Leftovers

• Hackaday ☛ A Little Optical Magic Makes This Floating Display Pop

  If there’s a reason that fancy holographic displays that respond to gestures are a science fiction staple, it’s probably because our current display technology is terrible. Oh sure, Retina displays and big curved gaming monitors are things of wonder, but they’re also things that occupy space even when they’re off — hence the yearning for a display that can appear and disappear at need.

• CS Monitor ☛ How bookstores became cornerstones of American culture

  In a riveting history, Evan Friss digs into how U.S. bookstores shaped everything from the American Revolution to banks being open on Saturdays.

• Science

  • The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Do cats grieve?

  • The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Polaris Dawn: the first spacewalk by commercial astronauts will be historic, but the mission carries risks

• Hardware

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Foxconn to invest US $241M in AI server manufacturing in Chihuahua

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Pro Publica ☛ EPA Rejects Use of Mass Balance Accounting for “Safer Choice” Recycled Plastic

  • Med City News ☛ Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs

    BioMarin Pharmaceutical is laying off about 225 employees. This follows the company’s recent decision to cut back on marketing of its gene therapy Roctavian and eliminate certain research programs.

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • The Hindu ☛ Character.AI lays off at least 5% of its staff: Report

    Chatbot startup Character.AI laid off at least 5% of its staff, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person briefed by company leaders.

    The employees who were laid off mostly worked on marketing and recruiting for the startup, the report said.

    "We are refocusing the company to ensure all roles align with our new direction to build personalised AI (artificial intelligence) products," a Character.AI spokesperson told Reuters.

  • Visions of Mana dev Ouka Studios reportedly facing layoffs, full closure

    Even though Visions of Mana is was just released on August 29th, a new report claims its developer Ouka Studios was hit with layoffs and may be shut down entirely.

    The new report (via Bloomberg) says Ouka Studios parent company NetEase has cut “all but a handful of jobs” at the developer.

    Furthermore, the report cites “people familiar with the matter” that Ouka’s last staff will oversee the rollout of their final games, before getting totally shut down amidst NetEase rethinking their investments into Japan.

  • Visions of Mana Review: NetEase’s Ouka Studios Set to Close Following Game Launch

    Visions of Mana Review: In a shocking turn of events, Visions of Mana, the highly anticipated game from NetEase’s Ouka Studios, has launched to critical acclaim, earning an impressive 8/10 from IGN. However, the excitement surrounding this release is overshadowed by reports of the studio’s imminent closure. Ouka Studios, which opened its doors in 2020, is facing significant downsizing, with plans to shut down entirely after laying off most of its staff.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • AccessNow ☛ Venezuela’s many means of surveillance and control

• Defence/Aggression

  • Defence Web ☛ Minister Motshekga told the SAAF is critical to national security

    SA Air Force (SAAF) Chief, Lieutenant General Wiseman Mbambo, was the second chief of an SA National Defence Force (SANDF) service to host Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga on her current familiarisation tour.

  • Defence Web ☛ New AU mission for Somalia: old problems, fresh solutions?

    Seventeen years after the first African Union (AU) mission was deployed in Somalia to degrade the violent extremist group al-Shabaab, the country is set to have a third peace support operation starting on 1 January 2025.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Terrorists Planned to Kill ‘Tens of Thousands’ at Taylor Swift Vienna Concert, CIA Official Says

    The CIA says the terrorist suspects who planned to attack Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna wanted to kill ‘tens of thousands’ of people. The CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted their planning and led to their arrests.

  • France24 ☛ US national security adviser meets Xi, top Chinese military brass in Beijing

    On the last day of his visit to China, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Thursday held talks with Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping after a a rare meeting with top Chinese military official Zhang Youxia. Sullivan’s high-level meetings underscored efforts to increase military communications between the two rival powers amid tensions over Taiwan and China’s maritime operations in the South China Sea.

