Mark Lemley
@marklemley.bsky.social
William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
By "heated argument" Newsweek apparently means "Patel refuses to answer a simple repeated question about Trump's appearance in the Epstein files." www.instagram.com/reel/DOvwYnR...
Newsweek on Instagram: "FBI Director Kash Patel gets in a heated argument with Rep. Eric Swalwell over Jeffrey Epstein files."
FBI Director Kash Patel and Rep Eric Swalwell clash in a heated argument over the Jeffrey Epstein files. The tension rises as they discuss the presence of Donald Trump's name in the files. What exactl...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
By "heated argument" Newsweek apparently means "Patel refuses to answer a simple repeated question about Trump's appearance in the Epstein files." www.instagram.com/reel/DOvwYnR...
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Kleptocracy is real and it's winning
My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
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ANTICOMPETITIVE DIRECTORS - Columbia Law Review
“The practice of interlocking directorates is the root of many evils. It offends laws human and divine.” — Justice Louis Brandeis. Introduction Antitrust law prohibits competing corporations from shar...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kleptocracy is real and it's winning
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And that doesn't include media outlets outside of the US owned by billionaires.
Plus US radio stations.
Plus US radio stations.
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And that doesn't include media outlets outside of the US owned by billionaires.
Plus US radio stations.
Plus US radio stations.
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DS9 commented that at some point Starfleet switched Gold and Red as job positions. That HAS to have been confusing.
"Sir? Did you cahnge jobs?"
"No, my new suit is in the wash still. That alien blood is harder to clean out than they thought."
"Sir? Did you cahnge jobs?"
"No, my new suit is in the wash still. That alien blood is harder to clean out than they thought."
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
DS9 commented that at some point Starfleet switched Gold and Red as job positions. That HAS to have been confusing.
"Sir? Did you cahnge jobs?"
"No, my new suit is in the wash still. That alien blood is harder to clean out than they thought."
"Sir? Did you cahnge jobs?"
"No, my new suit is in the wash still. That alien blood is harder to clean out than they thought."
My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
ANTICOMPETITIVE DIRECTORS - Columbia Law Review
“The practice of interlocking directorates is the root of many evils. It offends laws human and divine.” — Justice Louis Brandeis. Introduction Antitrust law prohibits competing corporations from shar...
columbialawreview.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My paper with @vanloo.bsky.social and @lanemiles.bsky.social showing that more than 15% of US companies have potentially illegal interlocking board members is now published in the Columbia Law Review
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
columbialawreview.org/content/anti...
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For the past 45 years, the FCC & SEC have allowed consolidation of media outlets to a point where now the wealthy own & control the majority of the media, what stories are covered and more importantly which stories aren't covered. This isn't "frredom of the press" in any way.
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
For the past 45 years, the FCC & SEC have allowed consolidation of media outlets to a point where now the wealthy own & control the majority of the media, what stories are covered and more importantly which stories aren't covered. This isn't "frredom of the press" in any way.
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A favored technique for Trump is the use of fraudulent or collusive litigation to funnel large sums of money into the pockets of his cronies. This case involving twice indicted felon Michael Flynn is a prime example of how this works.
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A favored technique for Trump is the use of fraudulent or collusive litigation to funnel large sums of money into the pockets of his cronies. This case involving twice indicted felon Michael Flynn is a prime example of how this works.
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As well as
"Overall, we rate Sinclair Broadcast Group Right Biased based on political affiliation with the Republican Party and the direction of network news programming."
"As of 2025, Sinclair Broadcast Group owns, operates, or provides services to 178 television stations across 81 U.S. markets."
"Overall, we rate Sinclair Broadcast Group Right Biased based on political affiliation with the Republican Party and the direction of network news programming."
"As of 2025, Sinclair Broadcast Group owns, operates, or provides services to 178 television stations across 81 U.S. markets."
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
As well as
"Overall, we rate Sinclair Broadcast Group Right Biased based on political affiliation with the Republican Party and the direction of network news programming."
"As of 2025, Sinclair Broadcast Group owns, operates, or provides services to 178 television stations across 81 U.S. markets."
"Overall, we rate Sinclair Broadcast Group Right Biased based on political affiliation with the Republican Party and the direction of network news programming."
"As of 2025, Sinclair Broadcast Group owns, operates, or provides services to 178 television stations across 81 U.S. markets."
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Paywalled, but this is the startling intro
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Paywalled, but this is the startling intro
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The sad truth is, for my long life there never was a liberal media. Lib reporters, sure - but they had to bend over backwards to appease the rich conservative owners/editors. And owner-friendly editors pushed the agenda in a decidedly non-progressive way.
In my opinion
In my opinion
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The sad truth is, for my long life there never was a liberal media. Lib reporters, sure - but they had to bend over backwards to appease the rich conservative owners/editors. And owner-friendly editors pushed the agenda in a decidedly non-progressive way.
In my opinion
In my opinion
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Rude awakening to major patentees: Trump wreck PTO, an agency responsible for major economic work (without partisan valence). Everybody worse off without agency independence, professionalization, procedures.
We need major patentees to protest, but instead they're gifting T with stock/royalties
We need major patentees to protest, but instead they're gifting T with stock/royalties
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Rude awakening to major patentees: Trump wreck PTO, an agency responsible for major economic work (without partisan valence). Everybody worse off without agency independence, professionalization, procedures.
We need major patentees to protest, but instead they're gifting T with stock/royalties
We need major patentees to protest, but instead they're gifting T with stock/royalties
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"Liberal media" is the most successful lie right-wingers ever invented. We've always had corporate media, but at least it used to be somewhat sane, and we all agreed on the same facts.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Liberal media" is the most successful lie right-wingers ever invented. We've always had corporate media, but at least it used to be somewhat sane, and we all agreed on the same facts.
This isn't the exercise of discretion. It is the opposite: the rejection of any exercise of judgment.
patentlyo.com/patent/2025/...
patentlyo.com/patent/2025/...
An Era of No: The USPTO’s New 0% Institution Rate
USPTO Director John Squires has denied every IPR since taking control, issuing no-opinion orders that test the limits of transparency and accountability.
patentlyo.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This isn't the exercise of discretion. It is the opposite: the rejection of any exercise of judgment.
patentlyo.com/patent/2025/...
patentlyo.com/patent/2025/...
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now”
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www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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Below the line of the 1st page of Professor Dan Burk's last article, just published posthumously by the UC Irvine Law Review.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Below the line of the 1st page of Professor Dan Burk's last article, just published posthumously by the UC Irvine Law Review.
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
There are many amazing things about this article. But at the top of the list for me is the product they have now actually built, which will let AI take over the task of mindlessly and unproductively surfing the web for you. Because that's what the world needed . . .
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives
Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There are many amazing things about this article. But at the top of the list for me is the product they have now actually built, which will let AI take over the task of mindlessly and unproductively surfing the web for you. Because that's what the world needed . . .
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
www.wired.com/story/all-my...
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WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
WTH @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team ? Please reinstate author and historian Sarah Kendzior. #booksky #authors
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108 Steps the Trump Administration Has Taken To Destroy America
Source: Chris Armitage
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Source: Chris Armitage
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108 Steps the Trump Administration Has Taken To Destroy America - NewsBreak
Many conversations about this administration devolve into arguments about interpretation, intent, or whether things are really as bad as they seem. This is
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October 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
108 Steps the Trump Administration Has Taken To Destroy America
Source: Chris Armitage
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Source: Chris Armitage
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Trump "spent hours with" underage girl at Epstein's house
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Trump "spent hours with" underage girl at Epstein's house