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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 20h

Sent to me by a friend.

A decal that reads “professional cyber bully of the Supreme Court justices.”

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed our big event on Sep. 25—"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"—fear not!

@nyuengelberg.org just posted the audio recording, along with some lovely photos!

Check it out! 🔗: www.nyuengelberg.org/events/fixin...

Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York

www.nyuengelberg.org

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 2d

I shared NEW DATA about what licenses people have used for @oshwassociation.bsky.social certified hardware since 2016

michaelweinberg.org/blog/2025/10...

I put things here so they are on the internet

michaelweinberg.org

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 9d

Pam Samuelson, Matt Sag, Rebecca Tushnet, Ed Lee, and I filed an amicus in Thomson v. Ross. We urged the court of appeals to reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment to Thomson, and to hold that use of headnotes in AI training is fair use. drive.google.com/file/d/1zUot...

Ross_amicus 9-27 pdf.pdf

drive.google.com

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · 12d

Check out the new NYT op-doc from Knowing Machines' @katecrawford.bsky.social on the environmental impact of AI:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain

www.nytimes.com

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Jeanne Fromer @jeannefromer.bsky.social · 13d

Great Jotwell post by @graemedinwoodie.bsky.social on Michael Goodyear's article "Common-Law Notice and Takedown" ip.jotwell.com/the-future-o...

The Future of Notice and Takedown? - Intellectual Property

Michael Goodyear, Common Law Notice-and-Takedown, __ NYU J. Intell. Prop. & Ent. L. __ (forthcoming), available at SSRN (April 25, 2025).Graeme DinwoodieAs Michael Goodyear notes in Common Law Notice-...

ip.jotwell.com

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 14d

So glad to welcome my former student back to NYU as a faculty member. Circle of life.

NYU Law @nyulaw.bsky.social · 14d

@cmorten.bsky.social returns to NYU Law this fall. He brings with him the Science, Health, and Information Clinic, which provides legal services to researchers, patients, consumer groups, and others in the health and science space: ow.ly/gcj550X1EkL

Need to Know

Christopher Morten ’15 acknowledges that becoming a law professor wasn’t his original ambition: he first planned to become a research scientist, investigating cures for cancer or infectious diseases—“...

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 15d

Andrew Weissman and I discussed the TikTok ban, and, in particular, how Trump would leverage it to do many bad things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ7O...

Respectfully Dissent—The TikTok Ban

YouTube video by NYU School of Law

www.youtube.com

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 16d

Maybe you can't read Ray Carver at work, but you CAN talk about AI, and we've got the webinar series you've been waiting for. Join @hypervisible.blacksky.app, Christa Albrecht-Crane, and Library Futures this Thursday 9/25 for the first installment!

nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · 19d

Public pharma event next week!
Thurs Sep 25, 5:30!
IRL at @nyulaw.bsky.social & on zoom!
A terrific lineup of speakers, inc. patient advocates Max Goldberg & Emerald Anastasia, Sarah Lamour & Humphrey Shen of the Science, Health & Information Clinic, + fmr NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi!

Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited to announce an upcoming event w @nyuengelberg.org!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!

"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"

5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU

Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!

Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!

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Sarah Lamdan @sarahlamdan.bsky.social · 20d

New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰

www.404media.co/librarians-a...

Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books

It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

www.404media.co

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Jeanne Fromer @jeannefromer.bsky.social · 20d

Was it even a question that I needed to buy this? I'm excited to build this for my office and have a working chocolate waterfall and mini Oompa-Loompas (and maybe write a 3rd piece of scholarship on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? 🤔First 2 pieces are linked below) www.lego.com/en-us/produc...

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 21360 | Ideas | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US

Fantastic Willy Wonka gift for movie lovers

www.lego.com

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Normally you would expect to pay upwards of $1,000 to share the room with such a galaxy of stars. But the Engelberg Center is bringing it to you absolutely free of charge. All you need to do is RSVP today:

www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...

Conspicuous Consumers: An Engelberg Center Symposium

Over exposed and under explored, consumers play critical roles across a range of legal doctrines. We're giving them their due.

www.eventbrite.com

NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

And Daniel Francis, @dohamekki.bsky.social, @ericposner.bsky.social, & Scott Hemphill on "What’s special about consumers when it comes to competition?"

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Erich Andersen, @kristelia.bsky.social, & @cjsprigman.bsky.social on "How Do We Understand the Consumer When We Assess the Prospect of Competition in Fair Use?"

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Mala Chatterjee, Deven Desai, Aaron Perzanowski, & @jasonschultz.bsky.social on "How AI Impacts Consumption"

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Chris Cotropia, @markpmckenna.bsky.social, @jnvictor.bsky.social, @rtushnet.bsky.social & @jeannefromer.bsky.social on "IP Rights as a Signal to Consumers" (a panel well represented on bluesky)

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Charles Duan, Hilary Koch, Fran Visco, Steve Woloshin, & @cmorten.bsky.social on "The Consumer Scientist"

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Maggie Chon, Aaron Perzanowski, @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, Anna Tischner, & Rochelle Dreyfuss on "Sustainability in the Eye of the Beholder"

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

We'll have keynotes from Nancy Mahon of The Estée Lauder Companies & Lisa Bonner of Bonner Law

And panels? We've got panels!

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NYU Engelberg Center @nyuengelberg.org · Aug 27

Consumers are all over the law: consumer welfare in antitrust, consumer confusion in TM, consumer understanding of art in copyright. But what is The Consumer, really?

On 10/16 and 17, we're going to dig in.....

www.eventbrite.com/e/conspicuou...

Conspicuous Consumers: An Engelberg Center Symposium

Over exposed and under explored, consumers play critical roles across a range of legal doctrines. We're giving them their due.

www.eventbrite.com

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Chris Morten @cmorten.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited to announce an upcoming event w @nyuengelberg.org!
My first back at @nyulaw.bsky.social!

"Fixing a Broken System: The Path to Public Pharma in New York"

5:30-7 pm Thur Sep. 25, 2025 @ NYU

Co-hosted w T1International & @racepowerpolicy.org!

Zoom & IRL, free & open to all! Join us!

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · Aug 11

I kept needing it, so I wrote a very quick guide to picking an open source hardware license (you know, if you don't feel like actually reading the licenses, which is totally cool):

michaelweinberg.org/blog/2025/08...

Which CERN Open Hardware License Should I Use?

I put things here so they are on the internet

michaelweinberg.org

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Jeanne Fromer @jeannefromer.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thanks to @chicagokentlaw.bsky.social @design-law.bsky.social and friends for organizing this IP Summer Camp event and for helpful and constructive feedback on my project with @cjsprigman.bsky.social on "An Integrative Theory of Design and Utility Patents"

Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking forward to continuing our Chicago-Kent IP Summer Camp series today with Jeanne Fromer & Christopher Sprigman on "An Integrative Theory of Design and Utility Patents" (moderated by yours truly).

IP Summer Camp illustration, created by Cathay Smith with help from AI

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