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] UN Security Council Considers Sanctioning Two RSF Generals in Sudan

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Policeman Hurt in Arson Attack on French Synagogue, Security Tightened

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] India: Kolkata rape reawakens rage over threats to women

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Nepal: 14 dead after Indian pilgrim bus plunges into river

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Germany: Pop singer Melanie Müller fined for Hitler salute

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Germany: Will a right-wing shift hit businesses and jobs?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Will German warships pass through the Taiwan Strait?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Meta says Iranian hackers tried to target Biden, Trump staffers on WhatsApp

  • New Yorker ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] The Haditha Massacre Photos That the Military Didn’t Want the World to See

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Advocates say words matter when labelling recent death a femicide

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] Women's organizations in Turkey fear increase in femicides if the government's new plans approved

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Report warns number of young femicide victims in Ontario rising

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Burkina Faso vows 'determined response' against terrorists

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] DR Congo conflict: Why is the cease-fire not holding?

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] A dangerous leader of ISIS eliminated in Deir ez-Zor

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] US Military Says It Killed Leader of Al Qaeda-Aligned Group in Syria

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] ISIS cell dismantled and two terrorists captured in Shaddadi

  • Atlantic Council ☛ The US government should build a Resilient Resource Reserve for wartime and peacetime

    China currently dominates critical mineral supply chains, putting American security needs at risk. Congress should both incentivize domestic mineral production and mitigate supply disruptions to the US military in a potential conflict with China by building a physical stockpile of strategic minerals that would last for five years.

  • JURIST ☛ UN General Secretary calls for Gaza ceasefire

    United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory on Wednesday.  This comes following the large-scale Israeli airstrikes that took place on August 28, which killed 58 people and wounded 131 others throughout the day.

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Thai Court Accepts Lawsuit Against Security Personnel Over Deaths of 85 Protesters

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Germany: NATO airbase raises security over potential threat

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Security Is Stepped up at a NATO Air Base in Germany Due to a 'Potential Threat'

    • HRW ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Ukraine Moves to Join ICC

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] NATO-Ukraine Council to Meet on Wednesday at Kyiv's Request

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] White House Condemns Strike That Killed Reuters Safety Adviser in Ukraine

    • Vox ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Did Ukraine just call Putin’s nuclear bluff?

    • CPJ ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Reuters safety adviser killed, three journalists injured in Ukraine

    • NL Times ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Asylum Min. must help collect shelter contribution from working Ukrainians, MP's say

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Kremlin Says There Will Be a Response to Ukraine's Kursk Attack

    • NL Times ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] Closure of Utrecht facility puts Ukrainian refugees at risk of human trafficking

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says He Would Support India Hosting Second Summit on Peace

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Ukraine updates: Biden announces new military aid for Kyiv

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] EU Review Does Not Recommend Sending Military Trainers to Ukraine for Now, Media Report Says

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Moscow and Kyiv Swap Prisoners of War as Ukraine Marks Independence Anniversary

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Promotes Top Army Commander Amid Kursk Incursion

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Signs Law Banning Moscow-Linked Religious Institutions

    • CBC ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] For Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by war, Kursk offensive is a morale boost

    • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Unearned Prestige: The Economist and The War In Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Hungary's government makes Ukrainian refugees homeless

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] The day Ukraine declared independence

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Ukraine updates: Modi keen for 'peace' as he arrives in Kyiv

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Indian PM Modi Arrives in Ukraine for Talks With Zelenskiy

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Indian Prime Minister Modi Meets Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Ukraine's New Judges Aim to Build Rule of Law

• Environment

  • Truthdig ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] How Climate Change Is Driving Up Food Prices Around the World

  • The Age AU ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Big emitters chase new climate fix: turning their pollution into products

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Climate Change, Security Take Top Billing as Pacific Island Leaders Prepare to Meet

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Complex Supply Chains and Climate Change Make 'Clean Beauty' Near Impossible, but Some Keep Trying

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Climate Campaigners Take EU to Court Over 2030 Emissions-Cutting Rules

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] Academic Climate Science Funding Has a Big Problem

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] The Fed’s Postponed Pivot Comes at a Price

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] How do you get people to care about climate change? Start with the new fad dating show

