Dan Nicotera
@geeklaw.bsky.social
Basketball fan, tech enthusiast, and attorney (focused on IP, tech, and government stuff).
Views are not my own, and whatever a retweet is called on Blusky does not represent an endorsement
Views are not my own, and whatever a retweet is called on Blusky does not represent an endorsement
Good thread to follow if you want updates on oral arguments in Sony v. Cox
And we're off with SCOTUS arguments in Sony v Cox. The question at issue: whether ISPs can be liable for the copyright infringement committed by their users.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good thread to follow if you want updates on oral arguments in Sony v. Cox
Wahoowa! Beat Tech and get to play for an ACC Championship! Can't wait!
a football player with the number 20 on his jersey stands in a stadium
ALT: a football player with the number 20 on his jersey stands in a stadium
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Wahoowa! Beat Tech and get to play for an ACC Championship! Can't wait!
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What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What are the mitzves of Thanks Giving, a festive meal, to eat the turkey bird, to hear the story of thepilgrim, to watch the football game. And some say to argue with an uncle.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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buc-ees, no
a squirrel hugging two acorns surrounded by the words NUT HUGGERS as a trademark for underwear does not create a likelihood of consumer confusion with your beaver-in-a-red-hat mascot
please give us a little credit
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
a squirrel hugging two acorns surrounded by the words NUT HUGGERS as a trademark for underwear does not create a likelihood of consumer confusion with your beaver-in-a-red-hat mascot
please give us a little credit
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
Buc-ees suing ‘Nut Huggers’ underwear company over cartoon squirrel trademark infringement - Dexerto
Buc-ees is suing Oklahoma brand Nut Huggers over a cartoon squirrel logo the chain claims is trademark infringement.
www.dexerto.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
buc-ees, no
a squirrel hugging two acorns surrounded by the words NUT HUGGERS as a trademark for underwear does not create a likelihood of consumer confusion with your beaver-in-a-red-hat mascot
please give us a little credit
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
a squirrel hugging two acorns surrounded by the words NUT HUGGERS as a trademark for underwear does not create a likelihood of consumer confusion with your beaver-in-a-red-hat mascot
please give us a little credit
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
Tuned in at the airport just in time to watch the Spirit kick PKs, since the airport experience now clearly needs more stress
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tuned in at the airport just in time to watch the Spirit kick PKs, since the airport experience now clearly needs more stress
I would play this campaign
Floating the idea of a Middle Earth TTRPG campaign where you work at the Prancing Pony and your boss has sent you to collect seven dollars from the Black Rider who did seven dollars worth of damage while roughly looking for the Fellowship.
November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I would play this campaign
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Floating the idea of a Middle Earth TTRPG campaign where you work at the Prancing Pony and your boss has sent you to collect seven dollars from the Black Rider who did seven dollars worth of damage while roughly looking for the Fellowship.
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Floating the idea of a Middle Earth TTRPG campaign where you work at the Prancing Pony and your boss has sent you to collect seven dollars from the Black Rider who did seven dollars worth of damage while roughly looking for the Fellowship.
This sounds like a plot point in a Philip K Dick novel (I think Ubik)
Thank you to lead product developers Eugene and Rusty
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This sounds like a plot point in a Philip K Dick novel (I think Ubik)
The hater in me is enjoying every minute of this
Per sources: Bill Belichick has discussed buyout options with North Carolina’s hierarchy. Belichick has signaled a willingness to trigger his own $1 million buyout if he can find a soft landing with another team or in media
October 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The hater in me is enjoying every minute of this
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For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
September 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSS!!!
September 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
HOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSS!!!
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NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM OFF THE FIELD TONIGHT
September 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NOT GOING TO KEEP THEM OFF THE FIELD TONIGHT
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That’s the best two point conversion run after forgetting to run a two point conversion I’ve ever seen
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
That’s the best two point conversion run after forgetting to run a two point conversion I’ve ever seen
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Wheel route's always open
September 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Wheel route's always open
This was a fantastic article on how people disseminate and absorb information in our current environment
Last week @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social and I put out a provocation & set of suggestions on how influence has changed and why institutions (& funders) need to change their thinking on shaping public opinion and connecting w/audiences. The old way no longer works.
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
For Expertise to Matter, Nonpartisan Institutions Need New Communications Strategies
To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts and nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence.
carnegieendowment.org
September 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This was a fantastic article on how people disseminate and absorb information in our current environment
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September 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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It’s 2025 and the scariest college football player I’ve ever seen is making adorable TikToks with his wife
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It’s 2025 and the scariest college football player I’ve ever seen is making adorable TikToks with his wife
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Immediately adding this into my lexicon.
September 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Immediately adding this into my lexicon.
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had a conversation with a prominent pundit recently who did not seem to realize that the departments of the executive branch are congressional creations, so not surprised at this
This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
September 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
had a conversation with a prominent pundit recently who did not seem to realize that the departments of the executive branch are congressional creations, so not surprised at this
Time to spend the day nerding out over books
September 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Time to spend the day nerding out over books
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The Bowling Green State football lockerroom cat is my favorite 2025 college football season character.
Look at this cat
Look at this cat
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Bowling Green State football lockerroom cat is my favorite 2025 college football season character.
Look at this cat
Look at this cat
Wow that Kavanaugh quote is bad
This is *literally* what some district court judges have said in opinions! The bad things the Supreme Court is doing through the shadow docket aren’t too difficult to figure out if you take apart each piece of the legal process and describe what it is supposed to accomplish.
Kavanaugh's statements make the problem worse, not better. If the reason SCOTUS is using cryptic shadow docket orders is because "five" of them can't "reach a consensus or a compromise on a particular issue that might be difficult," then that order should not be precedential —there's no majority.
September 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Wow that Kavanaugh quote is bad