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ποΈ 13 December 2022
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Once upon a time, there was a company that sold incredibly overpriced cables... When that well went dry, they moved onto patent trolling. This is the story of when they attempted to patent troll the wrong guy...
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0:00.0 | You're human, barely. I'm a lawyer. |
0:18.4 | I know a lot about the lawn, various other loyarrings. I'm well-educated, well-first. |
0:24.4 | It's a thorny legal issue, alright. I'll need to refer to the case of Finders vs. Keepers. |
0:31.4 | Isn't it true that you have been paid for your testimony? Yes, you gave me a dollar and some candy. |
0:38.4 | And you have been said, well I told you to say, how can any of us trust you? |
0:43.4 | How can you be so sure? Because I was saying to myself, where could he be going? |
0:48.4 | I was saying to myself, where could he be going? Five to seven with that sawdust shotgun. |
0:55.4 | Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs a comedian with a real-life lawyer. |
1:00.4 | This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC for entertainment purposes, |
1:05.4 | is not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. |
1:09.4 | Don't take legal advice from a podcast. |
1:16.4 | Hello and welcome to Open Arguments. This is episode 661. I'm Thomas Vatsandr Torres, legal mind of a generation. |
1:26.4 | I don't know. How's it going, Andrew? |
1:28.4 | I was doing fantastic. I have flattery, it's always helps improve my mood. So there you go. |
1:36.4 | Best Harvard lawyer ever, because your competition is Dershowitz and Dershowitz. |
1:41.4 | Dershowitz, T head crews, you know, this is funny. No, no, no, but you are the best, still the best, |
1:48.4 | still the best, even with good competition, I'll say. All right, it's Deep Dive Tuesday. |
1:52.4 | Yeah. You have promised what is going to be a very fun, a jaunt about monster cable. |
1:59.4 | I can't wait to hear about this. Let's get right into it. |
2:01.4 | Yeah, let's do it. |
2:03.4 | Down, down, down. |
2:07.4 | So part of what made me think about this was that I had made an offhanded comment during one of our music episodes about the difference between intellectual property in written form, in musical form, |
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