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Legal Docket

Legal Docket - United States v. Arthrex: S2.E10

Legal Docket

WORLD Radio

Government

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Patent law and administrative law intersect in this case that raises a question about the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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0:00.0

MUSIC

0:05.0

Josh Malone is an inventor.

0:07.0

MUSIC

0:13.0

The thing is, you can do whatever you want with him and it's literally good clean fun.

0:18.0

In 2006, he left his corporate job as a process engineer to invent full time.

0:25.0

He and his wife Allison lived in Texas and had six kids back then.

0:29.0

Today, they have eight.

0:31.0

A house full of kids gave Malone all sorts of ideas for new toys.

0:35.0

He invented shapelets.

0:37.0

Bracelets kids could form into any shape.

0:39.0

A scrapbooking tool for photos.

0:42.0

He also had a great idea for another invention.

0:45.0

One he couldn't quite figure out.

0:48.0

One that just was just pestering me for a year after a year was...

0:51.0

How to quickly fill and tie water balloons.

0:55.0

MUSIC

1:01.0

Water balloons first became popular in 1950.

1:05.0

The method, fill up a single balloon of water, tie off the balloon, repeat.

1:10.0

One by one.

1:13.0

Final result, about 12 water balloons.

1:16.0

I mean, you can't have a legit water balloon fight with a mere dozen balloons.

1:20.0

Exactly, you need hundreds.

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