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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Four cheers for MIT.

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 7d

"Attacks on academia are fundamentally about remaking the labor practices that define higher education."

Deepa Das Acevedo, author of The War on Tenure (out now), in Time Magazine

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#HigherEd #AcademicSky #PoliSci 🗺️ 🗃️

The Real History of Tenure

If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · Sep 9

They could have done something like this in the Trump immunity case and given a chance for the special counsel to take Trump's federal election subversion charges to trial.

Expediting cases is a choice

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 9

NEW: the Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump‘s appeal in the tariffs cases on a highly expedited basis. Oral argument will be during the first week of November.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Sep 9

Looking forward to talking about the patent law side of the current disruptions in the federal executive branch at this event this evening. www.connerinn.org/event-6240328

Hon. William C. Conner Inn of Court - Discretionary Denial and the Court-PTAB Standoff

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Jeanne Fromer @jeannefromer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thrilled that my article with @markpmckenna.bsky.social on "Amazon's Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System" is now out in the California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social

Amazon’s Quiet Overhaul of the Trademark System — California Law Review

Amazon’s dominance as a platform is widely documented. But one aspect of that dominance has not received sufficient attention—the Amazon Brand Registry’s sweeping influence on firm behavior, particula...

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John Q. Barrett @johnqbarrett.bsky.social · Aug 19

Donna Adelson's trial for Dan Markel's murder begins.
#JusticeforDan

WCTV Eyewitness News @wctv.tv · Aug 19

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the murder and conspiracy trial of Donna Adelson.

Jury selection begins Tuesday in Donna Adelson murder trial

Jury selection begins Tuesday in the murder and conspiracy trial of Donna Adelson.

www.wctv.tv

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just a reminder of my favorite idea for a law student note: Pick an important Supreme Court case from 5-10 years ago, and see how lower courts are interpreting it. It's helpful for practitioners and courts, and something law students can research and present effectively.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Jul 28

Maybe 5 people out there will appreciate this, but I am trying to parse a huge database dump of a foreign government's trademark registration data. I've just discovered that one of the trademarks is recorded as "<<<(Cf. xkcd.com/327/)

Exploits of a Mom

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Nicholson Price @nicholson.bsky.social · Jul 23

What's going on in the world of dupes, & how do these rapid-fire copies interact with the law?

Fascinating @theverge.com piece with great quotes & analysis from two top experts: @lexlanham.bsky.social & @design-law.bsky.social

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

#dupes #academia #fashion

How dupes turned online shopping upside down

When everything is the same, who gets to claim ownership over ideas?

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · Jul 4

Coming to America is a strange experience for someone with a complex racial, religious, ethnic and national background. These many identities get subsumed under a racial or national identity that is then hyphenated with America.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Jun 23

Of possible interest to law students studying intellectual property. www.uspto.gov/jobs/become-...

Become a trademark examining attorney

Learn more about the USPTO trademark examining position, what a typical day looks like, and why you should work at America’s Innovation Agency.

www.uspto.gov

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Jun 3

I mean...

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · Jun 3

Closing public spaces rather than sharing them is a classic segregationist move

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thanks old friend.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Jun 2

Yeah this is not only addressed to them.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · Jun 2

Last month there were allegations that some of my students may have used generative AI on my final exam. The incident led me to give some serious thought to how we are dealing with these tools in the professional education context. Here’s what I wrote to my students: jeremysheff.com/2025/06/02/g...

Generative AI in the Law School Classroom – Jeremy Sheff

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · May 21

Neat study. I get that the copyright issues you address are keyed to pending litigation, but the hard question to my mind is how findings like this should influence our understanding of what "copying" (rather than substantial similarity) means with respect to LLM outputs.

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · May 20

Sundar Pichai does not know how to live.

Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · May 20

Pichai is showing how Gmail composed an email to his friend offering vacation advice he didn’t have time to assemble himself. This whole oft-cited example of using AI for friendly personal correspondence still seems off to me. I’d rather get a brief note I knew was really from Sundar!

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · May 15

This is what the current federal administration is trying to destroy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · May 15

This is what the current federal administration is trying to destroy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...

Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment

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Adam Zimmerman @profadamszimmerman.bsky.social · May 14

1. A must-read thread. I'll highlight three more problems with this opinion, which is the only case to prevent people from using a class action to challenge US government renditions to El Salvador. I often write about complex litigation, with a focus on class actions involving government bodies.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · May 13

"Epistemic Unrest" is a really good catchphrase for the most important consequence of these technologies.

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · May 13

Suspect Guilty GIF

Alt: "We're all trying to find the guy who did this" meme from I Think You Should Leave

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Jeremy Sheff @jnsheff.bsky.social · May 13

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