Leftovers

• Hackaday ☛ Exploring Soap Films

  While fluid dynamics sounds like a dull topic, SoapFilmScope promises to make it fun by using your cell phone to observe the interactions between sound waves and liquid membranes. You can make your own with some PVC pipe, some 3D-printed attachments, a speaker, and a few other odds and ends.

• Chris ☛ Publish Your Observations!

• CS Monitor ☛ A simple, selfless dissent for integrity

  One man’s example of a frugal lifestyle inspires a country’s search for an end to corruption.

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ JWST Discovers a Super-Jupiter: Its First Directly Imaged Exoplanet

• Hardware

  • Hackaday ☛ A Lenticular Clock Spells Out The Hours

    So many are the clock projects which cross the Hackaday threshold, that it’s very rare indeed to see something that hasn’t already been done. We think we’ve not seen a lenticular clock before though, and we’re thus impressed by this one produced by [Moritz Sivers].

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Leaked internal reports allegedly reveal Intel's instability problems are not over — elevated voltages could be only one of the causes of CPU crashing

    Internal reports from alleged defective chip maker Intel sources reveal that defective chip maker Intel has not told the entire story about Raptor Lake instability. Elevated voltages are only part of the problem, and other root causes are being investigated.

  • Games

    • Hackaday ☛ A Puzzle For The Visually Impaired, Or Blindfolded

      There’s no reason why a visually impaired person can’t enjoy putting together a jigsaw puzzle. It just needs to look a little different. Or, in this case, feel different.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Almost 1,300 More Deaths Per Week Than 5 Years Ago in England and Wales

    IT seems like excess deaths/mortality in the UK shall continue unabated.

  • Off Guardian ☛ Amazon Gets Fresh, Bayer Loves Basmati: Toxic Influences in Indian Agriculture

    The citizens of India have a problem. In what the media like to call ‘the world’s biggest democracy’, there is a serious, proven conflict of interest among officials in the areas of science, agriculture and agricultural research that results in privileging the needs of powerful private interests ahead of farmers and ordinary people.

  • Science Alert ☛ One Type of Fiber Could Have Weight Loss Benefits Similar to Ozempic

    And it's found in everyday foods.

  • Science Alert ☛ Humans Can Get Pregnant Through Bizarre Ways. Here Are 4 of Them.

    Strange but true.

  • Science Alert ☛ Gut Health Can Be a Game-Changer For Olympic Athletes: Here's How

    And you can benefit too.

  • Federal News Network ☛ Group of federal employees still pushing for more fertility benefits through insurance program

    In today's Federal Newscast, a group of federal employees continues to push for expanded fertility benefits through the government's health insurance program. 

  • Latvia ☛ Latvians have EU's shortest 'healthy' lives

    Eurostat data published July 24 makes grim reading for Latvia, showing as it does that Latvians enjoy fewer 'healthy' years in their lives than any of their European counterparts.

  • Federal News Network ☛ This HHS operative is taking on high and complicated hospital bills

    This guest is 35 years old and joined federal service only three years ago. She's having a big impact in a lot of ways having to do with health care delivery.

  • Science Alert ☛ Blocking One Protein Extends Lifespan in Mice by Up to 25%, Study Shows

    Could it work in humans?

  • New York Times ☛ New Zealand Abuse in Care Report Speaks of ‘National Catastrophe’

    The head of a six-year investigation into mistreatment in orphanages, mental health institutions and elsewhere said it found an “unthinkable national catastrophe” unfolding over decades.

  • New York Times ☛ Hepatitis A and Other Diseases Surge Among Gaza’s Displaced, U.N. Says

    More than 100,000 people are suspected to have contracted hepatitis A, while polio, a disease that has been eradicated in much of the world, is now present there, according to the World Health Organization.

  • Science Alert ☛ 6 Things Gen Z Should Be Doing Right Now to Stave Off Dementia Later

    We all should be doing this.

  • Pro Publica ☛ California Isn’t Enforcing Its Strongest-in-the-Nation Oil Well Cleanup Law

    Last October, California passed the nation’s strongest law to address the glut of oil and gas wells that are unplugged and ownerless, many leaking pollutants into the environment.

