GeekLawyer’s Blog
A barrister's gossip and rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties.
Author: Geeklawyer is described as an ex-physicist, IP barrister who works primarily for clients in technology law.
Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Intellectual Property Law • Internet Law • Law Practice Management • Legal Technology • International • Europe • United Kingdom • Anonymous
Recent Posts from GeekLawyer’s Blog
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Dear Mr Obama, about that extradition treaty
There is news that 13 member of the infamous US state terrorist organisation the CIA have been convicted in absentia of kidnapping an Italian citizen in order to rendite him for torture by Egyptian proxies.…
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MI5 wants to protect illegal filesharers
There was an interesting article in the Guardian: MI5 dont want unlawful filesharers cut off the Intarwebs. This, it seems, will encourage people to use encrypted internet connections. That, in turn, will make it harder…
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Royal Fail postcodes
Geeklawyer is a bit late to this story. Royal Fail has just stamped out the very useful service from ernestmarples.com that was providing free postcode data to a number of websites. Those sites provide useful…
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Whisky contest: Home Office Panic Mongering competition — the Geeklawyer team
The problem with people is that when terrible things don’t happen they calm down. The Home Office is well aware of this unhelpful design flaw in voter citizens. When bombs stop detonating people naturally think…
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Irish? A compelling reason to vote ‘No’ in your EU referendum
That walking disaster Tony Bliar is apparently a shoe-in as president of the EU if the Irish vote yes. Rather than spending time in jail for corruption or starting illegal wars in Iraq, corrupt slime-bag…
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Police gun stupidy
Retarded copper Pc David Micklethwaite, a firearms course failure, accidentally shot civilian work Keith Tilbury in the stomach with a Magnum, landing Tilbury in intensive care for two weeks. Clearly the only Magnum dimbo Micklethwaite…
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Gun pr0n
Geeklawyer was down with his chums in Brighton at the WhiteAir09 Extreme sports Festival. Judging by the resplendent girth of most of the visitors the most extreme sport undertaken by many of them would be…
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9/11 anniversary
There’s is an awful lot of rather predictable tosh going on on the other side of the pond and sycophantic empathy on this. A lot of self pity for an iconic event in which America…
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Book review: DIY divorce by John Bolch
The danger of DIY books is that they are bought by those who lack the experience training and talent to execute the skill described, or the money to hire someone who has. Geeklawyer speaks with…
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Geeklawyer’s guide to the Happening Shit — The Big Chill 2009
Geeklawyer, as is well recorded, is a bit of a Glastonbury festival loon. A number of lawyers have emailed and put comments elsewhere on the blog asking for guidance on fun festivals. It probably says…