Um, what? As a result of this verdict, the government is forcing the company to a) pay damages or b) face contempt-of-court charges. If that's not a government order, I don't know what is.
That doesn't immediately mean every saw manufacturer must now and forever include this patented technology. Certainly it doesn't mean they must license it at whatever price the patent holder demands.
Agreed, but the verdict substantially raises the liability risk for the manufacturer who chooses to not include the Saw-Stop technology. I'd be rather surprised if the license for this patent got cheaper, too.
Overall, I'm shocked by this verdict. Saws are designed to cut things - of course they can cut a finger/hand/arm/artery that gets in their way.
It's no different. Intentionally damaging your phone and then submitting a fraudulent claim is illegal; it's insurance fraud and an old swindle.
There may be some legitimate reasons for claims to rise in the period just after a new model is introduced; e.g., some people tolerate hardware flakiness until there's a good reason to bother with the pain of upgrading. With my sample size of 1 (me), the scroll ball on my BlackBerry refuses to go up sometimes (maybe about 0.1% of the time), but I can wait until my contract is up (or maybe even a new model is out) before replacing it.
The tax exemption was part of a Faustian bargain between church and state; the church was supposed to take care of social services for the poor, and in return tithes weren't taxed.
What school of revisionist history did you attend? When the First Amendment was written, there was no income tax, so the taxability of tithes was a non-issue.
Agreed it's not a simple lookup, but there is software that is designed for this specific purpose. Googling for "sales tax calculation software" shows multiple hits:
I disagree. Disney copyrights the drawings, voiceovers, animation, etc. but not the characters and plots. You won't get sued by Disney for distributing, performing, or interpreting your version of Cinderella; you will get sued if you distribute Disney's version.
And are those penalties meted out by the government or by their employer? There's a huge difference there. This "review" by the FTC has serious First Amendment implications. I expect this review will be thrown out by the first judge that gets a chance. The FTC simply cannot take over the role played by newspaper and magazine editors in addressing impartiality concerns.
I agree with your point of outsourcing, but your facts are wrong. FTFA: "The university has long wanted to replace the aging computer system that pays its 60,000 employees". It's the whole university system, not just the campus at Madison.
The story is about top talent, not all employees. The article doesn't define 'top talent', but I'd bet they're referring to people at the vice president level and above, with at least several hundred people in their organizations, salary well into six figures, probably with options or restricted stock into seven figures. Unless you're one of them, your data point means very little.
I think you're right and that the people in the meeting slept through the lectures on game theory in b-school. But there's also a chance that there really is no incentive to operate without a paywall (when was this coined?), if they would make insufficient ad revenue regardless of the size of the readership.
Also, I'm not sure that having anti-trust lawyers in the room is going to do much. Yes, it will allow you to claim attorney-client privilege so you can't get called to testify on what was said in the meeting. But if you're planning illegal activities in the meeting, the lawyers can get disbarred (I don't think happens very often), and if you're not planning illegal activities, then why meet in secret? What I don't know is whether a person who doesn't have *his* attorney present can get called to testify about the meeting. If so, and if there is such a person, then they're all up the creek.
a nasty problem for apps that want to just work on all WIN32 platforms.
Do you need your program to work on Windows 3.1? The Windows Registry has been the preferred location for storing program data since Windows 95. I think the problem here is that you need to get with the mid-90s and rid of your calls to *PrivateProfile* APIs.
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Um, what? As a result of this verdict, the government is forcing the company to a) pay damages or b) face contempt-of-court charges. If that's not a government order, I don't know what is.
Agreed, but the verdict substantially raises the liability risk for the manufacturer who chooses to not include the Saw-Stop technology. I'd be rather surprised if the license for this patent got cheaper, too.
Overall, I'm shocked by this verdict. Saws are designed to cut things - of course they can cut a finger/hand/arm/artery that gets in their way.
It's no different. Intentionally damaging your phone and then submitting a fraudulent claim is illegal; it's insurance fraud and an old swindle.
There may be some legitimate reasons for claims to rise in the period just after a new model is introduced; e.g., some people tolerate hardware flakiness until there's a good reason to bother with the pain of upgrading. With my sample size of 1 (me), the scroll ball on my BlackBerry refuses to go up sometimes (maybe about 0.1% of the time), but I can wait until my contract is up (or maybe even a new model is out) before replacing it.
What school of revisionist history did you attend? When the First Amendment was written, there was no income tax, so the taxability of tithes was a non-issue.
Surely Amazon could implement this type of software if it chose to.
I disagree. Disney copyrights the drawings, voiceovers, animation, etc. but not the characters and plots. You won't get sued by Disney for distributing, performing, or interpreting your version of Cinderella; you will get sued if you distribute Disney's version.
And are those penalties meted out by the government or by their employer? There's a huge difference there. This "review" by the FTC has serious First Amendment implications. I expect this review will be thrown out by the first judge that gets a chance. The FTC simply cannot take over the role played by newspaper and magazine editors in addressing impartiality concerns.
I agree with your point of outsourcing, but your facts are wrong. FTFA: "The university has long wanted to replace the aging computer system that pays its 60,000 employees". It's the whole university system, not just the campus at Madison.
The story is about top talent, not all employees. The article doesn't define 'top talent', but I'd bet they're referring to people at the vice president level and above, with at least several hundred people in their organizations, salary well into six figures, probably with options or restricted stock into seven figures. Unless you're one of them, your data point means very little.
When a company has over 30 billion dollars in liquid assets (Excel warning), entering a market that's closely related to the one it's currently in does not classify as ballsy, even if said market has competitors.
I think you're right and that the people in the meeting slept through the lectures on game theory in b-school. But there's also a chance that there really is no incentive to operate without a paywall (when was this coined?), if they would make insufficient ad revenue regardless of the size of the readership.
Also, I'm not sure that having anti-trust lawyers in the room is going to do much. Yes, it will allow you to claim attorney-client privilege so you can't get called to testify on what was said in the meeting. But if you're planning illegal activities in the meeting, the lawyers can get disbarred (I don't think happens very often), and if you're not planning illegal activities, then why meet in secret? What I don't know is whether a person who doesn't have *his* attorney present can get called to testify about the meeting. If so, and if there is such a person, then they're all up the creek.
IANAL, but I have an MBA.
Do you need your program to work on Windows 3.1? The Windows Registry has been the preferred location for storing program data since Windows 95. I think the problem here is that you need to get with the mid-90s and rid of your calls to *PrivateProfile* APIs.