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New Here

Posted on 2012/11/15 by lnxwalt

I am lnxwalt. I recently joined the team at OSP. $EMPLOYER keeps me on very irregular schedules, so I do not expect anything close to a regular schedule of posts. I came to open source (where “open source” means any … Continue reading →

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We’ll see you next semester for Info & Data Privacy

Posted on 2012/10/29 by Dougernaut

Among other things this semester, my grandmother died. While I am still working on replacing Nick longterm, that has not happened yet. Given everything, I think it’s unrealistic to expect patent content this semester. Next fall I do plan on … Continue reading →

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Hiatus until November?

Posted on 2012/10/06 by Dougernaut

Next week I have midterms in Professional Responsibility, Criminal Procedure, Copyright and Evidence. I also start the Copyright and Trademark Litigation masters class. The weekend after that I finish up the Copyright and Trademark Litigation course. The weekend after that … Continue reading →

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Patents: Weeks 3 & 4 — hiatus until Nick replaced

Posted on 2012/09/23 by Dougernaut

I just wanted to give people a quick heads up that I haven’t given up on blogging about my Patents course this semester. As I mentioned in the last post, Nick decided to leave the Lawcast and OSP on the … Continue reading →

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Patents: Day 4 – Patentable Subject Matter (Part III)

Posted on 2012/09/10 by Dougernaut

This is not legal advice. Reading for the day was:Merges & Duffy: 159-162 (Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant); 164-167 (Parke-Davis v. H. K. Mulford), Handout: Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO – Background, pp. 8-24, II. Subject Matter … Continue reading →

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Patents: Day 3

Posted on 2012/09/06 by Dougernaut

In prep for class, I went back and listened to the old Software Freedom Law Show’s talk on Bilski. You should too. We also discussed Mayo, Morse and The Telephone Cases. We were also supposed to read Benson and Diehr … Continue reading →

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Patents: Day 2

Posted on 2012/09/02 by Dougernaut

As always, this is not legal advice! This time the reading was Merges and Duffey 67-76 (Diamond v. Chakrabarty); 79-104 (Bilski v. Kappos); 2012 AIA Supplement 1-12 (Prometheous Labs v. Mayo). These are all cases I read in my “Fundamentals … Continue reading →

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Patents: Day 1

Posted on 2012/08/28 by Dougernaut

It’s been over two months since I last posted. I’m sorry about that. There’s no time to tell you what we’ve been up to. For that, you’ll need to check out law.musicmanumit.com. Also, if you want to follow the progress … Continue reading →

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We’re not here!

Posted on 2012/01/18 by Dougernaut

I don’t think we have the traffic yet to warrant a full blackout, but I wanted to say that Open Source Playground dot Org is in full support of all the sites blacking out today!

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An update or “I Know What You Did Last Winter”

Posted on 2012/01/17 by Dougernaut

Class starts on Tuesday, so I thought it a good time to reflect on where Music Manumit Lawcast is and where it is headed. Part of the goal for winter break was to figure out what exactly MML would be … Continue reading →

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