Dr. Smith continued, «confusion also exists around the term Colony Collapse Disorder since the media and
general public often generalize by applying this term to any larger
than normal annual
losses.»
(a) Whenever the Attorney
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loss of his right to the equal protection of the laws, on account of his race, color, religion, or national origin, by being denied equal utilization of any
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than a
public school or
public college as defined in section 401 of title IV hereof, and the Attorney
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public facilities, the Attorney
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The
public debate at the time was more focused on whether this meant that judges in
general are tired of smartphone patent suits, and there was a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of all those who thought the cancelation of the Chicago trial was a
loss only for Apple, when in reality the FRAND - related part of Judge Posner's ruling — which I called «absolutely fantastic» in the analysis I just linked to — was a major victory for Apple (more important
than the negative part for Apple in my view).