Leftovers

• The Straits Times ☛ Couple’s tennis game at Incheon Airport draws public outcry

  The consensus from many comments was that the pair’s behaviour was “inconsiderate”.

• Hackaday ☛ Easy Retro 3D Look With Voxel Displacement Renderer

  Voxels are effectively like 3D pixels, and they form an integral part of what is commonly referred to as a ‘retro 3D’ look, with pixelated edges sharp enough to cut your retinas on. The problems with modeling a scene using voxels come in the form of creating the geometry and somehow making a physics engine work with voxels rather than conventional triangular (or quad) meshes.

• New Yorker ☛ We’re All Tiger Moms Now

  Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” prompted controversy thirteen years ago, but, among the upper middle class, variations on her parenting style have proliferated.

• Education

  • Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ The Grad Students Resoundingly Rejected a Union. The Postdocs Voted the Other Way.

    Contrasting outcomes at Princeton University point to the challenge of organizing student workers.

  • BIA Net ☛ A place with a past hidden in shadow: Kurtuluş Greek Primary School

    In her new project, documentary photographer Sema Kahraman Vurucu photographed the 138-year-old historical site Kurtuluş Greek Primary School.

• Hardware

  • Tedium ☛ CHIP FIGHT GO!

    The emergence of a conflict between Qualcomm and Arm over desktop chip dominance feels like a revival of one of the PC industry’s most important conflicts.

  • Mighty Gadget ☛ Intel BE200 WiFi 7 Module Review vs Qualcomm NCM865

    As Wi-Fi technology continues to evolve, the latest advancement comes in the form of WiFi 7, promising faster speeds, lower latency, and improved connectivity.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel denies reports that it identified a root cause for Core i9 crashing issues — investigation continues

    Contrary to media reports, defective chip maker Intel hasn't discovered the cause of the instability affecting 13th and 14th Generation Core i9 processors.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Salon ☛ Scientists have found a use for cocoa pod scraps. It could change the future of chocolate | Salon.com

    Story on how new standards and methods for producing chocolate hope to remedy the overall industry

  • Kev Quirk ☛ Things That Make Me Happy

    I saw this post from Dave Rupert asking what makes people happy. I answered it quickly, but figured it would be good to share more.

    I've been in a bit of a slump lately. Work has been..."challenging" and things are busy at home, so I've had very little time for me. When the chips are down, I'm the kind of the person that tends to focus on the negatives and ultimately make their mood worse. I'm pretty good at pulling other people out of a bad place, but I'm really bad at doing it for myself.

    Anyway...seeing Dave's post and quickly replying, I realised things aren't as bad as they seem - there's lots of things in my life that I enjoy. So I thought I'd write a longer post here with more of the things that make me happy.

    Here we go...

  • New York Times ☛ Chinese Swimmers Had Previous Positive Tests for Banned Drug

    Three athletes who failed drug tests before the 2021 Olympics had tested positive for a powerful steroid several years earlier. They were not suspended in either incident.

  • TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging federal rules to accommodate abortions for workers

    A lawsuit filed by 17 states challenging federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions lacks standing, a federal judge in Arkansas ruled on Friday.

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • The Straits Times ☛ Need a taxi in Wuhan? It may not have a human driver

    Across China, 16 or more cities have allowed companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Security Week ☛ Vermont Governor Vetoes Data Privacy Bill, Saying State Would be Most Hostile to Businesses

      Republican Gov. Phil Scott said the legislation would have made Vermont “a national outlier and more hostile than any other state to many businesses and non-profits.”

    • Reason ☛ Illinois License Plate Cameras Are Violating People's Constitutional Rights, Says New Suit

      The plaintiffs are challenging the state's widespread surveillance, which it collects through over 600 cameras.

    • The Record ☛ Vermont governor rejects state’s tough data privacy bill

      Gov. Phil Scott said the Vermont legislation has “unique expansive definitions and provisions create big and expensive new burdens and competitive disadvantages for the small and mid-sized businesses Vermont communities rely on.”

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Kent Stater ☛ Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks on guns

    CNN — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the high court’s latest stroke limiting the power of federal agencies to act on their own. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court. The court’s liberal wing, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented....

  • France24 ☛ US Supreme Court strikes down mass shooting-inspired ban on gun 'bump stocks'

    The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a ban introduced by ex-president Donald Trump's administration on bump stocks – devices which allow semi-automatic rifles to fire like a machine gun – is unconstitutional.