    The legislation required that, as part of any sale or transfer of wells, the purchasing company set aside enough money in financial instruments known as bonds to cover the entire cleanup cost of low-producing wells if the companies go out of business without plugging them. It was a striking departure from the piecemeal steps taken by other state legislatures and federal agencies to reduce the number of orphan wells. California lawmakers repeatedly cited ProPublica’s work on the subject as a reason to act.

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Researchers find that AI-generated web content could make large language models less accurate [Ed: Like feeding dead cows to a cow]

    A newly published research paper suggests that the proliferation of algorithmically generated web content could make large language models less useful. The paper appeared today in the scientific journal Nature. It’s based on a recently concluded research initiative led by Ilia Shumailov, a computer scientist at the University of Oxford.

  • MIT Technology Review ☛ AI trained on Hey Hi (AI) garbage spits out Hey Hi (AI) garbage

    AI models work by training on huge swaths of data from the internet. But as Hey Hi (AI) is increasingly being used to pump out web pages filled with junk content, that process is in danger of being undermined.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Researchers find that AI-generated web content could make LLMs less accurate

    A newly published research paper suggests that the proliferation of algorithmically-generated web content could make large language models less useful. The paper appeared today in the scientific journal Nature. It’s based on a recently concluded research initiative led by Ilia Shumailov, a computer scientist at the University of Oxford.

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ North Korean Trash Balloons Land on South Korean Leader’s Compound

    Officials found nothing hazardous in the balloons’ payloads, as the North’s slow barrage of airborne garbage showed few signs of letting up.

  • France24 ☛ North Korean trash balloon lands in South Korean presidential compound

    Trash from at least one North Korean balloon hit the South Korean presidential compound in Seoul on Wednesday in what is the first time the fortified no-fly zone has been directly struck by a Pyongyang trash balloon, of which thousands have been launched since May. The balloons are part of a long-standing propaganda conflict between the two countries that has escalated in recent months.

  • RFA ☛ Ex-North Korean diplomat becomes first escapee to be a vice minister in South Korea

    He defected in 2016, joined South Korean assembly in 2020, and now joins a presidential advisory council.

  • NYPost ☛ Visitor who angered North Korean officials reveals the things NOT to do in the hermit kingdom

    Due process and fair trials are rarities, and any slight movement that may suggest you’re an enemy of the state can quickly lead you to a concentration camp.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ China’s ability to buy US land near military bases just got more restricted

    Dig into the details of the US Treasury’s recently proposed rules that would expand its jurisdiction over foreign real estate purchases.

  • New York Times ☛ The Alexander Brothers, Hotshot Real Estate Agents, Are Accused of Sexual Assault

    Tal and Oren Alexander, who had lifestyles as flashy as their real estate deals, are now accused of a string of sexual assaults.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Netanyahu visits Congress with big goals – but at hardest of times

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants more U.S. aid just as Washington is consumed with a changing presidential race and concerns about Israeli intentions.

  • New York Times ☛ Netanyahu Defends Israel in Speech to Congress

    The speech by Israel’s leader was charged with symbolism, as criticism of the war in Gaza grows. He portrayed the conflict as a proxy fight with Iran that must be won at all costs and condemned protesters.

  • TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ FACT FOCUS: A look at Netanyahu’s claims about Israel, Hamas and Iran during his speech to Congress

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country's conduct in the devastating Gaza war during a scathing address to Congress.

  • New York Times ☛ Protesters Denounce Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress and Some Clash With Police

    Thousands of peaceful protesters gathered west of the Capitol, and smaller breakoff groups clashed with the police nearby and outside Union Station.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Experts react: What Netanyahu’s address to Congress reveals about the state of US-Israel relations

    Our experts break down Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech and what it says about his approach to relations with the United States and to Israel’s war in Gaza.

  • New York Times ☛ Kamala Harris and Some Democrats to Skip Netanyahu’s Address to Congress

    A boycott by some Democrats of the Israeli prime minister’s speech will highlight the deep anger within the party’s base about his conduct of the war against Hamas.

