Legal Futures, Stanford

I see joggers, joggers, a pair of joggers pushing a twin stroller,
more joggers, and a few bikers.  There's a Valero gas station in the
middle of the campus.

I'm using OLPC, but there's not another user here to network with.
And I can't log on because 'your browser doesn't understand how to
supply the username and password' .

The meeting is in Stanford Law School classrooms.  Chairs are 'aeron'
type, outlets near each, wireless, ... .

Ubiquitous Surveillance - ~60, privacy Chernobyl -  state must
regulate itself/all (because  market/anarchists/communitarians
can't/won't) -  where  have the mass movements gone? - US: liberty
trumps dignity -  internet/technology shaped/structured/engineered for
anonymity.  I didn't get a turn to ask about global governance or
electronic health records

Future of Democracy -  ~400, power of the many, diversity (not
representativeness), connecting networks and institutions, internet
makes possible action, inter-hospitable, code is law, code-making is
law-making, internet proves consensus governance can scale, transcend
place, access to information and each other, ability to have an impact
on the world, individuals have a voice, ...

Patent System -  US patent office examiners not allowed to use
internet for searching for prior projects (prior art) when deciding
whether to grant patent (18 - 20 hours per application to decide;
backlog), US agency overwhelmed, legislation by sausage making, patent
rights are territorial which is inefficient in a global world,
coalition to accelerate global patent violation prosecution, barriers
to entry increase as industries become more concentrated,


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