although the case was initially handled by Judge Albright in Waco, the case was transferred in November 2021 to the Austin division and Judge Yeakel, who handled the case thereafter (including at the jury verdict stage).

I use https://theoldreader.com, it seems to work quite well, and I've been using it since Google Reader shut down.

I'm a big fan of The Old Reader. The UI is quite similar to Google Reader (as I remember it), and because it's only focussed on feeds it's not cluttered with other functionality. There's even a working Windows Phone app (TORUC) for those of us still avoiding Apple or Google.

I've taken out a subscription in the hope that it will last longer than Google Reader or Bloglines (anybody remember that?).

YES! Been using Bloglines as long as possible. It took Google Reader quite a while to outperform Bloglines back then.

Last I checked alternatives, I liked g2reader.com slightly better than theoldreader.com, though I use it just very occasionally.

It's refreshing (especially to me, as an attorney) to see a correct explanation of the issues and implications as the first ranked comment.

This was a particularly well written summary, with references to the relevant parts of the document. Comments like this are why I (and I suspect many others) skip straight to the comments after a quick skim of the link, and hence it deserves the upvotes it is getting.

That you classify it as 'correct' is icing on the top.

Refreshing and somewhat shocking.

The "office action" that rejected the patent was just issued (mailed) today, which is why it wasn't brought up before.

Not to be confrontational, but where do you see that there is a "prohibition on admitting computer engineers and software engineers" to the patent bar? I have a CS degree, and work with plenty of others with software experience or computer engineering/software degrees, all of whom are admitted to the patent bar.

Last I checked there was a list of eligible engineering degrees and software engineering was not on the list.

Extremely important to note: this is a patent application, not a patent. That is to say, this has no legal effect, Microsoft cannot use the patent application to sue anybody, etc. etc. Also, the claims (which are the heart of any granted patent) are likely to change before this gets issued as an enforceable patent.

standard disclaimer: this does post does not constitute legal advice.

the existence or non-existence of a trademark registration filed with the USPTO doesn't necessarily mean that the name is trademarked or not. registration helps when you're suing, but trademark rights can attach without registration.

But there's other sites using the HN name, presumably without permission (e.g. hackernewsers.com). Surely if PG did sue, his case would be quite weak.

It also occurred to me that hackernews.in is clearly a website aimed at Indians, so I don't know to what extent US law applies.

Anyway, it seems that the name is going to be changed, so this whole trademark point becomes moot. http://hackernews.in/item?id=375

I like it quite a bit. I play fantasy football, but would probably just use this for fun.

A "clear" button would be really useful, to revert the sliders to default without refreshing the page.

minor point: make the labels on the left more in line with common football terminology. as in, "down 3rd percentage" could be "3rd down conversion rate" or at least "3rd down percentage"