  • Marcy Wheeler ☛ Speaker Mike Johnson Demands Better Treatment for Israel’s Prime Minister Than Given the President of the United States

    Mike Johnson has demanded greater decorum for Bibi Netanyahu's speech than Marjorie Taylor Greene gave to President Biden at the State of the Union.

  • New York Times ☛ How to Watch Biden’s Speech Tonight on Exiting the Presidential Race

    Mr. Biden is the first sitting president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 not to seek a second term in the White House.

  • Bruce Schneier ☛ Robot Dog Internet Jammer

    Supposedly the DHS has these:

    The robot, called “NEO,” is a modified version of the “Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle” (Q-UGV) sold to law enforcement by a company called Ghost Robotics. Benjamine Huffman, the director of DHS’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC), told police at the 2024 Border Security Expo in Texas that DHS is increasingly worried about criminals setting “booby traps” with internet of things and smart home devices, and that NEO allows DHS to remotely disable the home networks of a home or building law enforcement is raiding. The Border Security Expo is open only to law enforcement and defense contractors.

  • Defence Web ☛ “Non-State” attacks in Burkina Faso force thousands to flee

    Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by what the United Nations (UN) Refugee Agency terms “non-State armed groups” is forcing thousands to flee to neighbouring Niger in search of safety.

  • France24 ☛ Tensions in Yemen could lead to ‘devastating’ regional escalation, says UN envoy

    Despite renewed communication efforts between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels, Hans Grundberg, the UN envoy to Yemen, warned the UN Security Council that growing international tensions have reached a “new and dangerous level,” and ongoing domestic disputes could plunge Yemen back into a “full-scale war”.

  • Defence Web ☛ AAD Conference: Exploring Defence and Security Trends, Innovations and Opportunities in Africa

    The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Expo, Africa’s premier aerospace and defence exhibition, is set to take place from 18 to 22 September 2024 at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria.

  • France24 ☛ Sudan's paramilitary chief to participate in US-mediated ceasefire talks

    The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, said Wednesday that he was willing to explore avenues towards a “peaceful, negotiated political solution” to the war with the Sudanese army through US-mediated talks in Switzerland.

  • Reason ☛ Over 1 Million People Flee Cuba in Just Two Years

    That amounts to some 10% of the nation's total population. The surge highlights flaws in both right and left-wing positions on Cuba.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • RFERL ☛ Jailed Former Navalny Team Member Faces New Charge

      The jailed former member of late Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Bashkortostan, Olga Komleva, has been additionally charged with distributing false information about Russian military, the Basmanny district court in Moscow said on July 23.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ The Women, Peace, and Security agenda made important strides at NATO’s Washington summit

      Much of the NATO summit earlier this month was overshadowed by US domestic politics, but one issue did make significant and bipartisan, if underacknowledged, headway when allies met in Washington: the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.

• Environment

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Authorities in northern China warn of floods and landslides as heavy rains threaten Beijing

    Authorities in northern China warned heavy rains could bring floods and landslides Wednesday, issuing the country’s second-highest flood response. China is enduring a summer of extreme weather, with heavy rains across the east and south coming as much of the north has sweltered under successive heatwaves.

  • Reason ☛ Netflix's 'Don't Look Up' Got $46 Million From Massachusetts Taxpayers [Ed: Koch funded site upset people talk about fossil fuels ruining the climate]

    According to recently updated figures, more than half of the state's film production credits for 2021 went to just one film, whose two stars collectively earned over $50 million.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Latvia ☛ Photos: airBaltic gets new Airbus

      On Wednesday, July  24, Latvian airline airBaltic welcomed its 48th Airbus A220-300 aircraft with registration number YL-ABV in Rīga.

    • DeSmog ☛ Labour Urged to Release Cumbria Coal Mine Documents by Ex-Net Zero Tsar

    • DeSmog ☛ Dutch and U.S. Climate Deniers Join Forces As Europe Shifts to the Right

    • Low Tech Mag ☛ Thematic Book Series: How Circular is the Circular Economy?

