" Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
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-- Proverbs 29:18, King James Bible (KJV)
-- Proverbs 29:18, King James Bible (KJV)
Friday, July 28, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Patent Venue Holding in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Brands Group quickly Takes Hold
Debra Cassens Weiss has the story at the ABA Journal in Patent lawsuits drop 21 percent in the Eastern District of Texas as SCOTUS ruling brings new era
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Saturday, July 15, 2017
From Scrolls to Wax Tablets to the Codex to the Book to the Modern Digital Tablet
Look at the image below. Look familiar?
The paged " codex " was the forerunner of the modern "book",
which developed from the use of "wax tablets" in ancient days,
ultimately replacing the more ancient "scrolls".
Given the contemporary phenomenon of the digital tablet or notebook viz. laptop, many a disciple of modern hardware and " tablet patents " or similar would be surprised to discover that the "wax tablet" with stylus was already popular in Ancient Greece, as shown in the image below, dating the folding wax tablet to at least 500 B.C.
What is new under the Sun?
For more, see DelanceyPlace.com
and its excerpt from
Mark Kurlansky Paper: Paging Through History
The paged " codex " was the forerunner of the modern "book",
which developed from the use of "wax tablets" in ancient days,
ultimately replacing the more ancient "scrolls".
Given the contemporary phenomenon of the digital tablet or notebook viz. laptop, many a disciple of modern hardware and " tablet patents " or similar would be surprised to discover that the "wax tablet" with stylus was already popular in Ancient Greece, as shown in the image below, dating the folding wax tablet to at least 500 B.C.
What is new under the Sun?
Staatliche Museen Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung F 2285
For more, see DelanceyPlace.com
and its excerpt from
Mark Kurlansky Paper: Paging Through History
Saturday, July 08, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts Places Experience Above Success for Students
What a marvelous read about U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts this is!
If you have ever doubted that Chief Justice Roberts lacks wisdom, think again!
Read Debra Cassens Weiss at the ABA Journal in Chief Justice Roberts tells students he hopes they will experience challenges rather than success .
It is an interesting commentary on how we obtain wisdom through experience.
If you have ever doubted that Chief Justice Roberts lacks wisdom, think again!
Read Debra Cassens Weiss at the ABA Journal in Chief Justice Roberts tells students he hopes they will experience challenges rather than success .
It is an interesting commentary on how we obtain wisdom through experience.
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