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] In Boosting Clean Energy in Minnesota, Walz Lays Foundation for Climate Influence if Harris Wins

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Trump and Vance take aim at Biden's climate legislation. Some Republicans would rather they didn't

  • Vox ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] This chart of ocean heat is terrifying

  • NL Times ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Climate change will cause more heat-related deaths in Netherlands

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] DNC Climate Panels Offered Empty Rhetoric Instead of Specific Plans

  • Energy/Transportation

    • H2 View ☛ Canadian firms plan to pilot electric reforming hydrogen production for power generation

      Two Canadian companies are looking to construct a new gas turbine power plant that could be powered by blends of low-carbon hydrogen produced from an electrified steam methane reforming (SMR) process.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvian central bank invites crypto companies to consultations

      Latvijas Banka, the Latvian central bank (LB) said August 29 it is inviting companies seeking a crypto-asset service provider licence in Latvia to pre-licensing consultations.

    • Unicorn Media ☛ Folks Must Not Be Subscribing to Leo or Buying Cryptocurrency, Because Brave Is Handing Out Pink Slips

      An article in which our reporter tries to get Leo, Brave's chatbot, to spill the beans on what's really happening at Brave Software.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Sydney’s $19b new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok [Ed: Fentanylware (TikTok) is a wrong yardstick of popularity]

      The excitement is in part a response to how modern the new line feels compared to the ageing network.

    • CBC ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Rio Tinto aims for 'something that not many others have done': successful closure of an N.W.T. mine

    • CBC ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Trudeau says Canada will slap big tariffs on Chinese EVs

    • CBC ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] The potential impact of Canada’s new tariff on China-made EVs

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Canada to slap 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Canada Imposes a 100% Tariff on Imports of Chinese-Made Electric Vehicles, Matching the US

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Canada to Impose New Tariffs on China-Made EVs, Steel, Bloomberg News Reports

    • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] CPEC’s First Hydropower Unit Connects to National Energy Grid

    • CBC ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Microbes create energy out of stuff we flush

    • 2024-08-23 [Older] Greens respond to new energy price cap rise

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • The Conversation ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Where the UK’s wasps have gone and why they need your help

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Germany: Berlin Zoo panda Meng Meng gives birth to twins

• Finance

  • JURIST ☛ Iraq issues arrest warrants for key figures in ‘Theft of the Century’ embezzlement case

    The Iraqi Anti-Corruption Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Noor Zuhair and Haitham al-Jubouri, who are implicated in the infamous “Theft of the Century” misappropriation case, local news agencies reported on Tuesday. The case revolves around the misappropriation of an enormous 3.7 trillion Iraqi dinars (about $2.5 billion USD) from tax security deposits.

  • Federal News Network ☛ How the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation plugged a hole in a relief program

    About 1% of recipients of a pandemic-era pension rescue plan were deceased. Their applications were filed fraudulently. The improper payments were $127 million.

  • BIA Net ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Housing crisis deepens for students in Turkey

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Canada to Reduce Number of Temporary Foreign Workers

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • New York Times ☛ CNN’s Dana Bash to Interview Harris and Walz on Thursday

    The joint interview, airing at 9 p.m. Eastern, is the first time the vice president will face sustained questions from a journalist since President Biden withdrew from the race.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s Pooh-tin Jinping tells US official Jake Sullivan Beijing still committed to ‘stable’ Washington ties

    Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping told top White House aide Jake Sullivan Thursday that Beijing remained committed to good ties with the United States, despite “great changes”.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China, US plan ‘leader-level call’ between Pooh-tin Jinping, Joe Biden amid Washington official’s visit in Beijing

    Top US and Chinese officials on Wednesday discussed plans for Presidents Joe Biden and Pooh-tin Jinping to talk in coming weeks, despite exchanging warnings over regional tensions.

  • ACLU ☛ Project 2025 Offers Dystopian View of America

    Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea that we the people — not the government — are in charge of our own lives. But there are plenty of people who disagree with that premise and want to control our lives. And those people have a plan.

