Posner is a drama queen, as usual. "I don't like what you're doing, so I'm going to ignore law and binding precedent to come to a decision that feels right and will get me some more publicity."
Puke.
Famous judge spikes Apple-Google case, calls patent system “dysfunctional”
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#82What do you know, a judge from an appeals court that never hears patent cases doesn't know anything about how the patent system works.
Why we let circuit judges sit by designation on cases that are literally outside their jurisdiction escapes me.
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#83> [re a slide-to-unlock patent] Apple’s .. argument is that “a tap is a zero-length swipe.” That’s silly. It’s like saying that a point is a zero-length line. But a point is a zero-length line.
If my high school maths teacher were here he'd say that a point is a zero-length line segment .
Sometimes it is useful to think of a really short line becoming a point, like in calculus, but that doesn't mean a point is a really short line any more than its a really tiny triangle or anything else we want to scale to a point.
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#84What do you know, a judge from an appeals court that never hears patent cases doesn't know anything about how the patent system works. Why we let circuit judges sit by designation on cases that are literally outside their jurisdiction escapes me.
Your other comment I saw indicate an personal prejudice against this judge. I'm curious, what did he do to earn your ire?
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#85Judge sounds biased against the patent system. Would be interesting to see an appeal based on this.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the federal court system, it's not unusual for circuit (appellate) judges to volunteer to be assigned to preside at trials in the district courts. This is especially true if the appellate judge didn't previously serve as a trial judge. That was the case with Richard Posner, who was a highly-distinguished law professor before being appointed to the appellate bench. The reverse is also true: It's not uncommon for di…
So from what you are saying it sounds like Posner volunteered for this. He wasn't drafted by someone else. Personally I think that's fantastic.
Or an indicator of self-selecting bias, which may result in an interesting appeal.
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#87What a wonderful surprise. I'd forgotten about the judicial branch, and now they appear like the cavalry to sort out this mess. Wouldn't it be great if they went after the patent trolls next?
I would like Paul Graham, Richard Posner, and perhaps Mike Bloomberg to have a long, meandering dinner party wherein they discuss and solve America's most important problems. It worked for Jefferson/Madison/Hamilton 222 years ago. This could be exactly what we need.
The world is a far more complicated place than three people sitting around a table can solve.
Remember that 222 years ago the entire country of America didn't even have the population of New Jersey and a budget smaller than most school boards.
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#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would like Paul Graham, Richard Posner, and perhaps Mike Bloomberg to have a long, meandering dinner party wherein they discuss and solve America's most important problems. It worked for Jefferson/Madison/Hamilton 222 years ago. This could be exactly what we need.
By the rich for the rich then? Sounds about right. Seriously though, you want 3 privileged, white men to decide the fate of your entire country? I'm all for smart people coming up with solutions, and I know your comment wasn't mean't to be taken too seriously, but this is just ridiculous. Technocracy is not the answer, no matter how much technologists would love it to be.
The founding fathers were all privileged white men.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would like Paul Graham, Richard Posner, and perhaps Mike Bloomberg to have a long, meandering dinner party wherein they discuss and solve America's most important problems. It worked for Jefferson/Madison/Hamilton 222 years ago. This could be exactly what we need.
By the rich for the rich then? Sounds about right. Seriously though, you want 3 privileged, white men to decide the fate of your entire country? I'm all for smart people coming up with solutions, and I know your comment wasn't mean't to be taken too seriously, but this is just ridiculous. Technocracy is not the answer, no matter how much technologists would love it to be.
I don't believe a racial attack is in any way an appropriate response to portman's comment.
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#90Outside of his nigh-endless legal accomplishments, Posner is also allegedly the basis for the character of Mr. Burns on the Simpsons.
His blog (http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/) is well worth a read.
If you're an economic-utilitarian you'll love it, otherwise you'll probably think he's a monster, albeit a very rational one.