Judge Patterson Calls for Settlement
Judge Patterson Calls for Settlement Towards the end of today's cross examination, Judge Robert Patterson stopped the testimony to question the trial as a whole. From the Wall Street Journal:

Judge Patterson removed his glasses and addressed the court. “I’m concerned that this case is more lawyer-driven than it is client-driven,” he lamented. “The fair use people are on one side, and a large company is on the other side. . . . The parties ought to see if there’s not a way to work this out, because there are strong issues in this case and it could come out one way or the other. The fair use doctrine is not clear.”

The Fair Use Doctrine is a United States Law, defined accurately by Wikipedia as allowing "limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as use for scholarship or review."

You can read more of what happened at today's trial concerning Lexicon author Steve Van Der Ark here. The trial has ended for the day and will continue into tomorrow and Thursday.
Posted by Andrew on Apr 15th | 152 Comments
Visitor Comments
Posted by roadtripkaraoke Apr 16th 2008

I just decided I love me some Judge Patterson. Freakin' lawyers.


Posted by Marie_Lee Apr 16th 2008

oh dear.. these comments really hurt my feelings, i thought all u sheep liked me.. rofl :P hey grnds, wanna take some unresoved issues and psst ppl off with them todayy?? roflmao!!




Wait! View more news stories in our News Archive.




Translate


MuggleNet is an unofficial Harry Potter fan site. Please email us if you have any questions or concerns. MuggleNet's original layouts were designed and created by Navy. All subsequent layouts by Dylan Spartz.

© 1999-2009 MuggleNet.com. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy | COPPA Policy | Feedback | Credits
Random Addresses

541 muggles currently online







Poll
Is Dumbledore right that Hogwarts sorts its students into Houses too soon - while the kids are too young?

Updates
Today's Updates
· Updated Crazy Caption Contest [November 15]
Recent Updates
· Updated the Half-Blood Prince DVD info page [November 10]
· Updated Crazy Caption Contest [November 8]
· Updated Crazy Caption Contest [November 1]
Mail

Quotes
Yeah, I've seen those things they [Muggles] think are gnomes... like fat little Santa Clauses with fishing rods...

Ron Weasley
Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3, Page 36

See Another Quote
Big News
(10/01) - Happy 10th Birthday, MuggleNet!
(9/30) - HBP breaks $300 million mark in US
(9/25) - JK Rowling is now a Twitter user!
(9/17) - SS and COS Ultimate Editions arriving December 8th too
(9/17) - HBP DVD to hit U.S. stores on December 8
(9/15) - Wizarding World to open Spring 2010, rides confirmed
Release Dates
The Exhibition,
Boston opening:

October 25th, 2009
Half-Blood Prince DVD:
December 8th, 2009
Wizarding World:
Spring 2010
Deathly Hallows, Pt 1:
November 19th, 2010
Deathly Hallows, Pt 2:
July 15th, 2011

Advertisement