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Axel H. Horns on The EU Patent and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - TFEU - BLOG@IPJUR.COM

Posted on June 14, 2010
Axel H. Horns on The EU Patent and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - TFEU - BLOG@IPJUR.COM

Police Replace Protesting Security Crews at the World Cup: Emergency Stadium Law and Order Symbolize a South Africa Beset by the Problems of the Undisciplined Black Continent

Posted on June 14, 2010
Police Take Over Security at Cape Town Stadium - NYTimes.com

Promoting Innovation in America - Thomas L. Friedman Speaks Out

Posted on June 13, 2010
Thomas L. Friedman at the New York Times in A Gift for Grads: Start-Ups has some cutting edge suggestions to boost American innovation.

United States 1, England 1 - For U.S., a Hop, Skip and a Tie - NYTimes.com

Posted on June 13, 2010
United States 1, England 1 - For U.S., a Hop, Skip and a Tie - NYTimes.com

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Nebraska Joins Big 10 Effective July 1, 2011

Posted on June 12, 2010
Nebraska wins approval to join Big Ten in 2011 | Philadelphia Daily News: "The move is effective July 1, 2011, with competition to begin in all sports for the 2011-12 academic year. It marks the conference's first expansion since the addition of Penn State in 1990...

The Associated Press: Nebraska, Boise move on; Big 12 tries to hang on

Posted on June 12, 2010
The Associated Press: Nebraska, Boise move on; Big 12 tries to hang onThe Huskers are leaving the Big 12 Conference and are off to the Big 10, Boise State moves from the weaker Western Athletic Conference to the strong Mountain West Conference, and the likelihood that the Big 12 will survive the exit of more teams - which is a near certainty - is next to zero...

An Invention for the Ages : The Vuvuzela Conquers the Soccer (Association Football) World at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

Posted on June 12, 2010
The vuvuzela - a plastic horn "invented" -- but not patented -- by Cape Town's own Neil van Schalkwyk based on similar tin horns previously used by football fans in South Africa - has become so popular around the world as a symbol of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, that it will probably be the thing most remembered about this association football (soccer) world championship years down the road...

Matt Silverman at Mashable : Lawyers and Social Media : Does it Get Results?

Posted on June 12, 2010
Matt Silvernman at Mashable discusses How Lawyers Are Using Social Media for Real Results

The EU as an Innovation Union : European Commissioner for Research Innovation and Science, Geoghegan-Quinn, Invites Online Debate, June 17, 2010

Posted on June 12, 2010
The European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, invites to an online debate at the European Commission's Webcast chat page (June 17, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Central European Time***) on how to transform Europe into an Innovation Union...

Mobile Phone Roaming Caps in the EU Upheld by Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ)

Posted on June 12, 2010
A number of sources have picked up the story that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld an EU law, the so-called Roaming Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 544/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services), which puts caps on mobile phone roaming charges in the European Union...

European Union : EU Borders : Where Does Europe End?

Posted on June 12, 2010
YouTube - Let's talk about EU, Where Europe Ends

EU sets strict biofuel standards - UPI.com

Posted on June 12, 2010
EU sets strict biofuel standards - UPI.com

UK, US slam EU hedge fund rules | EurActiv

Posted on June 12, 2010
UK, US slam EU hedge fund rules | EurActiv

The BP Oil Spill and the Law

Posted on June 11, 2010
At the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Ashby Jones has a take On the Government, BP, and the Law.

Law and Order in South Africa: Security and Crowd Control a Major Issue at the FIFA World Cup

Posted on June 10, 2010
The phrase "Law and order" has special application to the mega soccer (association football) event about to take place in Africa. Are teams, other visitors, fans and journalists safe in South Africa during the FIFA World Cup? South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world and as far as hosting football competitons the country already had a preliminary trial of sorts during the Confederations Cup last year in which several crime incidents were reported...