      The circular economy – the newest magical word in the sustainable development vocabulary – promises economic growth without environmental destruction or waste. However, growth makes a circular economy impossible, even if we recycle all raw materials and all recycling is 100% efficient. No technology can change that because it’s not a technological problem. In addition, many modern products are too complex to recycle.

      In this series of articles, LOW←TECH MAGAZINE explores how the circularity of various technologies like bicycles, solar panels, and wind turbines evolves. Placing the recycling of resources in a historical context makes clear that we are not moving toward a circular economy but rather increasingly away from it.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • CS Monitor ☛ What do scientists have to learn from wildlife? The value of diversity.

      Jasmin Graham’s fresh and innovative memoir details how her work as a “rogue” shark scientist pushes science to include more diverse perspectives.

    • Science Alert ☛ The Ground Just Exploded in Front of Tourists at Yellowstone. Here's Why

      Someone chose violence.

  • Overpopulation

    • RFA ☛ Chinese Communist Party plans to raise retirement age to deal with aging population

      Xi Jinping urges authorities to 'gradually raise the statutory retirement age in a prudent and orderly manner.'

• Finance

  • European Commission ☛ Speech by Commissioner Urpilainen at the G20 Ministerial Task Force meeting for the establishment of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty

    I want to sincerely commend Brazil's leadership in setting up the Alliance and the personal commitment of President Lula to this cause.

  • LRT ☛ Taiwanese giant looks to shake up Lithuania’s banking market

    The Bank of Taiwan, which is planning to establish a unit in Lithuania, could successfully compete with the country’s major banks, a central bank official said on Wednesday.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Japanese Prime Minister Kishida vows government funds for local chip fabs — Rapidus eyes 2nm production by 2027

    Rapidus struggles to get financing from Japanese banks to build its fab, but it has time and the support of the Japanese government.

  • WhichUK ☛ Watchdog uses new powers to protect access to cash

    The Financial Conduct Authority says banks must follow new rules when closing branches

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Inflation spikes more than expected in the first half of July

    Mexican households are feeling the inflationary pain, with the prices of fruits and vegetables up over 25% compared to the same period last year.

  • CS Monitor ☛ In Javier Milei’s cash-strapped Argentina, enterprising residents use ingenuity to make ends meet

    President Javier Milei’s brutal austerity measures that sought to reverse decades of reckless spending have caused prices to skyrocket in a country that already had one of the world’s highest inflation rates. Argentina now has a staggering 57% poverty rate.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Italy's Meloni to visit China this week with trade, investment agenda

    ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit China from July 26-31 on her first trip there since taking office, aiming to improve trade with China, a person involved in the planning told Reuters.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Don't break law and you have nothing to fear, China tells Taiwan staff of multinational firms

    Taiwan staff at multinational firms in China have nothing to fear as long as they don't break the law, the Chinese government said on Wednesday, following new legal guidelines that mandate execution in extreme cases for "diehard" separatists.

  • RFA ☛ Strongest typhoon in 8 years disrupts Taiwan’s annual military drills

    Taiwan’s military puts soldiers on stand-by as Typhoon Gaemi approaches.

  • France24 ☛ Paris Olympics opening ceremony dancers call off strike after reaching pay deal, union says

    Hundreds of dancers set to perform Friday at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony have called off a planned strike over pay disparities after reaching a deal with the event’s organisers, the SFA-CGT union said. Other French public sector workers have also threatened strikes ahead of the Summer Games to demand pay increases.

  • New York Times ☛ Dancers Drop Threat to Strike During Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

    Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties.

  • The Straits Times ☛ ST Picks: Global tech outage - An unscathed China touts its self-reliance

  • RFA ☛ Calls grow for UK to expand lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers

    Campaigners say some are excluded on account of their birth date, while others can't afford huge college fees.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • France24 ☛ Biden to explain his decision to drop out of presidential race in national address

    With a promise to lay out “what lies ahead”, US President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday. In what could be his last major speech as president, he is poised to explain his stunning decision to drop out of the presidential race last Sunday. But many expect Biden will insist he still has much to offer, even as Kamala Harris takes over the Democratic presidential nomination.

