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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 14h

My next attempt to add to the general collection of patent memes online:

Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 20h

Willamette is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor of law position; there's more info at the link!

If you are on the market, I highly recommend that you apply. I've been at Willamette a few months now and absolutely love it here.

willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Willam...

Assistant Professor of Law (Tenure Track)

ABOUT WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: Willamette University, founded in 1842, is a nationally-renowned private university enrolling 2800 students across five colleges. Our historic campus, adjacent to the Oreg...

willamette.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 1d

Lol oh yikes.

I have heard around the Internet that the rights holders to the Grinch are QUITE protective so...that's my personal bet. I think they'll send a c&d first though.

dinger.bsky.social @dinger.bsky.social · 1d

Who is gonna sue first, The Dr Seuss estate, or the NFL

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 1d

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Alt US Coast Guard @altcoast.altgov.info · 1d

There are no press releases during the shutdown, making it difficult to find this kind of news.
But the AK Air/Army National Guards, and the USCG, are conducting SAR operations. The flooding is in remote areas, and affecting primarily small villages, it appears.

taskandpurpose.com/news/alaska-...

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 1d

THE UNDERLYING PATENT IN PACING TECHS, LLC V GARMIN INT'L INC. SAYS SOME COMPLETELY INACCURATE THINGS ABOUT TEMPO AND TIME SIGNATURES AND IT MAKES ME SO MAD, Y'ALL.

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 1d

ooo! good to know. instant follow!

I'm fairly sure that we've met before actually. I think I said something really intelligent along the lines of "by any chance are you like, a llama online?"

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 1d

After teaching my first few patent law classes, I have concluded that there are simply not enough patent law memes online.

This must be fixed.

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 3d

Please enjoy my Halloween art!

Improvisation inspired by the fact that our 12 foot skelly Indiana Bones has a messed up base and can't really stand right now, lol.

A 12 ft skeleton sitting on the ground staring at several missing bones in his legs and feet as if he's questioning his life choices. In the background you can see a skeleton three-headed dog chewing on one of the Giant skeleton's leg bones.

A three-headed skeleton dog chewing on a giant leg bone

A skeleton snake wrapped around a giant leg bone. The snake's mouth is open as if he is smiling or triumphantly laughing.

A skeleton cat standing next to a giant bony foot in triumph, a proud hunter.

Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 3d

"It's an entire political ad, from a major Democratic politician, that is exclusively defending trans rights. Has this ever happened before?"

This is amazing.

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 3d

THANK YOU. I absolutely loved it.

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 3d

John: "why do you have two sets of chopsticks by your computer?"

Me: "oh I use them to eat Cheetos."

He found this very very funny, but like. It really works quite well for Cheeto eating WITHOUT getting the dust all over your hands. I initially learned this trick from She-Hulk. Highly recommend.

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 5d

How can he be so big and so baby at once?

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 6d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 9d

I was just wondering how many people have become design patent agents since the new requirements went into effect in Jan. 2024; found these numbers!

"Currently, there are 52,970 active patent practitioners (14,207 agents, 37,996 attorneys, 5 design and 762 limited recognition)."

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Laurie Brookins @lauriebrookins.com · 9d

Every network should be diving into this story: www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/u...

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

www.cnn.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10d

The White House is blatantly violating the Constitution, ignoring Congressionally-allocated spending. Approving any budget would put a stamp of approval on the end of checks and balances.

It'll hurt, yes, but it's time for opposition. The political costs will mostly fall on the people in charge.

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

www.msnbc.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10d

So much Democrat and pundit handwringing about the shutdown as if they're in charge of the government.

They're not. The only possibilities are Trump makes things worse with Democratic approval or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic resistance. Don't bail him out.

My latest (on @msnbc.com):

Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on

The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.

www.msnbc.com

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Rachael "Trademark Clippy" Dickson @tudorsandtms.bsky.social · 11d

About to fly off to Chicago with John to attend amazing bonus cousin Lauren's wedding!!

I actually specifically got this custom TLOAS shirt to wear for my talk on Taylor Swift fan merch and IP issues around it next week, but obviously I had to wear it for release day too!

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14d

Today, 33% of all the electricity used in Oregon is attributed to data centers.

In Virginia, it’s 37%.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It

AI data centers are pushing up energy costs all over the US. On today’s Big Take podcast: an investigation into who's footing the bill.

www.bloomberg.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 15d

These scripts are GREAT and these calls are EASY and ESSENTIAL. Call your senators and reps today and tell them to vote against ANY bill that contains cuts to trans health care.

#DidThisToday

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 28d

so: what do we need you to do? two things.

1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi

what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.

[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.

[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.

[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 14d

"Yet government retribution for speech (precisely what has happened here) is directly forbidden by the First Amendment."

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John Hawkinson @johnhawkinson.bsky.social · 14d

We don't often see anaphora like this repetition in judicial opinions.

"But not all of them." (law firms)
"But not all of them." (higher education)
"But not all of them." (media outlets)

Constructed through footnotes.

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