{"id":9819,"date":"2017-04-01T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T01:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=9819"},"modified":"2017-04-02T09:12:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T13:12:31","slug":"how-street-smart-engineers-handle-a-cease-and-desist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/how-street-smart-engineers-handle-a-cease-and-desist\/","title":{"rendered":"How Street Smart Engineers Handle a Cease And Desist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am always curious: Will you fold or will you focus when you&#8217;re hit with a&nbsp;<font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CeaseAndDesist&amp;src=hash\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">#CeaseAndDesist<\/a>?!<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/618922681090445312?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">7\/9\/15, 7:20 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">a C&amp;D is a form of energy. Like a Jedi leverages the hypothetical force of &#8220;G&#8221; (gravity), thank the energy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2326Feb2013&amp;src=hash\">#26Feb2013<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CeaseAndDesist&amp;src=hash\">#CeaseAndDesist<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738028549844537345\/NJrUagvV_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Texas Exes (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texasexes?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@TexasExes<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/texasexes\/status\/608710152556904449?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">6\/11\/15, 2:59 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Who drives disruptive innovation? The disgruntled engineer. &#8220;Always listen to the disgruntled engineer.&#8221; cc:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CockrellSchool\">@CockrellSchool<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/608790433003544577?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">6\/11\/15, 8:18 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The problem w\/making an engineer mad is that we can execute. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2326Feb2013&amp;src=hash\">#26Feb2013<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/si2sK3Gesh\">twitter.com\/texasexes\/stat\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/848340005420494848?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">4\/2\/17, 9:03 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Will you be bullied by a C&amp;D!?! Cease and desists are a common tool to beat sheep into submission.&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183law&amp;src=hash\">#cs183law<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eoJn5tIkrD\">twitter.com\/larrychiang\/st\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/831990600975028224?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">2\/16\/17, 6:16 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Most people&#8217;s understanding of the law is from a rando telling them verbally what the law is<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183law&amp;src=hash\">#cs183law<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sb51&amp;src=hash\">#sb51<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aqg4YM56qA\">pic.twitter.com\/aqg4YM56qA<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/782474226020200448\/zDo-gAo0_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Elon Musk (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@elonmusk<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/825936326264360961?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">1\/30\/17, 1:18 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Reading the source material is better than reading other people&#8217;s opinions about the source material&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HKIYKbdb3g\">twitter.com\/gedamore\/statu\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"012EB4A8-5166-4ED3-8838-E3A5FC5FEE02\"><br \/>\nSee my TechCrunch article about how SSElabs \/ StartX was started by Stanford engineers in the face of a threatening&nbsp;<\/span><font color=\"#000000\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CeaseAndDesist&amp;src=hash\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">#CeaseAndDesist<\/a>&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image2.jpg\" title=\"Larry-chiang-brady-often-ignores-my-cease-and-Desist-commands\" class=\"alignnone size-custom\"><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">4\/2\/17, 9:54 AM<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">#CeaseAndDesist<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">A whopper of a C&amp;D was emailed from the business school to the StartX cofounders twitter.com\/larrychiang\/st\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">4\/19\/16, 12:50 AM<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Stanford Students Build Their Own Y Combinator | TechCrunch. Cc @Cookie techcrunch.com\/2010\/06\/10\/sse\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/667722112317001733?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">11\/20\/15, 11:12 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">I am solo founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CalEweek&amp;src=hash\">#CalEweek<\/a>&nbsp;because I took the energy and accolades via C&amp;D&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%2326Feb2013&amp;src=hash\">#26Feb2013<\/a>&nbsp;and parlay&#8217;d.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Larry Chiang I am always curious: Will you fold or will you focus when you&#8217;re hit with a&nbsp;#CeaseAndDesist?! 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