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Question of law: appointment of 46 US patent judges under cloud
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| A US law professor has uncovered a constitutional flaw in appointing judges
| who decide patent appeals and disputes, which could undo thousands of patent
| decisions concerning claims worth billions of dollars.
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| The basic point John F. Duffy, who teaches at the George Washington
| University Law School, has raised does not appear to be in dispute. Since
| 2000, patent judges have been appointed by a government official without the
| constitutional power to do so.
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| “I actually ran it by a number of colleagues who teach administrative law and
| constitutional law,” Duffy said, recalling his own surprise at finding such a
| fundamental and important flaw. He thought he must be missing something. “No
| one thought it was a close question.”
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http://www.livemint.com/2008/05/06231859/Question-of-law-appointment-o.html
Irregular juridical system? Duh, just like any government department, which is
*really* just run by corporations and agenda.
Court Issues Split Decision In Lucent-Microsoft Patent Row
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| A federal appeals court reinstated one of two patent cases tossed out last
| year in the ongoing patent dispute on user-interface technology that pits
| Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Dell Inc. (DELL).
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| The appeals court said the San Diego district court erred in its
| determination of a "terminal device" and remanded the case, which was
| dismissed, back to the court for further proceedings. The technology covered
| by the patent in that matter is a communications protocol that aids
| information exchange between a host processor computer and a terminal device,
| like a portable computer or smart phone.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200805081224DOWJONESDJONLINE000918_FORTUNE5.htm
Yesterday:
Chief RIAA Litigator Named Colorado Judge -- UPDATE
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| The Pirate Party of the United States took a different position. "Being the
| lead counsel in a multi-year campaign of extortion, pretexting, and sham
| litigation should not be rewarded with a seat in any court, except perhaps as
| a defendant," said the party's chairman, Andrew Norton.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/chief-riaa-liti.html
Related:
Alcatel-Lucent says $1.5 billion not enough from Microsoft
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| Alcatel-Lucent said in a court filing that $1.5 billion is not
| enough to properly compensate it for Microsoft Corp.'s infringement
| of two digital audio patents.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alcatel-lucent-says-15-billion-not/story.aspx?guid=%7B3B7D3262%2DF68F%2D4BEC%2D94C1%2D5C0A0EEE8021%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/36hu5v
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