• Deborah Gerhardt on the ruling in favor of an artist who paints Crimson Tide sports highlights without University of Alabama say-so [Deborah Gerhardt/Eric Goldman, earlier here, etc.]
• Posner throws out Apple/Motorola case [Tabarrok, more]
• Joinder of defendants allegedly violating same patent: “D.C. Court Ruling Makes Life Tougher For Patent Trolls” [Daniel Fisher, Forbes]
• “Google, AOL Face Patent Suit Over ‘Snippet’ Search Results, Ads” [Justia]
• “Absurd patent of the day, Apple re: wedge-shaped computers” [Tabarrok]
• “Defensive Patent License: judo for patent-trolls” [Doctorow/BB]
• Why are copyright terms so long? One theory [Julian Sanchez]

Filed under: Apple, copyright, Eastern District of Texas, patent quality, patent trolls, Richard Posner, trademarks