_eve@vcdgf555 Mangialardos in SE for old school, Bub and Pops for a more modern take.
If you include the surrounding burbs, the Italian Store in Arlington is also legit.
It’s nice to see people taking the questions AI raises seriously instead of jumping to defend/detract. As I tell my students, copyright history is in many ways a history of the law in dialogue with the history of technology. AI is just the next iteration. https://t.co/WYYsAgjqGz
Great post by @PatentJosh on the dangers of the RESTORE Act. Imagine the hold-up risk of any tech company trying to make goods in the US if their entire operation could be shut down in a dispute over a single component. Huge mischief-making opportunities for foreign rivals! https://t.co/JuZ2gDkG10
In a newly revised paper now forthcoming in IRLE, @crhelmers and I assess whether 4 of the most significant US patent system reforms of the last 20 years (eBay, PTAB, Alice, and TC Heartland) had a measurable impact on innovation: https://t.co/8kakNS3NNF
As judge-shopping becomes a topic of national concern, The Economist takes a look at its impact on patent litigation with help from Prof. Paul Gugliuzza (@prgugliuzza). https://t.co/bVKY04D7W3
Creators must be properly compensated, he said. “What incentive will tomorrow's writers, creators, journalists, thinkers, and artists have if AI has the ability to extract their ingenuity without appropriate compensation?”