“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
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Patent drawing of a planter shaped to spell out "love," from a utility patent granted yesterday
What even is utility?
Want to know what exactly Trump is doing to our national landmarks & what legal constraints exist? I highly recommend this video from our 90 minute webinar with experts on the various laws and processes, updates on the litigation and destruction, & some great photos! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUxG...
My piece, "Industrial Patent Law," is forthcoming @washulawreview.bsky.social!
A pre-history of march-in rights, using the formative disputes over patents & government contracts behind one of the consequential technologies of the Cold War -- the communications satellite.
The perfect dress doesn't exi.....
An illustration from “The Family Aquarium” Henry D. Butler, published by Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. It shows a glass enclosure with a wooden frame with pebbles, rocks and plants inside it. Fish and lizards inhabit the space.
I’m writing about design for pets and need more representation from beyond the cat and dog universe. If you’re an architect or designer who’s worked on a project involving aquaria or habitats for insects, reptiles and amphibians (or ferrets?) I want to hear from you!
For me, it's wondering who was the first person to eat pufferfish.
I would like to point out that this is a UTILITY patent, not a design patent.
Patent drawing of a dog wearing a "cone of shame" but the cone is made of separate overlapping petals.
Patent drawing of the "cone of shame" on its own, resembling a lotus flower viewed from above.
Floral cone of shame, patented yesterday.
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Transformative work of the day
UNC faculty are sounding the alarm: the unilateral creation of a School of Civic Life and Leadership violates established shared governance, erodes institutional trust, and threatens academic freedom by ignoring the vital role of faculty in curricular decisions.
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Having one AI hallucination in a work is kind of like having one human finger in your chili. Even if you take it out, the existence of it is evidence that you're doing the entire process wrong.
Fun fact: Albright sat by designation on the Federal Circuit panel that decided Amarin v. Hikma, the sole patent case that SCOTUS took this year.
I talk a bit about the Albright Saga in my new paper on judge shopping: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"In his early years as a district judge, Judge Albright became notorious in the patent community for encouraging litigators to file patent infringement suits in Waco. Since he was the only district judge in the division, all cases would go to him."
Yeah. And I keep hearing stories of attorneys being told it's unethical *not* to use "AI."
I know I shared this yesterday but this one stands out in the steady stream of sanctions for court filings with errors due to AI use. It’s both mind- boggling and unsurprising at the same time.
"Because of Ms. Couvrette’s shared responsibility for the bogus citations, the judge permanently dismissed her case against her brothers. He also fined Mr. Brigandi almost $100,000."
"Judge Albright was originally seated in Waco, Texas, where at one point he drew a quarter of the country's new patent cases...."
In a nutshell, the ANES data shows:
📉 Social media use is shrinking; engagement collapsing
💥 Twitter/X posting has moved ~70 POINTS to the right
🧩 Platforms are splintering
🔊 Fewer people are talking — but those still talking are more politically extreme
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I mean, I do know one judge who stepped down to make more money in private practice. But.
I was LITERALLY just telling my students about Albright in Patents today.
There has to be more to the story here, right?
Ooh, I like this one!
