There were also some procedural issues in the appeal that are way too lawyerly for me, but what really intrigues me is what the story behind the story is.
There are some procedural hurdles to jump through here -- WiAV is Mindspeed's exclusive licensee for eight of the patents, not the outright owner, so it has to ask the court to join Mindspeed as a plaintiff as well -- and it doesn't sound like any of the companies are talking just yet, so we wouldn't expect this one to get resolved any time soon.
Some were procedural, including a demand that UID be based on law passed by parliament, not, as now, on a mere executive order.
That stance came in for serious criticism Wednesday from conservative members of the Supreme Court, and led the justices to tackle some thorny procedural questions.
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Of course any good lawyer advocating for his client may push the envelope, and some of these procedural matters are governed by standards that are less than clear.
These are procedural and on occasion, some rectification work is required.
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Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky, who had tried to scuttle the bill, may use procedural tactics to prolong debate on some amendments they find objectionable, Mr. Lee's spokesman said.
For these reasons and others, some foreign firms have already demonstrated positive behavioral and procedural change.
However, some Democrats from conservative-leaning states could join the GOP procedural blockade.
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Some incoming MPs, including Ms Mubarak, promise to push for procedural reforms to make the parliament's relations with the cabinet less confrontational.
And yet, there are already some senators back in Washington floating the idea that they might use obscure procedural stunts to prevent or delay any of these votes on reform.
Although Obama did implement some new lobbying rules upon taking power, he has shown minimal interest in the procedural problems that he highlighted on the campaign trail: the power of interest groups, the role of private money in campaigns, the revolving door between K Street and Capitol Hill and more.
He was referring to a procedural vote on Thursday in which Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic proposal that called for eliminating some tax loopholes as part of a package with spending cuts.
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