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Mark Lemley
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William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law

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Mark A. Lemley is an American legal scholar known for his studies of American intellectual property law. He is currently the William H. Neukom Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and the Director of the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology. Lemley is a founding partner of the law firm of Durie Tangri LLP, which he has been practicing with since 2009. .. more

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 21h
Unfortunately the Supreme Court is about to declare that there can be no independent agencies (except the Federal Reserve, of course, because they care about their stock portfolios)

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The Irish American @brady47.bsky.social · 21h
Not one juror voted for the indictment.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump administration fails to indict Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video
President Donald Trump had accused six Democratic lawmakers of "seditious behavior" after they urged members of the military and intelligence communities to refuse unlawful orders.
www.nbcnews.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 23h
I'm not sure how slow it is, but yeah

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d
As the saying goes, a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich, but I guess they won't indict a hero

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ziantra.bsky.social @ziantra.bsky.social · 1d
This is what people aren’t talking about-the bigger picture here is that the DOJ “went there” at all. This level of corruption of the DOJ’s core values cannot be excised surgically. We ARE going to need to amputate that whole dept more or less and rebuild it

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MarksPeeps @markspeeps.bsky.social · 1d
crisisoftruth.org/slmc/
We Are Watching a Slow Moving Nazi Coup. This mirrors the legal framework used in authoritarian transitions — including the 1933 German consolidation of power.
We Are Watching a Slow Moving Nazi Coup
This mirrors the legal framework used in authoritarian transitions — including the 1933 German consolidation of power. 7 signs scholars warn about.
crisisoftruth.org

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That's Hedley @fmrpaperboy62.bsky.social · 1d
The appropriate bar association can start by yanking Pirro's law license for bringing specious, politically motivated charges.

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VictoriousYankee @victoriousyankee.bsky.social · 1d
100!

The fbi has to be rebuilt too…

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d
Good that the grand jury rejected this obviously illegal move to indict sitting Senators for making true statements. But horrifying that the government tried. The DOJ has been fully corrupted into a Trump propaganda arm. It will have to be rebuilt from the ground up
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Prosecutors fail to secure indictment against 6 Dem lawmakers
A grand jury rejected the case against the lawmakers involved in a video urging military members to refuse illegal orders.
www.politico.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
🤷🏼

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d
A very good article on the weirdness of the AI alignment problem, including one of my favorite images describing AI training

www.understandingai.org/p/the-many-m...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
WATCH — @warnock.senate.gov: “They are seizing ballots, gunning down ordinary citizens, arresting journalists. All the alarm bells 🚨 are blaring. The question is, are we listening?”

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 1d
Information about the 6 people who Ro Khanna revealed from the Epstein files:
Who are the six men named in the unredacted Epstein files?
In a floor speech, Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative, revealed identities of six men after seeing unredacted files
www.theguardian.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:

"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d
In the least shocking news ever, the DOJ illegally redacted Trump's name from manyEpstein files. [And of course that doesn't count the ones they just didn't release because they are about Trump]

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files
Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers
www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Khanna: "Here we have a sitting cabinet member, Lutnick, who's all over the files as having a business relationship allegedly and personal relationship alleged after Epstein was convicted. He's allegedly lied about his relationship. And there's no consequence. We need to get real in this country."

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Midlife Orphan @midlifeorphan.bsky.social · 2d
Excellent reporting on this post including:

- Construction started in July 2018, during the Trump administration as a priority infrastructure project

- In 2019, Trump himself signed into law the first U.S. funding for the bridge with up to $15 million for CBP.

www.dailydetroit.com/canada-paid-...
Canada Paid For The Bridge. Trump Wants Half.
I've followed this project for nearly a decade. Trump's threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe — demanding half of a bridge we didn't pay for — deserves context. Here's the line-by-line realit...
www.dailydetroit.com

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midtowntulsa.bsky.social @midtowntulsa.bsky.social · 2d
As you can see, we have a mental health crisis in the U.S.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, this is a real thing posted by the deranged lunatic today.

It must be so embarrassing to have to try to defend this nutjob

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sjhutton99.bsky.social @sjhutton99.bsky.social · 2d
As a person I think Miller is the worst, but for ability to influence things badly Musk gets the win

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Heidi Reinberg @heidireinberg.bsky.social · 2d
LOL — Nick Shirley won honorable mention.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d
Unbelievably horrific. A lot of people in positions of power in Israel belong in jail, starting at the very top

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘No rules’: Gaza’s doctors say they were tortured, beaten and humiliated in Israeli detention
Healthcare workers are protected under international law yet hundreds were detained during the war. Now, some of Gaza’s most senior doctors have spoken of the violence and abuse they say they faced
www.theguardian.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d
Just a reminder that while Donald Trump is the worst person on the planet, Elon Musk is trying hard for second place. He just awarded $1 million to a literal Nazi for antisemitic shitposting

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 2d
NBC Hid The Boos For JD Vance. Where’s Trump’s ‘Unfair Editing’ Lawsuit?

If you watched NBC's prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you saw Vice President JD Vance in the stands at San Siro Stadium in Milan with his wife, Usha. The commentary team said "JD Vance"…
NBC Hid The Boos For JD Vance. Where’s Trump’s ‘Unfair Editing’ Lawsuit?
If you watched NBC's prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you saw Vice President JD Vance in the stands at San Siro Stadium in Milan with his wife, Usha. The commentary team said "JD Vance" and moved on. Pleasant enough. But if you were watching literally any other country's broadcast—or were actually in the stadium—you heard something else: …
www.techdirt.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 2d
That's definitely right. But the same argument should hold if I wanted to make a game with that title. Trademark law doesn't generally protect titles, and in any event we generally allow someone to use another's trademark in their title as long as it is artistically relevant to the new work

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snarkyarky01.bsky.social @snarkyarky01.bsky.social · 3d
“President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Station…”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
Criticizing your country isn’t unpatriotic — this is 👇🏽

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 3d
@rtushnet.bsky.social, @markpmckenna.bsky.social, and I filed an amicus brief opposing THQ's argument that Mar Vista can't make a horror movie called "Alone in the Dark" about, well, people who are alone in the dark because it made a video game with that name ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov/doc1/0311469...
CM/ECF - California Central District
ecf.cacd.uscourts.gov

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dmp2you.bsky.social @dmp2you.bsky.social · 3d
I thought editing broadcasts got you BILLION dollar extortion demands ?