Ep. 14: On Patents, Is One Judge Bucking The Supreme Court?

Published: Aug. 7, 2017, 4 a.m.

b"A recent Supreme Court ruling is threatening to end a single Texas town's outsized role in American patent law, but one local judge isn't taking the ruling lying down. Ryan Davis, senior patent reporter at Law360, comes on the show to talk us through what\\u2019s happening down in the Lone Star State. Also on this week\\u2019s show, the hosts discuss internet giants including Google and Facebook opposing a bill aimed at combating sex trafficking, an ex-King & Spalding associate suing the firm for allegedly firing him in retaliation for reporting ethical breaches, and the ACLU\\u2019s defense of John Oliver\\u2019s constitutional right to be mean on television."