  • JURIST ☛ US Supreme Court strikes down ATF ban on bump stocks

    The US Supreme Court struck down a bump stock ban Friday enacted in 2018 following a deadly mass shooting in California. In a 6-3 vote, the court held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its authority in enacting the bump stock ban.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Supreme Court overturns Trump-era ban on bump stocks used in Vegas shooting

    The Supreme Court found the Trump administration did not follow federal law when it banned bump stocks after a gunman in Las Vegas attacked a country music festival in 2017, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

  • New York Times ☛ Israeli Defense Chief Rebuffs French Effort to End Israel-Hezbollah Fighting

    The United States, France and other mediators have sought for months to reach an agreement that would stop the tit-for-tat missile strikes over Israel’s border with Lebanon.

  • New York Times ☛ Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah

    Israel said it took care to avoid harming civilians when it targeted two Hamas fighters. An investigation shows civilian casualties were almost inevitable.

  • New York Times ☛ Urban Tandoor Lures Customers With Campy Fentanylware (TikTok) Videos [Ed: Outsourcing to CPC]

    Urban Tandoor, an Indian restaurant in southwest England, is using terrible music video parodies made by its staff to bring in new and younger guests.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan’s envoy says island deepening ties with US to deter China

    The envoy said China is preparing for the possibility of aggression against Taiwan.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Think China can already take Taiwan easily? Think again.

    Beijing’s influence campaign in pursuit of a “cognitive fait accompli” against Taiwan is conducted across multiple lines of operation.

  • New York Times ☛ Trump Lawyers Argue Barring Attacks on F.B.I. Would Censor ‘Political Speech’

    In a filing, the lawyers in the classified documents case made an aggressive, and at times misleading, argument against prosecutors’ request for the judge to curb his attacks on agents.

  • Defence Web ☛ Houthi missiles strike several ships; engine room of MV Tutor flooded while MV Verbena on fire

    A Greek-owned and managed bulk carrier, MV Tutor, is reported to have come under attack by Houthi forces and taking on water in a severely damaged engine room, while the Ukraine-owned MV Verbena was set on fire after being hit by Houthi missiles.

  • New York Times ☛ At the G7, Biden Can’t Escape the Shadow of the Gaza War

    The president was miffed when, expecting to talk about a security pact with Ukraine, he was asked for updates on the Gaza cease-fire plan.

  • Defence Web ☛ When is SAS Drakensberg going to Cuba and South America?

    SA Navy (SAN) Chief Vice Admiral Monde Lobese has set ambitious targets for the maritime component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), and this includes an Atlantic Ocean transit to Brazil and Cuba as well as tasking a Valour Class frigate with a Russian visit.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • New York Times ☛ What to Know About the $50 Billion Ukraine Loan Backed by Russian Assets

      The United States and others plan to give the sum to Kyiv, with the interest from Moscow’s assets frozen in the West used to repay it. But many of the details about the arrangement are unclear.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Welcomes Pledges of More Military Aid With Cautious Optimism

      Kyiv signed security pacts with several Western allies this week. Whether they will fundamentally change the course of the war, or endure beyond looming elections elsewhere, is unclear.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Russia Sanctions Database cited by Newsweek on Russian SWIFT transactions

    • JURIST ☛ Russia employs starvation as method of warfare: global rights group report

      Russia employed starvation as a method of warfare during their 85-day siege of Mariupol in 2022, said a report published on Thursday by Global Rights Compliance (GRC).

    • JURIST ☛ Canada, UK and US condemn Russia attempt to interfere in Moldova presidential elections

      The governments of Canada, the UK and the US released a joint statement condemning Russia’s alleged involvement in Moldova’s upcoming October presidential elections as subverting the country’s free and fair elections.

    • RFERL ☛ Flight To Chisinau Makes Emergency Landing In Bucharest After Alleged Bomb Scare

      A plane en route from Moscow to Chisinau made an emergency landing in Bucharest on June 14, Moldovan authorities and a pro-Russian member of parliament said.

    • France24 ☛ EU agrees 'in principle' on starting accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova

      Ambassadors from the EU's 27 member states on Friday "agreed in principle" on beginning accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on June 25, the Belgian presidency of the European Council said.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian president to attend Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland

      Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda will travel to Switzerland on Saturday to attend a two-day high-level conference on peace in Ukraine, the President’s Office said on Friday.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania donates €16m to Ukraine air defence fund

      Lithuania has donated 16 million euros to the UK-led International Fund for Ukraine for air defence procurements, Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas has said.

    • RFERL ☛ Ukraine's Military Claims Hits On Concentrated Russian Troops; Moscow Says 5 Dead In Belgorod

      Ukraine fired missiles and artillery at 15 areas where Russia troops were concentrated on June 14 as Russia tried to use its advantage in manpower, equipment, and air support to seize territory in eastern Ukraine, Kyiv's General Staff said.

