John Chandler, Esq

#attorney #compsci #copyrights #chemistry #opensource. 21st Century Legal work: A.I. = artificial inventorship

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

My favorite ways to doom an M&A transaction:
- miss aspects, compatibility of both companies during due diligence
- overpay
- miss what you are buying (e.g., people in a service business)
- delay integration
- pay insufficient attention to customers, employees of all companies

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

(3) the defendant's knowledge of the plaintiff's particular susceptibility to the emotional distress based on the circumstances. Johnson v. Standard Fruit & Vegetable Co., 984 S.W.2d 633, 638 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 1997), rev'd on other grounds, 985 S.W.2d 62 (Tex. 1998).

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

A relationship may give rise to a duty, which, if breached, would support mental anguish damages under Texas law -- requires a "specific duty of care that, under the law, arises from the relationship." Boyles v. Kerr, 855 S.W.2d 593, 600 (Tex. 1993).

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

(2) plaintiff's particular susceptibility to emotional distress, and

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

Most legal and personal relationships do not create a duty to avoid causing mental anguish. City of Tyler v. Likes, 962 S.W.2d 489, 496 (Tex. 1997). "Special relationship" cases have three common elements: (1) a contractual relationship between the parties . . .

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

Just writing + researching . . . fun expression: "acid roasting of spodumene to extract lithium" and bonus points for a
#Googlewhack

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

For those university campus freedom-curious, and audio-centric learners, we need an audiobook version of this new Rabban title:
https://t.co/2uIk6tcrie

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

PII under the GDPR includes ". . . online identifiers provided by their devices, applications, tools and protocols, such as internet protocol addresses, cookie identifiers or other identifiers such as radio frequency identification tags."

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

PII under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ("... data protection should apply to any information concerning an identifiable natural person . . .") is not the same as in US NIST SP 800-122 (where "PII" is "... any information about an individual maintained by an agency.")

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

While I love to eat tasty bagged snacks, I'm newly overwhelmed by the daunting task to recycle FFS (form fill & seal) bags. I cannot buy another bag of Doritos guilt-free again . . . Here's the search for a viable recycle option for chip bags: https://t.co/1wPvE4loB4

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

I normally don't repost, but this @TheAtlantic cover is haunting and worth a look - abt the former Republican party. Beautifully done!

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Update: A reader has directed us to the December 1954 cover, a seasonal illustration by Frederick Banbery bearing no headline or typography (but featuring several top hats). Banbery had made a similar cover for the December 1953 issue.

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

Keep you PC running its best, if you cannot avoid Microsoft:
https://t.co/RESDUvbwe5

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

Do you value your freedom from Amazon's garden?Fire Tablet setup: How to skip Amazon registration https://t.co/A1188FR4Jq via @ygalanter

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

I lean toward removing commercial success for determining 'fair use' -- See if you agree with 10th Circuit which reconsiders fair use of ‘Tiger King’ footage https://t.co/mcfmhkUSIW

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

7th Circuit Remands Sullivan v. Flora case (again) to apply Independent Economic Value Test - do damages get awarded on individual images or copyrighted compilations? See summary:
https://t.co/Vey149ZlK9

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

If you need to do digital image processing, try G'MIC - a full-featured open-source framework:
https://t.co/NBmEK9574B

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

Faascinating patent story about #biopiracy: one man fought a patent war over turmeric: https://t.co/qOAgFd72bF

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

I need to remember daily: ''Skate to where the puck will be, not where's it's been.'' Wayne Gretzsky

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

Anyone ever studied and learned something from the materials at the USPTO on Business Method patents?
https://t.co/cRePx0d5vW

[John Chandler, Esq @johnchandlerESQ]

"Ode to a Spell Checker", by Jerrold Zar
Eye halve a spell checker
It came with my pea sea.
It plainly marks four my revue
miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a quay and type a word
and weight for it to say
Weather eye yam wrong oar write.
It shows me strait a weigh