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Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university co... by userbinator on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:07PM (#20180320)
It's very bizarre to see this seemingly very pro-public-domain/anti-copyright/anti-IP decision given the reputation that Texas has for patent trolls.
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Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university co... by dragonwriter on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:41PM (#20180439)
The US (federal) District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has that reputation, due to local rules which attracted patent cases (IIRC, recent case law has restricted the kind of forum shopping involved in that), but that has little to do with the laws or judicial system of the State of Texas.
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Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university co... by tedivm on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:34PM (#20180424)
It's not pro public domain though, it's basically just saying that copyright doesn't apply to the government.
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Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university co... by icebraining on Friday June 14, 2019 @03:09AM (#20181063)
Not really, because thedefendent didn't claim copyright infringement (which the Texas courts couldn't rule on anyway, they would have had to go to federal court).
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