    All of us remember Donald Trump’s presidency: separating families, banning visitors from Muslim countries, stacking the Supreme Court with justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, and attacking LGBTQ people. Yet as the ACLU’s detailed analysis of Trump and his supporters' policy proposals and rhetoric has shown, if reelected, his administration will likely be far more aggressive and effective in executing its unlawful plans than ever before.

    Under a second Trump administration, our federal government could be used to openly discriminate against marginalized communities, to spy on private citizens, and be given authority over what we can and can’t do with our bodies. If such a dystopian view of American life and politics feels like the plot of a DRM spreader Netflix special, consider that this vision of America is what former Trump administration staffers and The Heritage Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank, have outlined in Project 2025.

  • Pro Publica ☛ A GOP Lawmaker Helped Trump Media Bring a Foreign Exec to the U.S.

    A congressman intervened to help former President Donald Trump’s social media company jump the line for a difficult-to-obtain foreign-worker visa to bring a company executive to the U.S., according to interviews and records reviewed by ProPublica.

    A former staffer for Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, said the congressman personally instructed her to help Trump Media, even though she thought it was inappropriate to mix politics with the office’s constituent services duties.

  • The Straits Times ☛ New Zealand’s Maori King Tuheitia dies aged 69

    The King had been in hospital recovering from heart surgery just days after celebrating the 18th anniversary of his coronation.

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-25 [Older] Will the Labor Upsurge Find its Political Voice?

  • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Trump Loses It on Truth Social During Kamala Harris Acceptance Speech

  • Vox ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Kamala Harris’s speech triggered a vintage Trump meltdown

  • Vox ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Kamala Harris just revealed her formula for taking down Trump

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Bernie’s Flawed Vehicle

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Obama’s DNC Speech Was the Same Old Technocratic Liberalism

  • Truthdig ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] Sanders Condemns ‘Oligarchs’ Buying Elections in Convention Speech

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] “Something is rotten in the state of South Africa” – Leon Schreiber

  • The Local DK ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Denmark to open three new embassies as part of 'Africa strategy'

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Spain's Sanchez Visits West Africa Aiming to Stem Migration Surge

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Neville Alexander Was a Major Thinker of African Socialism

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Fact check: No, India did not cause "artificial" flooding in Bangladesh

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Phil Donahue (1935-2024) – Greatest Champion of Free Speech for the Peoples’ Interest of the 20th Century

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Curb Hate Speech After Riots, UN Committee Urges Britain

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Telegram: How the app defies calls for hate censorship

  • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Zuckerberg Vows to Stay Neutral This Election, Complains Biden Pushed Meta to Censor Covid Content

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Zuckerberg regrets some Facebook decisions on COVID-19 done at behest of U.S government

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Zuckerberg: White House 'pressured' Facebook during pandemic

  • HRW ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Philippine Censors Ban Film on Enforced Disappearances

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Decoding Democracy: Excerpts From a Series Exploring Critical Media Literacy Education, Independent Journalism, and Civic Engagement

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-08-22 [Older] Harris-Walz and the politics of gender and race

  • Project Censored ☛ 2024-08-21 [Older] The Project Censored Newsletter—August 2024

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] Turkey: Street interview arrest encourages self-censorship

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Guilty verdict in Stand News sedition trial shows ‘necessity’ of editors’ arrests, national security police say

    The conviction of two former editors of defunct Hong Kong outlet Stand News shows the “necessity and lawfulness” of their arrests almost three years ago, a top national security police officer has said hours after the pair were found guilty of sedition.

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] CFWIJ urges Turkey to cease its ruthless targeting of journalists

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] DW appeals to Turkey’s top court over journalist’s conviction

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] YRA Co-Chair: Kurdish journalists who expose Turkey’s dirty policies cannot be stopped

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Postmedia completes $1-million purchase of Atlantic Canada's largest newspaper chain

  • CPJ ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Syrian journalist detained without explanation, held by Turkish intelligence

  • ANF News ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] Turkish invaders arrest Syrian journalist working for AFP in al-Bab city

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • JURIST ☛ Canada police officers launch constitutional challenge following investigation into ‘racist’ and ‘pornographic’ WhatsApp messages

    A group of five British Columbia, Canada police officers accused of misconduct after allegedly sharing racist and inappropriate memes within a WhatsApp group chat initiated a challenge Wednesday against the BC Attorney General, according to local media.

