Bilski is not settled law yet

I’m kind of surprised, actually. The Supreme Court “granted cert” in Bilski. This means that the Federal Circuit’s decision is far from settled law–and that the debate over the patentability of software is about to reach fever pitch.

For more wonkish posts on the subject, see here and here.

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Sotomayor and software law

I guess I have to jump on the Sotomayor blogwagon, so here goes. What impact would the presumptive associate justice have?

The short answer might be “not a whole lot.” After all, there are a few other justices on the court too.

But over the next couple of days, I’ll take a look through Judge Sotomayor’s 17 year history and offer you my speculation. Stay tuned.

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Finally got my Google business cards…

google-business-card…no, I didn’t get offered the General Counsel position, but I did get these promotional cards from Google for signing up for their profile program. And now I’m acting like a tiny cog in the giant (but subtle) Google marketing machine because I’m blogging about it. Well done, Google.

By the way, my profile on Google is at profiles.google.com/michaelrice.me

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Are you going to Seattle 2.0 Awards tonight?

Seattle-Awards

I am—and that’s a big commitment for me, since I’m currently in the thick of finals. I want to see if my firm, a finalist, will win!

Last I heard, the event was almost sold out, but you might still be able to buy a ticket here.

If you can’t make it, you can keep track of the real time tweets on #seattleawards or watch it live at http://www.seattle20.com/awards/live/.

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Check out SeattlePatents.com while I study for finals

As if it wasn’t painfully obvious from my lack of posting, I am currently entering the dreaded Finals Exam Mode.

While I turn as white as my undershirt, I recommend you check out my favorite new blog, SeattlePatents.com! It’s authored by the excellent attorneys at Axios Law Group (with an occasional post from me, too).

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