<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.davismakerspace.org/event/artabout-screening-patent-absurdity" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">http://www.davismakerspace.org/event/artabout-screening-patent-absurdity</a><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><h1 style="margin:0px 10px 0.5em;padding:0px;font-size:23px;line-height:29.25px;color:rgb(1,53,101);font-family:'Lucida Sans','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.85098)">ArtAbout - Screening of: Patent Absurdity</h1><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;float:left;width:660px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Lucida Sans','Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.85098)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px;float:left;width:660px"><div style="margin:0px 10px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;float:left;width:640px"></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><span content="2014-09-12T19:00:00-07:00" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Friday, September 12, 2014 - 7:00pm</span></div></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">Screening of: "Patent Absurdity: how software patents broke the system"</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">Davis Downtown ArtAbout</span></span></p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">Davis Makerspace</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">221 G Street, Suite 1337</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">Time:  7:00pm</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px"><img alt="screening of Patent Absurdity" height="293" src="http://www.davismakerspace.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Patent.jpg?itok=ZniJeqAy" title="Patent Absurdity, the movie poster" width="480" style="border: 0px;"></span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"> </p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">Davis Makerspace is screening a film that explores the case of software patents, the history of judicial activism that led to their rise, and the harm being done to software developers and the wider economy. The film is based on a series of interviews conducted during the Supreme Court's review of Bilski, a case that could have profound implications for the patenting of software.  </span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px">Come and nosh on some popcorn while you contemplate the legal nature of software!</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br>__________________________________<br>Emily Schleiner<br><a href="http://cordial-emily.com" target="_blank">cordial-emily.com</a><br>
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