IPDuck: My Latest EFF Amicus Brief: Cisco v. Arista

Friday, January 5, 2018

My Latest EFF Amicus Brief: Cisco v. Arista

Over the holidays, EFF filed the latest amicus brief I helped write. The brief was in the computer software copyright case of Cisco Systems v. Arista Networks. EFF's blog post about the brief is here.

Update: Jon Band has written this blog post about the amicus briefs supporting Arista.

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Why a Duck?

The "IP" part of this blog's title is self-explanatory -- the abbreviation for the shorthand term "intellectual property." But what to call the humor part of the name? It turns out that the duck is the funniest animal alive. A 2002 study confirms that jokes mentioning ducks are funnier than others.

If you think about it, that makes sense. Think of the funniest joke you know, and replace one of the characters with a duck. It instantly becomes even funnier. You might not even need the punchline. For example, which is funnier:
"A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar . . . "
-- OR --
"A priest, a rabbi, and a duck walk into a bar . . . "

And needless to say, "Weird Al" Yankovic's "I Want a New Duck" is MUCH funnier than Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."