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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | UPC and language: a transition towards English? - The IPKat

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"ven if English is a language commonly practised in IP circles, it is anything but certain that the UPC will see a translation towards English. <br /><br />The experience with OP before the EPO shows that simultaneous interpretation is widely used when the parties want their arguments to be well understood. <br /><br />In procedures before the UPC, contrary to procedures before the EPO, the court does not provide simultaneous interpreta

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tion. Only costs for simultaneous interpretation for the benefit of the panel shall be borne by the court. <br /><br />According to R 109.5 UPCA, “Costs for simultaneous interpretation are costs of the proceedings to be decided upon under Rule 150 except where a party engages an interpreter at its own expense under paragraph 4; these costs are borne solely by that party”.<br /><br />Costs for simultaneous interpretation are anything

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but cheap and can thus be a burden for the losing party in spite of ceilings for recoverable costs. A party will most probably never provide an interpreter at its own expense as it will have to bear the costs without any chance of recovering the corresponding costs. <br /><br />If the patent has been granted in a language other than English, the necessity of simultaneous interpretation will inevitably arise. Even if the parties agree o

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n English and the panel approves, the costs will have to be borne by the losing party.<br /><br />This is one of the hidden niceties of the UPC. <br /><br />A question will inevitably occur: if during proceedings before the UPC, a representative did not request simultaneous interpretation and accepted for instance to discuss the case in English, even if the language in which the patent is granted is not English, is the EPO then prepar

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ed to give for free simultaneous interpretation?<br /"

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<h5><a href="https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/eurobsdcon-2023-trip-report-mark-johnston/">EuroBSDCon 2023 Trip Report – Mark Johnston</a></h5>

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<p>The FreeBSD Foundation kindly helped sponsor my trip to Coimbra, where EuroBSDCon 2023 was held. As usual, the conference consisted of a two-day FreeBSD developer summit followed by the conference proper, also two days long. The conference was held in a couple of buildings belonging to the University of Coimbra, which itself was well worth the visit: the university buildings are spectacular, an

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d being situated on a hill they offer a great view of the city. Climbing up the hill each morning was a bit arduous, but well worth it.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-freebsdfoundation.org | EuroBSDCon 2023 Trip Report – Mark Johnston | FreeBSD Foundation

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<h5><a href="https://two-wrongs.com/expressive-limitations-of-oop">The Expressivity Limitations of Object-Oriented Programming</a></h5>

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<p> tl;dr: Writing software is encoding knowledge. Knowledge takes the shape of propositions. Compressing rich propositions into is-a and has-a relationships does not lend itself to clarity. </p>

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<p> That was dense. Let’s back up a little bit. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-two-wrongs.com | The Expressivity Limitations of Object-Oriented Programming

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<h5><a href="https://rubenerd.com/dave-winer-on-thinking-out-loud/">Dave Winer on “thinking out loud”</a></h5>

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<p>I still catch myself writing I’m thinking out loud at the start of posts, as though I have to defend thinking about something. The friction also comes from the perception of journalists producing finished articles, whereas people writing their thoughts are… writing their thoughts. Thoughts are malleable.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Dave Winer on “thinking out loud”

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<h5><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/technology/states-lawsuit-children-instagram-facebook.html">Meta Accused by States of Using Features to Lure Children to Instagram and Facebook</a></h5>

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<p>In their complaint, the states said Meta had “designed psychologically manipulative product features to induce young users’ compulsive and extended use” of platforms like Instagram. The company’s algorithms were designed to push children and teenagers into rabbit holes of toxic and harmful content, the states said, with features like “infinite scroll” and persistent alerts used to h

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ook young users. The attorneys general also charged Meta with violating a federal children’s online privacy law, accusing it of unlawfully collecting “the personal data of its youngest users” without their parents’ permission.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | Meta Sued Over Features That Hook Children to Instagram, Facebook - The New York Times

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<h5><a href="https://www.securityweek.com/university-of-michigan-says-personal-information-stolen-in-august-data-breach/">University of Michigan Says Personal Information Stolen in August Data Breach</a></h5>

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<p>The University of Michigan on Monday confirmed that personal information was accessed in a data breach discovered in August 2023. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-University of Michigan Says Personal Information Stolen in August Data Breach - SecurityWeek

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | Microsoft’s A.I. Investment Stabilizes Its Cloud Business - The New York Times

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<h5><a href="https://noyb.eu/en/address-trader-sues-german-dpa-prevent-noyb-accessing-files">Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files</a></h5>

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<p> Two years ago, noyb filed a complaint against the address trader Acxiom and the credit reference agency CRIF in Germany. Although there is strong evidence that the companies’ large-scale trade with people’s personal data violates the GDPR, the case is still pending with the Bavarian and Hessian DPA. So in spring 2023, noyb asked the Hessian authority for access to the case file of the Acxiom compl

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aint. The address trader reacted quickly - with a request for an interim injunction against the authority to prevent any kind of access to the files.</p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-noyb.eu | Address trader sues German DPA to prevent noyb from accessing files