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    Yahoo Settles Patent Dispute

    Internet giant Yahoo has been the latest to defend a series of patent infringement cases filed by NCR, a United States based manufacturer of ATMs and holder of some 1500 patents. NCR’s 15 recent claims have been brought against key electronic commerce players, claiming infringement of several patents relating to methods of managing and processing… Read more →

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    Equality and Law

    I stumbled upon an interesting idea in one of my law lectures today: substantive equality is impossible. One refers to substantive (as opposed to formal) equality in the sense that measures are taken in order to reduce pre-existing negative social offset by actively promoting disadvantaged persons or sectors of the community. The thesis is that… Read more →

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    Internet Defamation Trial Date Set

    In what promises to be a landmark case for internet publishers, Gutnick v Dow Jones will be heard in Melbourne on 3 October, 2003. This case concerns the appeal of one Joe Gutnick, a miner who claims he was defamed by the Wall Street Journal, in which [edit to avoid  innocent repetition: certain defamatory imputations… Read more →

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    Settling In

    The second day back has not proved nearly as tiresome. The repetitive drudgery of attending classes and travelling to and fro is beginning to impress itself upon me, and already the memories of entire days spent frolicking in the meadows are fading into oblivion; to be replaced by due dates, timetable clashes, and the insistent… Read more →

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    Adjectival Conjoinment

    Here’s something that’s been keeping me amused for the past couple of days. The voice acting is above par, the flash animation is of a high calibre, and the antics of this Mexican boxing mask may (or may not) have you in stitches: http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html Read post. Click on link. Hilarity ensues! Read more →

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    First Day Back

    I was insouciant as I walked through the university gates, this morning. I hadn’t even opened my books since the last class of the previous semester, let alone done any study – not out of laziness or disinterest, but purely due to difficult reprioritisation necessitated by a multitude of tasks all requiring my attention. Nor… Read more →

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    Second Semester Begins

    1.25am and it’s first day of second semester here in blustery Melbourne. As bleary-eyed university students across the nation sleep soundly in their beds (or procrastinate, like I am, well into the night), the refuse bins in university grounds everywhere are, no doubt, being emptied in preparation for the hordes of first-week students that will… Read more →

  • Privacy Policy (Archived Version)

    [This is an old version from 1 July 2003. It has been superseded but stored as a record of my undergraduate drafting attempts and privacy norms of the early 21st century.] Summary This page is long and boring, so I’ll make it simple: I am not a spammer. I will not sell your details to… Read more →

  • Disclaimer (Archived Version)

    [This is a previous version of the website terms of use, which was effective from 1 July 2003. The current version is accessible here.] This disclaimer forms part of the Agreement between you (User) and Jaani Riordan (Website Operator) by which you may access jaani.net/ (Website). 1    Disclaimer of warranties The Website concerns or includes legal… Read more →

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    Site goes live

    As far as test posts go, this one should hopefully rank among the more unusual ones. A majority of first weblog posts will wax lyrical about what may or may not be later viewed as an historic occasion for the creation of yet another new discourse about the life and times of Bob’s Cat. Others… Read more →