On June 19, 2014 the Supreme Court decided Alice Corp v CLS Bank¹. Justice Clarence Thomas authored the opinion. Official SCOTUS portrait See my previous blog for background on this […]
Continue reading »Stratton Faxon Half Marathon- Running with the Boys
Yesterday I ran the Stratton Faxon Half Marathon in Fairfield, Connecticut. Packet pick up was at the Fairfield YMCA. No exhibitor expo, no sparkly headbands or tutus, just a couple […]
Continue reading »A Run Through the Neighborhood
I will miss our neighborhood when we move. For almost two years we have lived in Westport, Connecticut. In August we move to Pelham, New York. I’m sure there will […]
Continue reading »Canada. They Don’t Want Your Spam. And They’re Not Sorry.
Canada, the most apologetic and non-confrontational country in the world, has unleashed a regulation that prompted a chapter in a compliance booklet dedicated to “Controlling the Rage”. Seriously. I can […]
Continue reading »Racing for Kyla at the NYC Marathon
My friend Susan is also running her first ever marathon late this year. She is running the NYC marathon in November 2014. But her race is personal. Susan is running […]
Continue reading »Copyright: APIs v Software
The Oracle v. Google decision came down Friday. Talk about a shocker. Let’s look at what that case was all about. In 2010 Oracle sued Google in the U.S. District […]
Continue reading »Last Week before Marathon Training Starts
Tomorrow I start the 18 week training program for my first ever marathon. I’ve used Hal Higdon training programs for both half marathons and thought it worked well so I’m […]
Continue reading »Putting Your Mark On It- Choosing Your Product/Company Name
On Saturday Kevin and I started watching Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is a show created by Mike Judge about some programmers who invented a “multi-platform technology based on a proprietary […]
Continue reading »Wonder Woman and her sidekick Batgirl conquer Central Park
This past Sunday was half marathon day! The half marathon was in Central Park so Kevin and I drove up the day before. We’d planned to walk around the course […]
Continue reading »Software patents are…
Many software companies are anxiously waiting for the outcome of Alice Corporation Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank International. This is the first Supreme Court case on the patentability of software […]
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