new york law school is offering a cle on new york citys newconstruction codes join us as we present the new nyc construction codes speakers phyllis arnold deputy commissioner for legal affairs and chief code counsel new york city department of buildings olivia treglio goodman senior counsel division of legal counsel new york city la......
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breakfast forum on the real estate credit markets a yearend review and outlook for 2009 keynote speakers joseph philip forte partner alston bird llp and daniel b. rubock senior vice president moodys investors service inc. when thursday november 20 2008 815am where new york law school rsvp the event is free of charge. registration is req......
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...nd justice action center. new york law school has more than 13000 graduates and enrolls some 1500 students in its full and parttime j.d. program and its master of laws ll.m. in taxation program. www.nyls.edu ......
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the sunlight foundation recently launched publicmarkup.org a site that provides a simple bloglike interface for soliciting feedback on legislation being considered in congress. the legislative issue of the day of course is the proposed 700 billion bailout of the financial sector and there appears to be an active community currently debating the senator dodds legislation onli......
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the hemingses of monticello by new york law school professor annette gordonreed tries to take a look at the humanity and reality of the lives of the famous sally hemings paramour and technically sisterinlaw of thomas jefferson and her family. in so doing gordonreed asks complicated questions was it always rape when a slaveowner had sex with someone he owned what did j......
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eric lane senior fellow at the brennan center for justice and distinguished professor of public law and public service at hofstra law school will speak at the next city law breakfast on friday october 17 2008 815 a.m at new york law school 47 worth street between church and west broadway. his topic exorcizing the term limit demon. please click here to reserve a se......
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...eld at new york law school 47 worth street between church and west broadway is free of charge. registration is required. seating is limited. register online at www.nyls.e durealest ate or call 212.431.2135......
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wegen der erteilung von trivialpatenten steht das usamerikanische patentamt schon seit geraumer zeit in der kritik. im juni 2007 startete die behrde ein pilotprojekt zur beteiligung der ffentlichkeit an dem prfverfahren fr schutzrech tsanmeldun gen. in zusammenarbeit mit der new york law school wurde das konzept peer to patent entwickelt dass nach dem modell des ......
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cuil is a new search engine with big ambitions. their privacy policy is great their search results okay. my problem with them is that they interleave web and image results in a way that creates the misleading impression that particular images go with particular web pages. sometimes theyre embarrassingly mismatched. my egosurf page for example is embarrassing for me. my personal......
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secondyear law student with a concentration in media and communications law amie stepanovich of new york law school joins the star city harbinger to give some perspective on the controversial fisa bill passed earlier this month telecommunications companies can no longer be held accountable for past or future conduct concerning illegal interception of international communications from th......
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according to this press release by the new york law school the peertopatent pilot program founded by professor beth noveck is the first social networking project with a direct link to decision making by the federal government. data from the first year of the pilot shows that an open network of peer reviewers can improve the quality of information available to patent examiners. the project......
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a while back i posted about the process of drafting an operating agreement for coop. larry criticized us in part for offering our members rights that they wouldnt necessarily have had by default. ever since ive gotten regular inquiries from bloggers seeking a copy of our operating agreement to use as a template. ive turned those folks down because our agree......
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ah vermont that lovely new england state known for its maple syrup ben jerrys ice creamand now limited liability corporations that only exist online. on june 6th gov. jim douglas signed an inauspicio ussoundin g bill entitled h.0888 miscellaneous tax documents that could revolutionize the way startup companies are formed and run. as new york law school prof......
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second lifes cofounder and visiting professor at the usc annenberg school for communication describes an invitation to the residents of second life to imagine new ways that virtual worlds can be used to make a contribution to the public good. last week i joined professor doug thomas and other members of usc annenbergs network culture project in second life to announc......
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on tuesday april 22nd valleyzen was invited to observe the first amendment in the digital age a stanford seminar by beth noveck. she is a professor of law and the director of the institute for information law policy at new york law school. noveck teaches in the areas of intellectual property and innovation law and policy constitutional law edemocracy and egovernment. ......
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non solo condivisione pia o meno legale di file tra utenti. il paradigma del trova sempre nuovi campi di applicazione. via smartmob ho scoperto peer to patent nuovo servizio che sembrera paradossale ma non lo a permette di condividere informazioni e risorse sui brevetti dei software. a promuoverlo a l united states patent and trademark office uspto4......
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the peertopatent project announced that expert volunteer reviewers from the general public have cooperated with the united states patent and trademark office uspto to identify prior art that has been used in office actions to reject at least one claim in each of five applications. the peertopatent project is an initiative of new york law school in cooperation with......
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back from a lengthy trip i have a lot of catchup blogging to do. just to get the ball rolling here are my speaking notes from last fridays plenary session at the nalp annual education conference in toronto in case theyre of interest. i was honoured to be part of a distinguished panel of speakers moderated by ida abbott and including ron friedmann rick matasar tim mc......
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the arrest of david m. tarloff a man with a long history of mental illness in the fatal stabbing of a psychologist in manhattan has revived discussion on the thorny issue of how people with severe mental illnesses can be helped even when they resist that assistance according to the new york times murder case focuses new attention on mental illness treatment fe......
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lets not forget that today is a primary election which concerns the future of the countrys parties as much as the presidential forerunners. lets also remember over the last seven years the political party which by conduct really mimicked those animal caricatures tom delay and his dirty lobbyist funding bill frist for insider trading karl rove for deleting his email scooter libby ......
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images source peer to patent a month ago i heard beth novack from the new york law school give a talk at the symposium on reputation economies in cyberspace. she is working on an interesting project called the peer to patent project which is trying to incorporate peer review into the patent review process. she pointed to a then recent blog post by adam oram on oreil......
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