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Lee Gesmer’s Mass Law Blog began in 2005, and contains almost 600 posts. The site initially focused on Massachusetts law, but today it follows business and intellectual property law nation-wide. The site is hosted by Gesmer Updegrove LLP, a law firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm represents startup and established companies in the areas of litigation, transactions (including financings, mergers and acquisitions), IP rights, taxation, employment law, standards consortia, business counseling and open source development projects and foundations. You can find a summary of the firm’s services here. To learn how Gesmer Updegrove can help you, contact: Lee Gesmer

A Renter Uses Your House to Film Porno Movies – Copyright Infringement?

A Renter Uses Your House to Film Porno Movies – Copyright Infringement?

I can’t let a decision on this case pass by, both because the facts are so bizarre and because the case is in my backyard, the Federal District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiff, Leah Bassett, owns a house on Martha’s Vineyard. She entered into a several-month long lease with Joshua Spafford. Spafford allowed the house to be used to film a number of pornographic movies. Ms. Bassett sued everyone involved, and one of her claims is copyright infringement. She claims that the...

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Supreme Court Focuses on Standard of Review/Seventh Amendment Issue in Oracle v. Google

Supreme Court Focuses on Standard of Review/Seventh Amendment Issue in Oracle v. Google

The odds of Oracle coming out on top in the Supreme Court appeal of Oracle v. Google just took a turn for the worse. On May 4, 2020 the following entry appeared on the Supreme Court docket in the long-pending Oracle v. Google copyright case: The parties are directed to file supplemental letter briefs addressing the appropriate standard of review for the second question presented, including but not limited to the implications of the Seventh Amendment, if any, on that standard. The briefs, not...

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Does Your Lawyer Have Emotional Intelligence?

Does Your Lawyer Have Emotional Intelligence?

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser – in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man.” Abraham Lincoln. Does your lawyer have emotional intelligence? Or if you’re a lawyer, do you?* *Note: “Studies show that lawyers score high in intelligence but below average in emotional intelligence, and Ronda Muir, author of ‘Beyond...

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Oracle v. Google: Will The Best Analogy Win?

Oracle v. Google: Will The Best Analogy Win?

Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home – Sigmund Freud One good analogy is worth three hours discussion – Dudley Field Malone Oracle v. Google, now before the Supreme Court, is a complicated case in more ways than one. The copyright law issues are difficult, but the case is made even more challenging by its subject matter, which involves highly technical and abstruse computer technology. Judges have a hard enough time applying copyright law to...

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