Happy Thanksgiving, all! In observation of the holiday—and because the Court doesn't usually issue a lot of decisions this week—we'll be taking some time off from the blog. Keep in mind, if you have cases here in the District of Delaware, that the Court is closed on both Thursday and Friday. See you next week!
Here at IPDE, our posts often fall into a few distinct categories. The most common type of post is "look at this interesting opinion that issued! Here is what happened, along with some context and meta-commentary."
(The second most common is probably some variation on "look at this Pennypack decision!" or "here is yet another post about redactions"—but we'll set those aside for now).
My favorite kind of post that we do, though, are our broader discussions that cut across multiple cases or judges, that address a fundamental District of Delaware practices, or that are just helpful tips for attorneys.
These are a bit more timeless—things like District of Delaware deposition tips, …
My wife had a baby yesterday! We'll be taking a brief blog intermission, as I don't want to leave Nate to man the ship on his own. We'll be back soon.
We take a break from blogging around this time every year. We're starting early this year, since news has been a bit slow lately and Nate has a trial this week. See you in a couple of weeks!
Blogging about legal topics as an attorney can be tough. We at IP/DE post very frequently for a legal blog written by active, practicing attorneys, and I've occasionally been asked by other attorneys how it's going. I thought I'd offer some thoughts on legal blogging here at IP/DE, after 5 years of it, and about the successes and challenges we've faced.
(This was originally part of our Celebrating 5 Years post, but it was honestly kind of a buzz kill. So I followed my wife's wise advice to "split that part into its own post and add a sad clown face.")
IP/DE started as a personal project during the initial …
Happy birthday to us! Believe it or not, IP/DE launched on May 25, 2020, so as of Sunday, this blog will be 5 years old.
Many many thanks to all of our contributors—both to our authors (Nate, Emily, and Lindsey, and former writers Jeff Castellano and David Fry) and to all of those in the community who have sent in post ideas and other thoughts over the last five years. We couldn't have done it without you!
As we discuss in today's post about the state of IP/DE, we hope to keep it up!
Here at IP/DE, we are big fans of generative AI. We've repeatedly written about AI cases, and I've been involved with speaking and writing about AI issues since 2018. We've also been using AI to create images for our posts for quite a while now, with varying levels of success.
That said, like everyone else, we're annoyed by the amount of AI-generated slop on the internet these days. The proportion of new original content seems to be rapidly shrinking, and eventually we'll be left with tiny little islands of actual material generated by living people with real feelings and experiences …
Remember that this Friday, April 18, is a court holiday. For Delaware counsel in particular, it's worth considering whether that may impact any case deadlines.
Given the upcoming holiday, and that there is typically lighter-than-usual activity in those weeks, we're taking this week off from the blog. See you next week!
Happy Thanksgiving! Don't forget that both Thursday and Friday of this week are court holidays.
There haven't been a lot of Court orders and opinions in the last week or so, and we've been running a bit short on topics (we're always open to suggestions). Now seems like a good time for a blog break. See you next week!
We'll be taking a brief blog intermission, until next week when I’m back from my current travel. See you then!
