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The Daily Memo - 8/7/06

check.jpgSenators Leahy and Hatch have proposed broad patent reform, including a change from “first to invent” to “first to file.” (Slashdot)

check.jpgThe RIAA is suing Limewire, makers of peer-to-peer software, for copyright infringement. (Download Squad)

check.jpgA man has copyrighted and patented a softball pitch. (Montgomery Advertiser)

check.jpgWhat does Google have patents for? (ArnoldIT)

check.jpgThe New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a biological father may have superior parental rights that trump the rights of adoptive parents. (The Albuquerque Tribune)

check.jpgA white supremacist currently serving 40 years for trying to whack a federal judge is suing his old attorney for malpractice because, among other things, the attorney allegedly put more blacks on the jury than there should have been. (Law.com)