[Noisebridge-discuss] TALK AND BOOK-SIGNING BY BOB ZEIDMAN AT NOISEBRIDGE TOMORROW NIGHT

Julien Bloit julien.bloit at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 18:49:29 UTC 2011


That sounds awesome, I am interested.

Julien

> If people are interested in what sounds like an alternative to Bob's
> point-of-view, Jason Schultz of the Samuelson Law Clinic, and ex-lead
> on EFF's Patent Busting Project would be a great speaker on all of
> these topics.
> https://www.eff.org/about/staff/jason-schultz
>
> Zedd, maybe something for Noisebridge In Depth?
>
> d.
>
>> It looks like http://www.patentcommons.org/ was made for this  
>> purpose in
>> mind, but looking at the website's news section, the project seems  
>> to have
>> stopped in 2007. Has anyone heard of it before, or knows about  
>> similar
>> initiatives?
>> Julien
>>
>> Bob was fairly gracious about it. He's sending us a check for the  
>> procedes
>> from his book sales. I will bring the dough to nb for deposit when it
>> arrives.
>>
>> At the end of the day, he was mostly there to inform us all about  
>> the patent
>> system, which, despite the system being a shambles, is something we  
>> should
>> all know about. Learn your enemy's tactics and all that...
>>
>> On Aug 8, 2011 1:02 AM, "Evan Bangham" <ebangham at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Were you not there to see the speaker and a certain NoiseBridge  
>>> member
>>> verbally assail each other?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Ken Adler <ken.adler at gmail.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Whys that?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Evan Bangham <ebangham at gmail.com>  
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Some how I don't think this guy is going to be coming back.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:30 PM, VonGuard <vonguard at gmail.com>  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> TL;DR: 7 PM Thursday Aug 4 (tomorrow) Bob Zeidman will be  
>>>>>> speaking at
>>>>>> Noisebridge about intellectual property rights and patents.  
>>>>>> Come one,
>>>>>> come
>>>>>> all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THE MADE, NOISEBRIDGE TO HOST TALK AND BOOK-SIGNING BY BOB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ZEIDMAN
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “The History of Digital Game Intellectual Property from Atari  
>>>>>> to Zynga”
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment is pleased to  
>>>>>> announce a
>>>>>> talk
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> book-signing by Bob Zeidman, inventor of the Silicon Valley  
>>>>>> Napkin,
>>>>>> co-hosted by
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Noisebridge. The event will take place August 4th at 7:00PM at
>>>>>> Noisebridge’s hacking
>>>>>>
>>>>>> community space located at 2169 Mission St., San Francisco CA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The talk will cover video game copyrights, intellectual  
>>>>>> property, trade
>>>>>> secrets, and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> patents, as well as how to protect your own intellectual  
>>>>>> property.
>>>>>> Zeidman will
>>>>>>
>>>>>> also discuss early landmark video game cases such as Atari v.  
>>>>>> Nintendo,
>>>>>> Williams
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Electronics v. Artic International, and Apple v. Franklin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Copies of Zeidman’s book, The Software IP Detective's Handbook:
>>>>>> Measurement,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Comparison, and Infringement Detection, will be available for  
>>>>>> signing
>>>>>> after the event. All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> proceeds from book sales go to benefit The MADE, a registered  
>>>>>> 501(c)3
>>>>>> non-profit.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> About Bob Zeidman
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob Zeidman is the founder and president of Zeidman Consulting.  
>>>>>> Since
>>>>>> 1987, Bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>> has designed ASICs, FPGAs, and PC boards for RISC-based parallel
>>>>>> processor
>>>>>>
>>>>>> systems, laser printers, network switches and routers, and  
>>>>>> other real
>>>>>> time systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> His clients have included Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Ricoh  
>>>>>> Systems,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Texas Instruments. He has written technical papers on hardware  
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> software design
>>>>>>
>>>>>> methods, and has taught courses on Verilog, ASIC, and FPGA  
>>>>>> design at
>>>>>> engineering
>>>>>>
>>>>>> conferences throughout the world. He holds a master's degree from
>>>>>> Stanford University
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and two bachelor's degrees from Cornell University and holds  
>>>>>> several
>>>>>> patents. He is the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> author of The Software IP Detective's Handbook, Designing with  
>>>>>> FPGAs
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> CPLDs,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Verilog Designer's Library, and Introduction to Verilog.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob was also the president, CEO, and founder of The Chalkboard  
>>>>>> Network,
>>>>>> an e-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> learning company for engineers and business professionals and is
>>>>>> currently the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> president of Zeidman Technologies, a company developing unique  
>>>>>> software
>>>>>> tools for
>>>>>>
>>>>>> efficient development of embedded systems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> 510-290-5806 (cell)
>>>> Ken at adler.net
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>>
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