FIFA.com - A guide to all the stadiums to be used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Posted on June 10, 2010
FIFA.com - A guide to all the stadiums to be used at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

The Mother of All Invention - Magazine - The Atlantic

Posted on June 10, 2010
The Mother of All Invention - Magazine - The Atlantic

Privacy Laws in Germany Block Google Turnover of Internet Data to Regulators

Posted on June 09, 2010
Privacy laws in Germany prohibit turning certain kinds of Internet data over to regulators, so that an interesting situation has developed as regards the requests of regulators for Internet data collected by Google from unsecured home wirless networks in the process of compiling the Google Street View photo map archive...

Mr. Precedent! Strasburg fans 14 in debut | nationals.com: News

Posted on June 09, 2010
Mr. Precedent! Strasburg fans 14 in debut | nationals.com: News

Rumors: Nebraska Could Join the Big 10 As Early as Friday?

Posted on June 09, 2010
Rumors: Nebraska Could Join the Big 10 As Early as Friday?

A Venture Capitalist Lashes Out at Software Patents

Posted on June 08, 2010
Technology Review: Blogs: Feld Thoughts: Mailing Out Patent AbsurdityRead the above for a scathing analysis of software patents by a venture capitalist.

Because of Failure to Pay Patent Maintenance Fees, more than 50% of 1997 Patents Already Expired

Posted on June 08, 2010
Patent Maintenance Fee Data at the Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) shows that over 50% of patents expire due to failure to pay maintenance fees. See Patent Maintenance Fee Data.Though not stated at that source, one can surmise that one reason for this is that patents are filed in the hope of exploiting them for money-making purposes, but that many patents filed are not commercially viable, so that it does not pay to fork out the high maintenance fees down the road when it turns out that a patent is not making enough money for the patent holder to justify further expense...

Quo Vadis Education? Stanley Fish has it right at the New York Times : Back to Classical Education

Posted on June 08, 2010
CHANGE in EDUCATION. How about it? Do yourself a favor and READ the New York Times Opinionator article by Stanley Fish at the New York Times link below. Here is where education should be going in the United States.... In A Classical Education: Back to the Future - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes...

The Coming Internet of THINGS: Symantec invests in Gadget Protector Mocana

Posted on June 08, 2010
One of the "things" that the upcoming Bilski decision will impact -- either directly by its holding, or indirectly by avoiding the issue -- is the technology gadget aspect of the Internet, an "Internet of Things". See VentureBeat and Symantec invests in internet gadget protector Mocana...

Citizens Interact with Government Online: Data Transparency and the Coming Gov 2.0 Boom on the Internet

Posted on June 08, 2010
The interaction of citizens with the government via the internet is still in its starting stages, but John Tozzi at Bloomberg BusinessWeek sees government data transparency as an emerging online field. See Gov 2.0: The Next Internet Boom - BusinessWeek

Stupidity Rules:The Internet is No Exception

Posted on June 08, 2010
Here is a fair question and the inevitable answer: Is the Internet Making Us Smarter or Dumber? Yes.

Immigration Law and Visa Problems for Problematical Celebrities

Posted on June 08, 2010
Sometimes a celebrity is simply denied a visa to enter or perform in a country due to previous events. See BBC News - Visa woes: Celeb plans go on hold

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Souter on Judging at the Harvard Commencement Address

Posted on June 07, 2010
Justice Souter?s Counsel at the NYTimes.com presents former Supreme Court Justice Souter "on judging" in his Harvard commencement address.

Is Academic Fraud a part of Academic Freedom? Are People in Academia or Universities Immune from the Laws when they are involved in Academic Work?

Posted on June 07, 2010
Dahlia Lithwick and Richard Schragger have an article at Slate which they title Jefferson v. Cuccinelli: Does the Constitution really protect a right to "academic freedom"?, a headline which severely begs the question to be answered (i.e. which assumes as true the very point at issue)...

Brave New World? At What Price Lower Prices?

Posted on June 04, 2010
We posted previously about Foxconn here and the Chinese company is again in the news at Why Apple and Others Are Nervous About Foxconn.

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