William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game lawhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mlqz3nmrtk2dAn important article on the problems with AI coding https://www.404media.co/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/13 May 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqz3nmrtk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mllvjr7pns2yThe war on plaque https://museumofradium.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/doramadcover.jpg11 May 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvjr7pns2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mllthcwwxs2pYour tax dollars at work https://newrepublic.com/post/210185/ice-beat-teen-gunpoint-wrong-guy11 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllthcwwxs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mlbxeq64nk2zGreat graph from Dennis Crouch showing how the Trump administration has decimated IPRs, and how ex parte reexams have taken their place -- at least until last month, when they set out to kill ex parte reexams too https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/decimation-ex-parte-reexamination-eclipses-the-ipr.html07 May 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbxeq64nk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mlbwjbfyvk2zSo the war against Iran seems to be going well https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/trump-project-freedom-saudi-arabia-strait-of-hormuz07 May 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbwjbfyvk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mlbtqcefyk2k@caseynewton.bsky.social: "Trump officials are now in the nonsensical position of trying to help agencies get around the legal roadblock they themselves set up to stop them from using Anthropic’s models." https://www.platformer.news/trump-administration-doomers-ai/07 May 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbtqcefyk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3ml7kh4xjsk2mWow https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/exp/eyJpZCI6IjAwMDAwMTlkLWZlZTYtZGNiMC1hYmRmLWZmZTc3OThmMDAwMyIsImN0eHQiOiJNUk5XIiwidXVpZCI6ImdEMHQ5RCtTOGIxOXVIUy9qUXNZSVE9PUZqbjEzYlBXREtTdU1nSk1rNmdQa3c9PSIsInRpbWUiOiIxNzc4MDk4Mjc2NTI3Iiwic2lnIjoicVRMNHN5dnFpZWxxeGVlTmF5TEFCaDVMZlcwPSIsInYiOiIxIn0= https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw/bloomberglawnews/exp/eyJpZCI6IjAwMDAwMTlkLWZlZTYtZGNiMC1hYmRmLWZmZTc3OThmMDAwMyIsImN0eHQiOiJNUk5XIiwidXVpZCI6ImdEMHQ5RCtTOGIxOXVIUy9qUXNZSVE9PUZqbjEzYlBXREtTdU1nSk1rNmdQa3c9PSIsInRpbWUiOiIxNzc4MDk4Mjc2NTI3Iiwic2lnIjoicVRMNHN5dnFpZWxxeGVlTmF5TEFCaDVMZlcwPSIsInYiOiIxIn0=?source=breaking-news&item=read-text&region=digest&channel=mergers-and-acquisitions&emailQueueID=1c364faf-c2f0-959b-8e81-b60034139746&senderID=43705306 May 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7kh4xjsk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3ml4etvkl7s2kI'm not sure anyone will ever trust the US again https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/05/they-were-hunted-by-the-taliban-for-helping-the-us-now-trump-wants-to-send-these-families-to-the-drc05 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4etvkl7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3ml3bb7wo7s2kThere isn't any plausible legal justification for this. This is Calvinball at its worst. The Supreme Court majority just ignores its own rules whenever doing so benefits its favored parties [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3bb7wo7s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mkztu4klw22kThis really is the dumbest timeline https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-03/gamestop-making-56-billion-offer-to-acquire-ebay-wsj-says04 May 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkztu4klw22khttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mkwyxhvoqs2dAnyone remember the Purcell doctrine, saying courts shouldn't change electoral districts too close to the election because it might cause confusion? Remember how SCOTUS applied it six months ago to say it was already too late to invalidate the Texas districts? Funny how that didn't happen in Callais03 May 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwyxhvoqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mks2ddqnqs2eA big win in the 10th Circuit for documentary filmmakers and fair use. And our amicus brief, led by @prmalone.bsky.social played a major role in persuading the court to reverse a bad decision two years ago. Also great to see citations to the new Restatement https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010111427516.pdf01 May 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks2ddqnqs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marklemley.bsky.social/post/3mkqrutjgjk23No. Just no. https://www.404media.co/email/f20bb25f-7b9c-48a6-b8bf-7bc22f18a25f/30 Apr 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:22gl4rbpkgcoxytuhphhqofi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqrutjgjk23