Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law
@christalaser.bsky.social
A law professor helping you learn innovation law; author; former BigLaw IP litigator; speaker; moot court world champion. Www.Christalaser.com
My paper, Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges, is finally published after years of data collection on the educational background of federal judges. I conclude that STEM majors are too much of a minority in the federal judiciary. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Scientific Educations Among U.S. Judges
Should more judges have technical and scientific educations than is currently prevalent in the federal judiciary? This empirical study of the educational backgr
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Impeach for emoluments and bribery. He made the US government agree to not launch a stablecoin then his family launches a stablecoin, misleadingly titled after the US Dollar. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/t...
Trump’s Crypto Venture Introduces New Digital Currency
World Liberty Financial, the crypto business created by President Trump and his sons, unveiled a cryptocurrency called a stablecoin, furthering his ties to an industry his administration regulates.
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I'm enjoying this talk by @lessig.bsky.social re how AI will impact the world and politics. Prof. Lessig builds on work by David Runciman that corporations are analog AIs showing that nonhuman actors can overtake human goals. Directives of AI can shape the world. www.youtube.com/live/bF6rer0...
What AI is doing to America's democracy | LSE Event
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I'm generally not very vocal on politics, but I feel strongly (1) those who favor limited government must enforce limitations of the power of the President even when politically inconvenient; (2) only Congress makes law, which the President should enforce; (3) Presidents should not take emoluments.
Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok
Perplexity submits a new bid for TikTok
Perplexity AI has submitted a revised proposal to merge with TikTok, in an arrangement that would give the U.S. government up to 50 percent ownership of the new entity. The Associated Press first reported on the new proposal. A source with knowledge of…
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Hopeful news (as someone whose dad passed of Parkinson's): an existing cancer therapy is showing promise to stop the spread of Parkinson's disease. www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-d...
Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We Could Already Have an FDA-Approved Treatment
Researchers have discovered how a cell surface protein called Aplp1 can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell-to-cell in the brain.
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A ban on TikTok? I walk through the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the act requiring divestiture of TikTok on the grounds that there is no First Amendment protection here. Here is my three minute summary: www.youtube.com/shorts/SzMt2...
Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban: Lawyer Explains
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Proud of myself for doing this... A former coach. Fencing is so notorious for this issue. It's as bad as gymnastics. #metoo
Update on IP Program at CSU Law: 1) Our 2024 IP+ Conference w/ with Vaishali Udupa, Commissioner for Patents at USPTO, rocked. Video: youtu.be/5GSOMH0RQE4?... 2) CSU Law hired IP professor Mehtab Khan from Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center. 3) CSU rose nearly fifty ranks in US IP Specialty Ranking
CSU Law: 2024 IP+ Conference: Commissioner of Patents, Health and IP Law, AI and the Law, and More
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I'm delighted to share that Ohio House legislators just passed Ohio's anti-SLAPP bill (allowing early dismissal of frivolous defamation claims). Thank you to all the state legislators who heard me out on the importance of safeguarding #FirstAmendment rights of survivors.
Sharing some oldies but goodies. While looking through my recordings for public speaking samples, I found this gem, my @Toastmasters Area 32 Winning Speech, A Little Deliccy: youtu.be/n9rEQFpZaIc?...
A Little Delicacy - Toastmasters First Place Area 32 Speaking Contest
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None of our works will endure endlessly, but somehow love feels like the most enduring and important thing that we can create in our short time on earth. Happy Thanksgiving. A poem I was reminded of this morning: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley I'd love to get back into writing poetry.
This TEDx talk is a helpful reminder: people can choose the law; law is a program instructing society and corporations on how to operate. Kris Gledhill: Corporate law reform to save the world www.ted.com/talks/kris_g...
Corporate law reform to save the world
Kris Gledhill reflects on the rules we have created for corporations. They focus on profits not stewardship. In light of many concerns around the overuse of resources, is this sensible? Kris suggests ...
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IP Law Starter Pack to follow. Currently it's all IP professors I love! Which other IP profs are on the app? go.bsky.app/7vF5GAi
What is a supplement that dramatically improved your life? Have you ever used a supplement to treat a medical condition? (Research for my book project about IP law, a chapter of which I'm presenting in Jan is about supplement marketing.)
Law profs and writers, what piece gave you the greatest joy during the process of writing?
Throwback to my legal article about the Federal Circuit's exclusive appellate jurisdiction in patent law. New spin: w/ courts potentially deciding more scientific issues in the coming years, should we consider a Nat'l Court of Appeals of Science under Supreme Court? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Rethinking Patent Law's Exclusive Appellate Jurisdiction
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was created in 1982 to unify and clarify patent law, inter alia. It was built from political compromi
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Reposting this because there is such a new influx. We should set intentions for use of the platform! Mine will be to connect with and speak to other professors with the hopes of contributing to cutting edge issues in the law and science.
Law Prof. Christa Laser | Innovation and IP Law@christalaser.bsky.social · 3y agoThis feels like a version of Twitter with nicer people. I'm probably going to stick with following law professors and technology news. What topics are you planning on following here? How are you planning to use this differently from your other platforms?
I'm glad to see everyone here! Seems like activity is picking up. Here's to this new social network! (Pic: superhero throwback)
I dub the feeling when something is too cheery it cannot possibly be human "The Dystopian Cliff"
This feels like a version of Twitter with nicer people. I'm probably going to stick with following law professors and technology news. What topics are you planning on following here? How are you planning to use this differently from your other platforms?
