Looking forward to participating in an excellent program today at the USPTO, marking 150 years since Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone patent. Watch online or join us in Alexandria if you're nearby!
www.uspto.gov/about-us/eve...
If you want to understand why your phone can play video files, you have to look at 19th-century sewing machines.
I spent some time with @planetmoney.bsky.social discussing the Sewing Machine War and patent pools and cooperation. Thank you, @samkesler.bsky.social @erikaberas.bsky.social.
the cover for our patent book, which is turquoise blue and decorated with a repeating pattern of patent drawings of an old-timey school bench-chair combo
Version 2 of our open-access patent casebook is now available!
- Free PDF copy available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- Low-cost print copy available here: a.co/d/8vpSEQi
And if you'd like to assign just one day on designs, we've got a supplement for that: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I just posted Ipse Dixit #823, featuring @jcontreras.bsky.social of @sjquinney.bsky.social discussing his draft article "Silly Patents." If you want to learn how to exercise your cat, check it out! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
Cool job alert! Public education re invention and innovation @ Lemelson Center @NMAH: https://trustcareers.si.edu/postings/6f15e5b7-58d5-45d7-9f7c-3880ee86f3cd
This remains a fair amount of media framing as well. I have tried to emphasize that the constitutional crisis began the moment it became clear that this executive branch has no internal account of its legal constraints, only an account of what it can get away with. That was in January.
I thought Borough, Block, Lot. (Too much time searching NYC property records). I was way off!
Scales of Justice
Just in time for the new semester, @guyrub.bsky.social, Ethan Leib, @pamelabookman.bsky.social, @matthewtbodie.bsky.social, Tal Kastner, & @jakelinford.bsky.social have made available a new open-source contracts casebook.
lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractspro...
Hello all,
Today is the official launch of the open-source contracts casebook I worked on with several fantastic scholarly collaborators (Guy Rub, Ethan Leib, Tal Kastner, Matthew Bodie, & Pamela Bookman). It's open-source, free to download, and modular.
contractscasebook.org
Cheers!
Pleased to announce the 4th ed of Jonathan Masur’s and my free patent law casebook. So far it has been adopted at 70+ law schools, and students say they love its problem-centered approach and conceptual clarity. Plus it has saved them a lot of money! www.patentcasebook.org
I just posted a draft article titled "Miller's Double Crossing," which tells the true story of United States v. Miller (1939) as recounted by Jack Miller's grand-daughter. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
