dogofthunder

although the case was initially handled by Judge Albright in Waco, the case was transferred in November 2021 to the Austin division and Judge Yeakel, who handled the case thereafter (including at the jury verdict stage).

I use https://theoldreader.com, it seems to work quite well, and I've been using it since Google Reader shut down.

It's refreshing (especially to me, as an attorney) to see a correct explanation of the issues and implications as the first ranked comment.

The "office action" that rejected the patent was just issued (mailed) today, which is why it wasn't brought up before.

Not to be confrontational, but where do you see that there is a "prohibition on admitting computer engineers and software engineers" to the patent bar? I have a CS degree, and work with plenty of others with software experience or computer engineering/software degrees, all of whom are admitted to the patent bar.

Extremely important to note: this is a patent application, not a patent. That is to say, this has no legal effect, Microsoft cannot use the patent application to sue anybody, etc. etc. Also, the claims (which are the heart of any granted patent) are likely to change before this gets issued as an enforceable patent.

standard disclaimer: this does post does not constitute legal advice.

the existence or non-existence of a trademark registration filed with the USPTO doesn't necessarily mean that the name is trademarked or not. registration helps when you're suing, but trademark rights can attach without registration.

I like it quite a bit. I play fantasy football, but would probably just use this for fun.

A "clear" button would be really useful, to revert the sliders to default without refreshing the page.

minor point: make the labels on the left more in line with common football terminology. as in, "down 3rd percentage" could be "3rd down conversion rate" or at least "3rd down percentage"