Thinking Makes It So

In December 1598 the Burbage brothers took apart the Theatre, London's early playhouse, and used its timber to build the Globe. Their landlord, Giles Allen, sued for years over a lease that let them remove the building only before its term ended. Jon and Catie on the clause, the deadline, and what it means for every contract right that expires on a date.

Sources:
Shakespeare and the London Theatre (SHaLT), De Montfort University, The Theatre, 1576-98: https://shalt.dmu.ac.uk/locations/theatre-1576-98/indepth.html
Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare Documented, Allen v. Burbage: https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/allen-v-burbage
Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare & Beyond, Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe: https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/raising-globe-theatre/
Joseph Quincy Adams, Shakespearean Playhouses (1917): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22397/22397-h/22397-h.htm
Wikipedia, Peter Street (carpenter): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Street_(carpenter)

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Show Notes

In December 1598 the Burbage brothers took apart the Theatre, London's early playhouse, and used its timber to build the Globe. Their landlord, Giles Allen, sued for years over a lease that let them remove the building only before its term ended. Jon and Catie on the clause, the deadline, and what it means for every contract right that expires on a date. Sources: Shakespeare and the London Theatre (SHaLT), De Montfort University, The Theatre, 1576-98: https://shalt.dmu.ac.uk/locations/theatre-1576-98/indepth.html Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare Documented, Allen v. Burbage: https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/allen-v-burbage Folger Shakespeare Library, Shakespeare & Beyond, Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe: https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/raising-globe-theatre/ Joseph Quincy Adams, Shakespearean Playhouses (1917): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22397/22397-h/22397-h.htm Wikipedia, Peter Street (carpenter): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Street_(carpenter) Read the article: https://burbagelaw.com/podcast.html Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.

What is Thinking Makes It So?

Artificial intelligence patent law, from a registered patent attorney. Every Monday, the week's developments: Federal Circuit decisions, Patent Office guidance, and what the largest AI companies are filing. Every Friday, original data computed from Patent Office records. On Wednesdays, a longer episode on the Supreme Court, the inventions that changed things, and what Shakespeare can teach a lawyer. On Saturdays, one granted artificial intelligence patent, explained from what the technology does to what the patent lets its owner stop others from doing. And a short episode on each new Federal Circuit decision on artificial intelligence patents. From Jon Burbage of Burbage Law, PC, in Salt Lake City. Narrated with the assistance of AI. Nothing in this podcast is legal advice.