  • RFERL ☛ Constitutional Court In Bosnia Temporarily Suspends Republika Srpska's Election Law

    The Constitutional Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina on July 24 temporarily suspended an election law passed by the National Assembly of Republika Srpska in April, sparking criticism by the international community and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission to Bosnia.

  • RFERL ☛ Probe Launched Into Alleged Plot To Kill Leaders Of Georgia's Ruling Party

    Georgia's State Security Service said on July 24 it had launched an investigation into an alleged "plot" to assassinate Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and honorary chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and then "violently overthrow" the government.

  • New York Times ☛ Israel Rolls Into Paris Olympics Amid Cheers, Boos and Police Sirens

    France has promised an unusually heavy blanket of security for Israeli athletes at the Games. In its first test, it pulled out all the stops.

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • RFA ☛ Did ‘exclusive’ photos show the US stealing Syrian wheat since May?

      Verdict: False

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Digital Music News ☛ Hybe Names New CEO As Multiple Execs Face Defamation Litigation from Ador’s Founder

    Amid shakeups and drama in the K-pop space, BTS agency Hybe’s Park Ji-won has been replaced as CEO by Lee Jae-sang. Regional outlets including the Korea Herald just recently shed light on the news, which has arrived days after it surfaced that longtime Hybe exec Lenzo Yoon would leave the company at 2024’s end.

  • RFA ☛ Police in Vietnam fine YouTuber for filming pagodas

    Nguyen Binh Dan must pay 7.5 million dong (U.S.$300) for ‘religion-dividing’ content.

  • BIA Net ☛ 'Media plays a role in the spread of hate speech'

    IPS Communication Foundation/bianet, examined 80 issues from 10 Turkish newspapers in its report "Hate Speech in Turkish Print Media." The analysis identified hate speech in 21 out of 66 articles.

  • Reason ☛ Will an Ohio Judge Lose His Law License?

    The Office of Disciplinary Counsel comes for the "censorious" Judge Tim Grendell

  • Reason ☛ Senate To Vote on Web Censorship Bill Disguised as Kids Safety

    The Kids Online Safety Act would have cataclysmic effects on free speech and privacy online.

  • Reason ☛ Free Speech Unmuted: Speech and Violence

    Jane Bambauer and I talk about incitement, solicitation, fighting words, threats, and more.

  • RFERL ☛ Defamation Case Filed By Tate Brothers Can Proceed, Florida Judge Rules

    A U.S. judge ruled on July 24 that a defamation lawsuit filed by Internet influencer Andrew Tate against a Florida woman who accused him of imprisoning her in Romania can go to trial.

  • New York Times ☛ Trump’s Lawsuit Against ABC and Stephanopoulos Can Move Forward

    The litigation stems from a March 10 interview in which George Stephanopoulos, the network’s star anchor, referred to a civil case brought against Mr. Trump by E. Jean Carroll.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ No evidence Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai called for sanctions after security law enacted, lawyers argue

    Prosecutors in pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial did not present evidence that he intended to call for sanctions after the national security law was enacted in June 2020, the mogul’s lawyers have argued

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong Christian Institute to disband, citing ‘social environment’

    A Hong Kong Christian organisation has announced that will disband, citing a “social environment” that had made it harder for it to carry out its mission.

  • JURIST ☛ European Council imposes new sanctions on individuals allegedly responsible for sexual and gender-based violence

    The European Council approved additional restrictive measures on Monday against four individuals and two entities said to be responsible for the abuse of human rights worldwide, which includes torture and systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence.

  • LRT ☛ Urgent action needed to combat endemic violence in Lithuanian prisons, says CPT

    The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has given Lithuania three months to take action to tackle the remaining problem of the informal hierarchy of prisoners in detention facilities and the resulting crime in prisons.

