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Mark Lemley

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William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law

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Mark A. Lemley is an American legal scholar known for his studies of American intellectual property law. He is currently the William H. Neukom Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Director of the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology. Lemley is a founding partner of the law firm of Durie Tangri LLP, which he has been practicing with since 2009. .. more

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Auntie Has Opinions @jwoodlands.bsky.social · 12h

Coins aren't allowed to depict living people just sayin

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donna007.bsky.social @donna007.bsky.social · 13h

It is illegal for a coin to be issued with "the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President," per a law on currency designs.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 13h

A two-faced Trump coin whose primary use is cheating at coin flips DOES seem on-brand

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Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts'

The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, deleted

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Shoe+ @shoe.bsky.social · 2d

War on Christians!

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: Schumer was more involved than reported with the attempted cave on the government shutdown. The Gang of 8 Senate Dems had his approval & he was getting daily updates.
In Thursday's caucus meeting, the Gang claimed they had 10 votes to cave. The caucus went nuts, leading to the new proposal.

Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect

Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

Gordon Darroch @gordondarroch.bsky.social · 2d

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

NRC @nrc.nl · 3d

Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

An assault, carjacking and child kidnapping pulled off by Trump's secret police... apparently they assaulted the child, too.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed, Kristi Noem has allocated a portion of the DHS budget to purchasing Trump's swill and has decided they should have no choice

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d

It's apparently reading your browser history to make sure you browse like a human

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.

“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer and all the diverse faith witness that has been at Broadview
because it is powerful - it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil. But we will not stop until the evil stops.
They have stolen our neighbors, they cannot steal our love and prayers for their return.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 2d

Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.

To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

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Dozens of new species, including carnivorous 'death ball' sponge, discovered in Southern Ocean

Ocean scientists have found dozens of new species at the bottom of the Southern Ocean.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

OTOH your OnlyFans is taking off right now . . .

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

And gods help you if you ever decide to use more than one device. Or replace the device . . .

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Antilles @wedgeantilles.bsky.social · 3d

Throw a not a robot test in there, where you need to click all the hats or whatever

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Laura Quilter's grandparents were anti-fascist & so is she @lquilter.bsky.social · 3d

security theater has become not just boring and a waste of time but an actual major drag on functionality

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JJKettlewell @jjkettlewell.com · 3d

But, but, but passkeys will solve everything! Of course, first you have to login to your phone, where all the passkeys are locked up, including the passkey you need to unlock your phone...

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Bryan White, MS Bio, MPH 🧬 @crvscience.com · 3d

Fired: Reset password each time to a new random, never write it down or memorize it.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d

Tired: two-factor authentication

Wired: n+1-factor authentication, where successfully authenticating on a new device just allows you to log in again, triggering another authentication request. Repeat ad infinitum

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 3d

The Onion, yet again, FTW.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d

If the Trump admin had evidence that Cornell systemically discriminated against Jewish students in violation of Title VI, it wouldn't let the university off the hook for a $30m investment in research about AI, robotics, and farming. /1

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.

Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds

The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

The Supreme Court once again butchers equity and the law of stays in the course of making the world a worse place. And Justice Jackson is once again there to call them out on it with an opinion that will be a must-teach in any Remedies class

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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RB @breuguy28.bsky.social · 4d

Weird, in California they used the surplus as an argument to charge us more saying the price going negative wouldn’t cover operation costs.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

Christmas carols in the grocery store?! Ayfkm?

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

We do our best to replicate scarcity when it goes away because it's how we know to value things in a capitalist economy

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 4d

A grand jury might indict a ham sandwich, but they won't indict a hero. And it looks like a petit jury won't convict one either

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

DC sandwich thrower found not guilty of assault | CNN Politics

The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assau...

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