Mass Law Blog
Intellectual property and business litigation, Massachusetts and nationallyWritten by humans
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
Party Like Its 1999
Xconomy.com is a well written and produced web site that describes itself thus - the authoritative voice of on the exponential economy, the realm of business and innovation characterized by exponential technological growth ... Sounds a little Wired/Gilder-like, true, but this is the best way I've seen to keep up with developments in the Massachusetts technology markets. For example, their October 17, 2007 article, Boston: The Hidden Hub of Music and Technology, with its list of local...
The Massachusetts "Guide" to Evidence
Courts, Litigation. Back in the early 1980s, when I was new to the Massachusetts Bar, there was an effort by the organized bar to codify the rules of evidence. That effort failed, and to this day the rules of evidence are a confusing patchwork of common law and legislative enactment. The "go to" source for the law of evidence has been, in the memory of almost all living Massachusetts attorneys, the Handbook of Massachusetts Evidence (8th Ed. 2006), by the former Chief Judge of the Supreme...
That, Sir, Depends What You Mean by "Willful"
Patent Law. Patent lawyers and their clients spend a lot of time worrying about willfulnesss. If a patent is infringed and the infringement is "willful," the consequences can include treble damages and liability for the patent owner's attorneys fees. The idea of paying the other side's legal fees can be a terrifying prospect for most patent infringement defendants. Think of it as writing a blank check to your opponent's lawyers. To avoid this fate, a lot of time and money is spent before the...
Justia
Justia.com is a very cool new legal research site that I stumbled upon. What I particularly like is its "front end" for research in the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (ECF) system, which has become extremely comprehensive since most federal district courts now mandate electronic filing. One part of the site, Federal District Court Filings and Dockets, gives much easier access to the ECF system than the ECF front end, which I've always found to be awkward. Justia allows you to look (for...
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