  • Reason ☛ Ted and Courtney Balaker: College Students Are Rejecting Wokeness

    The filmmakers who brought The Coddling of the American Mind to the big screen discuss the students whose stories inspired the film and the state of the media, Hollywood, and storytelling.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Public Knowledge ☛ Fifth Circuit Decision on Universal Service Undermines Congress, Worsens Digital Divide

    Decision eliminates last remaining federal mechanism for achieving broadband affordability.

  • APNIC ☛ Event Wrap: JANOG 54

    APNIC hosted a booth and welcomed Members at JANOG 54, held in Nara, Japan from 3 to 5 July 2024.

  • Reason ☛ En Banc Fifth Circuit Concludes FCC's "Universal Service" Fee Is Unconstitutional

    A majority of the judges concludes this fee constitutes a tax, the authority for which is improperly delegated.

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • Digital Music News ☛ Music Canada CEO Speaks Out Against 5% Streaming Platform Tax; Warns of Possible ‘Cultural Policy Disaster’

    With Apple, Amazon, and Spotify filing a legal challenge against the Canada ‘streaming platform tax’—Music Canada CEO Patrick Rogers is speaking out, too. Earlier this month, Digital Music News reported on several media companies who are seeking to legally challenge the 5% tax being imposed on its streaming services.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Patents

  • Unified Patents ☛ Factor2 Multimedia authentication patent monopoly challenged

    On July 24, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,083,285, owned and asserted by Factor2 Multimedia Systems, LLC, an NPE. The ‘285 patent monopoly relates to two-factor authentication methods and systems.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Chekable bags funding from NEC to streamline patent monopoly applications with generative AI

    Chekable Inc., a startup that’s using generative artificial intelligence to automate the patent monopoly application and search process, said today it has closed on an undisclosed investment from NEC X, the Silicon Valley accelerator of NEC Corp., after graduating from its Elev X! Ignite venture studio program.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Patent Puzzles after the Supreme Court’s 2024 Administrative Law Cases: Stare Decisis, Rulemaking, and Discretion

    In a flurry of recent decisions, the Supreme Court has continued its skepticism of administrative agencies.  Although these decisions may not have as significant an impact in patent monopoly law as in other areas, they do pose interesting puzzles with respect to stare decisis as well as agency rulemaking and discretion that will provide many litigation opportunities going forward.

    Consider first stare decisis and the Court’s overruling of Chevron deference (i.e. deference to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes) in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.  While the Loper Bright Court said that principles of “statutory stare decisis” meant its decision did not “call into question” holdings of cases that applied Chevron to find “specific agency actions” lawful, the Court did not discuss in any detail what “specific agency action” means.

    Notably, the 2016 patent monopoly law case of Cuozzo v.  Lee was the last case in which the Court itself found an agency action reasonable, and therefore lawful, under Chevron. 

  • Kangaroo Courts

    • JUVE ☛ “UPC pulls ripcord on CMS in time, but proximity to the EPO is questionable” [Ed: UPC is illegal and unconstitutional. It must be shut down, but this publisher basically took bribes to promote this crime, in effect helping EPO corruption as well.]

      The announcement came as a surprise, but it came at the right time. Last Friday, the Unified Patent Court announced that it was ditching the old CMS and introducing a new one. This new system would be a joint project with the EPO, implemented by mid-2025.

    • Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Sanofi vs. Amgen: Successful first UPC revocation action and strict assessment of therapeutic antibodies patentability [Ed: UPC is illegal; they try to (still) legitimise an illegal kangaroo court, serving to affirm the corruption in this entire system]

      On 16 July 2024, the Munich Central Division revoked a patent monopoly for the first time in the litigation between Sanofi, Regeneron, and Amgen (UPC_CFI_1/2023). This decision is important not only because it is the first of its kind, but also because it establishes UPC’s position on the patentability of therapeutic antibody inventions.

• Copyrights

  • Public Domain Review ☛ The American Colony of Jerusalem’s “Wild Flowers of Palestine” (ca. 1900–20)

    Photographs of wild flowers taken by photographers from a Christian utopian community that settled in East Jerusalem at the turn of the 20th century.