    • RFERL ☛ G7 Leaders Hammer Out Details Of Loaning Ukraine Billions Using Profits From Frozen Russian Assets

      Group of Seven leaders affirmed their decision to make available around $50 billion to Ukraine by leveraging “the extraordinary revenues” of frozen Russian assets in the final communique of their summit in Italy on June 14.

    • RFERL ☛ Ammunition Flowing To Ukraine Through Czech Initiative, Foreign Minister Says

      Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky tells RFE/RL the first shipments procured under a Czech initiative to increase supplies of badly needed ammunition in Ukraine are now arriving and will continue to flow.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Airline Pilot Convicted Of Treason Dies In Prison

      Retired Russian pilot Igor Pokusin, whose opposition to his country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine landed him in prison, has died at the age of 61.

    • RFERL ☛ U.S. Denies Role In Ukrainian NGO's Research On Those Opposing Aid For Kyiv

      The United States says it played no role in a project by a Ukrainian NGO, Data Journalism Agency, which says it has come under pressure after publishing research on those campaigning to end aid to Ukraine.

    • RFERL ☛ Georgian Legion Fighting For Ukraine Designated As 'Terrorist' Group In Russia

      Russia’s Southern District Military Court on June 14 designated the Georgian Legion fighting for Ukraine as a “terrorist” organization.

    • The Straits Times ☛ World leaders join Ukraine summit in test of Kyiv's diplomatic clout

      LUCERNE, Switzerland - World leaders gather in Switzerland on Saturday for a summit aimed at pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine, but the absence of powerful allies of Moscow such as China will blunt its potential impact.

    • LRT ☛ Polish court refuses to extradite second Volkov attack suspect to Lithuania

      A Polish court of appeals on Thursday refused to extradite to Lithuania the second Polish citizen suspected of assaulting Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov in Vilnius.

    • RFERL ☛ Italian Police Reportedly Arrest Russian In Connection With 2023 Artyom Uss Escape

      Italian authorities say they have arrested a Russian businessman living in Switzerland in connection with the March 2023 escape of Artyom Uss, a Russian man who fled Italian house arrest just prior to extradition to the United States.

    • Latvia ☛ France and Italy join Latvia-led drone coalition for Ukraine

      France and Italy are to add their considerable weights to the Latvian co-led Drone Coalition for Ukraine, the Latvian Ministry of Defense confirmed June 14.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Women should play a central role in rebuilding Ukraine’s economy

      Ukraine can only rebuild its economy if women and civil society are fully involved in its reconstruction efforts.

    • RFERL ☛ Putin Lays Out Already Rejected Conditions For Talks On Eve Of Ukraine Peace Summit

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered an immediate cease-fire with Ukraine, setting out conditions that Kyiv has already rejected just a day before a peace summit in Switzerland from which he was excluded.

    • New York Times ☛ Putin Makes Cease-Fire Offer With Sweeping Demands on Ukraine’s Territory

      Ukraine denounced the offer, saying that Mr. Putin was “afraid of real peace.” The Russian leader made the remarks one day before a peace summit organized by Kyiv.

    • RFA ☛ Satellite pictures reveal North Korea is preparing for Putin visit

      Experts say North Korea will seek weapons technology from Russia during a visit which could happen next week.

    • JURIST ☛ UK announces new sanctions targeting Russian ships

      The UK Government announced Thursday its latest sanction package on Russia, the first to target Russia’s”shadow fleet” of oil ships, in a bid to hinder President Vladimir Putin’s ability to fund the country’s war against Ukraine.

    • France24 ☛ Putin's peace conditions are Hitler-like, Zelensky says

      Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a ceasefire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Ukraine responded by calling Putin's proposal “manipulative” and “absurd”.

• Environment

  • BIA Net ☛ German climate activists end their hunger strike

    Activists from the initiative “Starving until you’re honest” ended their hunger strike. One of them had been refusing to eat for 92 days. Their demands for an official statement on climate change from German chancellor Olaf Scholz were not met.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Will the new Parliament change Europe’s course on energy security and climate?

    The recent European Parliament elections signal a shift in EU energy policy toward energy security and competitiveness. To ensure that climate remains on the agenda, European policymakers must deliver on existing commitments and deepen global climate cooperation.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ A single modern Hey Hi (AI) GPU consumes up to 3.7 MWh of power per year — GPUs sold last year alone consumed more power than 1.3 million homes

      The over 3.8 million GPUs sold last year has the power requirement of 1.3 million homes in a year, or about 7% of California's annual electricity output.

    • Reason ☛ Lawsuit: Biden Administration Rules That Make Dishwashers, Laundry Machines Worse Also Illegal

      The plaintiffs argue that the Department of Energy has no legal authority to impose its own water use limits on energy-consuming home appliances.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • The Straits Times ☛ ST Picks: All aboard the ‘pet wagon’ in China?

• Finance

  • ABP ☛ Wells Fargo Terminates Over A Dozen Staff For Work Activity Fabrication: Report

    One of the biggest US banks, Wells Fargo & Co., reportedly fired more than a dozen employees last month for pretending to work using keyboard simulation, according to a Bloomberg report. The employees, formerly part of the bank's wealth and investment management unit, were dismissed. However, whether their terminations were related to allegations of using keyboard simulation during remote work arrangements remains unclear.

  • Guardian ☛ Like Microsoft, Meta reduces Lagos office space, workforce

  • TechCrunch ☛ Subscription vitamin company Care/of is shutting down | TechCrunch

    Care/of, a company offering personalized subscription vitamin packs, says it will be canceling all subscriptions as of Monday, June 17 and will no longer

  • Onsemi Layoffs: 1,000 jobs cut globally amid EV slowdown

    On Thursday, Arizona-based computer chip maker Onsemi announced it will cut its global workforce by approximately 1,000 employees.

    The company will consolidate nine sites and reassign an additional 300 employees or request they relocate to different sites. The workforce reduction is part of a broader effort to streamline operations and reduce costs amid sluggish demand for chips, particularly in the electric vehicle (EV) sector.

  • WillScot Layoffs: 500 to 1,000 employees reportedly terminated across North America

    Samfiru Tumarkin LLP has learned that WillScot of Canada has reportedly terminated between 500 and 1,000 employees across Canada and the United States.

    Multiple online reports suggest that the company, which supplies mobile offices, steel storage containers, portable classrooms and temporary office spaces, inititiated layoffs in early June. With a total workforce of approximately 5,000 people, the layoffs would represent at least 10% of their staff.

    WillScot, which opened its first Canadian branch in 1999, acquired Mobile Mini in 2020 and McGrath RentCorp in January 2024.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • The Straits Times ☛ China’s Premier Li pays ‘very positive’ visit to Fonterra, says New Zealand minister

    Mr Li said there was growing demand in China for high-quality dairy, beef and lamb products from New Zealand.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China’s new rules allow detention of foreigners in South China Sea

    A detention period of up to 60 days is allowed for “complicated cases”.

  • RFA ☛ Philippines promises to protect fishermen as China’s trespass rule takes hold

    A new regulation says the Chinese coast guard can arrest foreign vessels and crew in waters claimed by Beijing.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s new coast guard rules allow detention of foreigners without trial in disputed South China Sea

    New China Coast Guard rules taking effect Saturday will allow officers to detain foreigners in disputed areas of the South China Sea for up to 60 days without trial.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Designing a blueprint for open, free and trustworthy digital economies

    US digital policy must be aimed at improving national security, defending human freedom, dignity, and economic growth while ensuring necessary accountability for the integrity of the technological bedrock.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong novelists find freedom to reflect, connect – both overseas and through their writing

    By Xinqi Su When Hong Kong author Kay So left her home city in 2020, she had in her luggage two short stories she had written about the huge, at times violent democracy protests that upended the city in 2019.

  • France24 ☛ G7 leaders set their sights on migration on final day of summit

    The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration, artificial intelligence, economic security and the Indo-Pacific region on Friday, the second and final day of their summit in Italy. The G7 leaders stressed their determination to meet global challenges “at a crucial moment in history.”

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • Digital Music News ☛ Megan Thee Stallion the Latest Victim of Deepfake Porn — X/Twitter ‘Proactively Removing’ Clips

      Megan Thee Stallion becomes the latest victim of deepfake porn, speaking out while Ex-Twitter claims to be ‘proactively’ remove the clips. A sexually explicit deepfake video of rapper Megan Thee Stallion has been circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter, over the weekend.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • RFA ☛ China hands 5-year jail term to feminist journalist Sophia Huang

    #MeToo activist is found guilty alongside labor activist Wang Jianbing for 'incitement to subversion.'

