MassLawBlog.com

Discussion of law, legal issues and news of interest to the profession, with a particular focus on Massachusetts.

Author: Lee Gesmer is a Boston lawyer.

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Recent Posts from MassLawBlog.com

Charlie Could Not Get Off That Train ….
Let me tell you the story Of a man named Charlie On a tragic and fateful day He put ten cents in his pocket, Kissed his wife and family Went to ride on the MTA…
Study: If You Go to Trial, Odds Are You’re Making a Mistake
Litigation takes the place of sex in middle age. Gore Vidal I wrote in some detail almost two years ago about how trials can be very bad for clients. In the linked article I wrote:…
Andy Updegrove on Appeals in the OOXML Standards Battle
If my partner Andy Updegrove (he’s the one on the right) is not the most knowledgeable lawyer on the planet about ODF/OOXML standard adoption issues (1,2,3), I would be more than a little surprised. Here…
Bill Patry: End of Blog
In January 2007 I wrote: Bill Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel at Google (how’s that for a great job), emailed me and asked me to mention the publication of his new copyright treatise, Patry on Copyright.…
“Honey, I’m Going to Whole Paycheck, Has Our Home Equity Loan Come Through Yet?”
“[Wild Oats] is the only existing company that has the brand and number of stores to be a meaningful springboard for another player to get into this space. Eliminating them means eliminating this threat forever,…
Exploring Google Book Search
In November 2005 I wrote an article about Google Book Search and the legal efforts of copyright owners to stop Google from achieving its goal of digitizing the world’s books and making them searchable on…
New Hampshire Federal District Court Issues Comprehensive Ruling on Communications Decency Act
“[n]o provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. … [n]o cause of action may be brought and…
It Gets Harder (possibly much harder) to File a Lawsuit in Massachusetts
One of the things that drives people crazy is how easy it is to file a lawsuit, and conversely how difficult it is to persuade a judge to dismiss a lawsuit before the defendant incurs…
Massachusetts Software Company Liable for Breach of License Agreement and Under Chapter 93A
It’s probably fair to say that there are thousands of software license and development agreements entered into every business day in the U.S. Only a very small number result in a lawsuit, and an even…
Is it Under Copyright? Check Here
Whether a U.S. work is protected by U.S. copyright is often a difficult question to answer. It can depend on factors such date of first publication, whether the work was published with a copyright notice,…