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		<title>USPTO Opens First Satellite Patent Office In Detroit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Patent Office has announced it will open satellite patent offices to help deal with the backlog of patent applications. Detroit was chosen as the first location due to the highly trained professional scientific and engineering work force, the number of applications which originate from Michigan inventors, and its proximity to world-class universities. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2010/12/27/uspto-opens-first-satellite-patent-office-in-detroit/</link>
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		<title>Export Admin Regs will finally&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Export Admin Regs will finally get a post-Cold War overhaul http://bit.ly/ctw21x \\\&#34;arborlaw - legal services for 21st century businesses\\\&#34;]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2010/09/01/export-admin-regs-will-finally/</link>
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		<title>Copyright Office Fees Have Increased</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Copyright Office released a report on March 15, 2009 which provided for increases in several fees, citing rising labor costs and current budget constraints. While the cost of basic online copyright registration (eCO) for most types of works remains the same, the cost of registering a copyright via a 2D barcode application has increased [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2010/01/21/copyright-office-fees-to-increase-on-august-1-2009/</link>
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		<title>Excellent piece on 20 business lessons from Warren Buffett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excellent piece on 20 lessons that business people should learn from Warren Buffett: http://bit.ly/5l69Sb \\\&#34;arborlaw - legal services for 21st century businesses\\\&#34;]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2010/01/20/20-lessons-for-startups-from-warren-buffett/</link>
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		<title>Murderboarding: critical skill to balance brainstorming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Murderboarding: critical skill needed by startups to balance out off-track brainstorming. http://bit.ly/6CmBJ1 \\\&#34;arborlaw - legal services for 21st century businesses\\\&#34;]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2010/01/19/murderboarding-critical-skill/</link>
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		<title>2009 emerging music artist sales: 47% major, indie labels, 4% direct</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Music artists selling 10K+ releases 1st time in 2009: 106 via major label, 107 via indie label, 14 on their own http://bit.ly/5oCBQj \\\&#34;arborlaw - legal services for 21st century businesses\\\&#34;]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2010/01/19/emerging-music-artist-publishing-stats/</link>
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		<title>Why would your employer plan still allow denial of claims after health reform?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why would your employer plan still allow denial of claims after health reform? Existing federal law&#8211;ERISA (good point) http://bit.ly/nUtW \\\&#34;arborlaw - legal services for 21st century businesses\\\&#34;]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2009/10/28/denial-of-claims-after-health-refor/</link>
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		<title>EMU Copy Shop Held Liable for Students Copying Course Packs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found on Wednesday that an Ypsilanti, MI copy shop was directly liable (as opposed to contributorily liable) for copyright infringement, by allowing students to copy course packs on its own photocopy machines.  Blackwell Publishing Group, Inc. v. Excel Research Group, LLC  (Docket No. 07-12731, ED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2009/10/20/copy-shop-liable-for-students-copying-course-packs/</link>
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		<title>ReadTheBill.org: House Resolution 554 Would Require Bills To Be Posted 72 Hours Prior To Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[H. Res. 554 is a bill sponsored by one Republican and one Democrat and would require that all non-emergency proposed federal legislation be posted 72 hours on the Internet, prior to any Congressional debate. As I have been saying to clients for years, don&#8217;t sign contracts without reading them &#8212; and it certainly makes sense [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2009/09/24/readthebill-org-house-resolution-554-would-require-bills-to-be-posted-72-hours-prior-to-debate/</link>
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		<title>Happy National Punctuation Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s National Punctuation Day &#8212; make sure you properly use as many commas, quotation marks, semicolons and exclamation marks as you can.  (There is some controversy as to whether that double-dash counts.  It&#8217;s the &#8220;black sheep&#8221; of punctuation.  I think it&#8217;s more readable.) \\\&#34;arborlaw - legal services for 21st century businesses\\\&#34;]]></description>
		<link>http://arborlaw.biz/blog/2009/09/24/happy-national-punctuation-day/</link>
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