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Democracy Now ☛ “Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Being a Queer Black Man in the Natural World

    We continue our conversation with Christian Cooper, author of Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World and host of the Emmy Award-winning show Extraordinary Birder. Cooper shares stories of his life and career, including his longtime LGBTQ activism and how his father’s work as a science educator inspired his lifetime passion for birdwatching. “Birding forces you outside of yourself [and] whatever your woes are,” says Cooper. “It makes you feel connected to the whole planet. It engages your senses, your intellect. It is incredibly healing. … For people whose history is about being enslaved, for us to be able to relate to this bird, it’s liberating.”

  • Democracy Now ☛ Birding While Black: Christian Cooper on NYC Audubon Society’s New Name & Racist Central Park Incident

    New York City’s chapter of the Audubon Society has officially changed its name to the New York City Bird Alliance as part of an effort to distance itself from its former namesake John James Audubon, the so-called founding father of American birding. The 19th century naturalist enslaved at least nine people and espoused racist views. Christian Cooper is a Black birder and a longtime board member of the newly minted New York City Bird Alliance. In 2020, he made headlines after a white woman in Central Park called 911 and falsely claimed Cooper was threatening her life. He joins Democracy Now! to discuss Audubon’s legacy, which “put North American birds on the map” yet “was funded by the trafficking [of] other human beings,” and the significance of the birdwatching community’s efforts to detach Audubon’s association with the pastime. “We’re trying to diversify birding, which traditionally has been a very, very white activity,” says Cooper, who also discusses the 2020 park incident, which occurred on the same day that George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis.

  • JURIST ☛ ECHR: Hungary refusal of medically assisted death does not violate human rights

    The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Hungarian authorities’ refusal of a citizen’s request to end his life by physician-assisted death doesn’t violate the European Convention on Human Rights.

  • Reason ☛ Review: How a Catholic Sister Resisted an Oppressive New York City Government

    A new film depicts Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants.

  • New Yorker ☛ Is Being a Politician the Worst Job in the World?

    Rory Stewart, a former Conservative Party Member of Parliament, explains the upcoming U.K. elections, the “catastrophic” Brexit, and the soul-crushing sham of a life in politics.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Over 80% of Mexicans are now internet users, up 9.7 points from 2020

    Connectivity has increased steadily in Mexico, particularly among the young, though there is still a digital divide between urban and rural areas.

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • Reason ☛ Netflix's Fake Assassin Movie, Hit Man, Is So Enjoyable It's Almost Criminal

    Fake murder, real fun.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Ars Technica ☛ Apple set to be first Big Tech group to face charges under EU digital law | Ars Technica

  Brussels to announce iPhone maker is failing to open up its App Store to competition.

• Patents

  • JUVE ☛ Three VdA associates team up to launch new IP practice [Ed: Seems like marketing spam, not news]

    Sara Nazaré (36), Beatriz Lima (37) and Joana Piriquito Santos (36) have launched a new law firm, Nazaré, Lima, Piriquito Santos & Associados – NLP for short – in Lisbon. The new outfit also includes João Carlos Assunção and Filipe Gomes.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ AMD patents configurable multi-chiplet GPU — illustration shows three dies

    AMD has a new patent monopoly that shows a three-die GPU. Next-generation graphics processors could adopt more complex chiplet designs.

  • Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Brazil – The impacts of BRPTO’s interpretation of the “end of examination” in patent monopoly prosecution

    Divisional applications and pre-grant oppositions may be filed until the “end of the examination”.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Rejection for Lack of Enablement in In re Pen

    Pen’s patent monopoly claimed “polycyclic metallole heteroatom rich conductive long chain polymers” comprised of certain repeating units. The idea here is to create a conductive polymer for use in new battery technology.  Key limitations in the claims at issue here are that the metallole heteroatom is nitrogen, there are more than eight repeating units (n>8), and a substituent R can be any substituent.

    In affirming the PTO’s refusal, the Federal Circuit found that substantial evidence supported the Board’s factual findings on the Wands factors and found no legal error in its enablement analysis.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Trademark Act’s “Names Clause” in Affirming Refusal to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL.

    Here is a Trademark Alert published by Wolf Greenfield regarding the Supreme Court's decision in Vidal v. Elster (the TRUMP TOO SMALL case).

  • TTAB Blog ☛ J. Michael Keyes:: "Just Do It" Doesn't Fly When Submitting Survey Evidence to the TTAB"

    Nike, Inc. was recently victorious in an opposition to registration of the mark DON’T JUST DO IT, GET IT DONE for various clothing items. The Board found likelihood of confusion with and likelihood of dilution of the famous JUST DO IT mark for overlapping clothing items. [TTABlogged here]. Nike submitted the results of a fame survey, but the Board refused to consider that evidence. Mike Keyes, a consumer survey expert and IP litigator at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, provides his comments below.