Mark Lemley

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

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Eric Lipton NYT
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Overall, we are seeing some very odd deal talks that are supposedly a part of ending the war in Ukraine. But in fact evidence shows these deals are structured (in the most recent case secretly until now) to financially benefit Russia or business partners of the Trump and Witkoff families.

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Rebecca Spang
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So now Trump is going to sell Alaska back to Russia?!! Turning the clock all the way back to 1867….

Eric Lipton NYT@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Corey Rayburn Yung
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Yes, of course, I, the most powerful government lawyer in the country, plan to do something that has no legal basis whatsoever.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

🚨🚨🚨 Q: Is there any scenario in which DOJ would try to block states from certifying the election? AG TODD BLANCHE: Yes, of course. It is not DOJ's intention to improperly interfere with elections or the state certification process, but ...

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The head of the FCC (presumably in the process of changing its name to the Ministry of Truth) would like to remind you that we no longer have free speech here in the US(SR), and you should not report any information that might upset Dear Leader

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Robert Reich tells us about this all the time but it’s hard to conceptualize, kind of like trying to visualize infinity. That is a stunning infographic.

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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️
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Graph is interactive after you click

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This is the best infographic I have ever seen dreamagainusa.org

dreamagainusa.orgThe Climb: Wealth Inequality in America, to scalePicture U.S. wealth as stacks of $100 bills: the median household’s is about 9 inches tall. The average top-1% household’s is 145 feet, and it keeps getting taller and taller…

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Nicholas Grossman
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I disavow the Muslim Brotherhood, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (they know why) and every musical artist or stage musical actor that has, at any point, sung the phrase "brotherhood of man."

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Alex Allen-Franks
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Very lucky tonight to have @marklemley.bsky.social speaking at the University of Auckland on Copyright Issues in Generative AI on behalf of the NZCIP. Lots to think about as I rush home for twin bedtime. Including the utility of copyright for the taking of photographs as I walk down to the bus!

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BiRdMaNsf67 🌈
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We have met the enemy and he is us. WALT KELLY

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Trump is creating a special task force to encourage killing seals! "Sec. 7. Managing Predators. (a) To address the rising rates of shark and pinniped depredation, the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Shark and Pinniped Depredation Task Force." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

whitehouse.govRESTORING AMERICAN SALTWATER ANGLING AND RECREATIONBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and Every child deserves a safe and nurturing hom...
Mark Lemley
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Trump is creating a special task force to encourage killing seals! "Sec. 7. Managing Predators. (a) To address the rising rates of shark and pinniped depredation, the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Shark and Pinniped Depredation Task Force." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

whitehouse.govRESTORING AMERICAN SALTWATER ANGLING AND RECREATIONBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and Every child deserves a safe and nurturing hom...
Mark Lemley
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The United States continues to shoot itself in the foot by telling the best and brightest students from around the world they aren't welcome here. The damage may be permanent if the best students and inventors decide they'd rather be somewhere else. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comUS Probes Harvard, Yale and Stanford Over Scholar Exchange VisasThe Trump administration is launching investigations into the use of foreign exchange visa programs at nine top colleges including Harvard University, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institu...

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Georgist Georg
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This is just the dumbest shit I've ever seen. It's like if he said "anyone who calls positively charged particles 'protons' as opposed to the new more accurate term 'neutrons'" is an enemy!!

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To be fair, ANY form of intelligence is an enemy to Trump 

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Microsoft Word suggests replacing all references to "tarnishment cases" with "garnishment cases" and now I'm imagining what havoc AI could wreak with trademark law

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Michael Froomkin
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Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)

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Chris Sprigman
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The centrist/non-partisan talking shops that have popped up lately like mushrooms are attacking the wrong thing. America isn't suffering from "polarization." It's suffering from right-wing radicalization against pluralism and democracy. Here's a great explainer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwW9...

youtube.comForget about "polarization"; the real problem with American politics is the radicalized right-wingYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
Mark Lemley
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Here is a (more) accessible summary of my new work with A. Feder Cooper and others expanding memorization research from verbatim extraction of content from AI models to include extraction of works that are similar but not identical afedercooper.info/near-verbatim/

afedercooper.infoHow much more extraction risk do we find when we count near-verbatim cases?Measuring near-verbatim probabilistic extraction reveals significantly more extraction risk than its verbatim counterpart.