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.
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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!!






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