  • New York Times ☛ Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight

    The criminal charges against Pavel Durov, Telegram’s founder, raised concerns in Silicon Valley about encryption and the app’s approach to privacy and security.

  • Citizen Lab ☛ Enhancing Cybersecurity and Resilience for Transnational Dissidents

    Join the Citizen Lab and the UC Berkeley Centre for Long-Term Cybersecurity for a webinar where researchers Noura Al-Jizawi, Gözde Böcü, and Nicola Lawford will present their research, "Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience for Transnational Dissidents."

  • TruthOut ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] National Labor Relations Board Rules Amazon Must Bargain With Delivery Drivers

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] German law helped labor conditions abroad, minister says

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-08-24 [Older] When will the pay gap in tennis be bridged?

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-23 [Older] Library workers punched, spat on as security incidents rise, data shows

  • CBC ☛ 2024-08-26 [Older] Plaintiff in case against BlackBerry CEO revealed as former chief marketing officer

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] South African Digital Platforms Need Testing Grounds to Speed Innovation, Report Says

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• KOL439 | The Rational Egoist (Michael Liebowitz): Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property: Part IIa

  My appearance on The Rational Egoist: Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property with Stephan Kinsella: Part IIa.  (Spotify) Michael will release the second half, PartIIb, later.

• KOL440 | The Rational Egoist (Michael Liebowitz): Debating the Moral Status of Intellectual Property: Part IIb

  The episode offers compelling insights into both sides of the debate, providing a thorough exploration of one of the most contested issues in legal and economic theory.

• Yelp Takes Cue from D.C. Court’s Antitrust Ruling Against Google

  On the heels of a judgment from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia earlier this month that found that “Google is a monopolist,” Yelp, Inc. has brought a lawsuit against Surveillance Giant Google in the Northern District of California under Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2, and California’s Unfair Competition Law. The suit alleges that Surveillance Giant Google is “engaging in various anticompetitive practices designed to monopolize the markets for local search services and local search advertising.”

• Patents

  • Unified Patents ☛ NexGen semiconductor controller patent monopoly found invalid

    On August 28, 2024, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of challenged claims 1, 5-7, and 13 of U.S. Patent 8,278,855 owned and asserted by NexGen Control Systems, LLC, an NPE. The '855 patent monopoly generally relates to control systems for electric motors.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Omitted Elements and Written Description: Federal Circuit’s Split Decision in Allergan v. Sun Pharma

    I previously wrote about Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd. (Sun Pharma), No. 24-1061 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2024), focusing on Federal Circuit’s about-face on obviousness-type double patenting.  My original post skipped over an important aspect of the opinion: the court’s 2-1 decision favoring the patentee on the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112(a).  This portion of the case focuses once again on when an element is “essential” to the invention and therefore required in the claims.

  • JUVE ☛ Adam Williams: “The main aim is to create more transparency” [Ed: PR piece and another veil for a corrupt institution meant to protect and serve power]

    In July 2024, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched its SEPs Resource Hub to aid businesses in navigating the SEP landscape. JUVE Patent asked the office’s CEO Adam Williams about the motivations behind the new guide and what influence the discussions in the European Union had on its creation.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB Posts September 2024 Hearing Schedule

    The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled eight (8) oral hearings for the month of September 2024. As indicated below, five of the hearings will be held virtually; the remaining three will be held in-person at the USPTO's Madison East Building in Alexandria, Virginia. Briefs and other papers for each case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

    
    

    September 5, 2024 - 1 PM [Virtual]: In re Metabeauty, Inc., Serial No. 97492557 [Section 2(d) refusal of the mark shown below, for non-medicated skin care preparations and related retail store services, in view of the registered mark TWELVE COSMETICS for cosmetics [COSMETICS disclaimed].]

  • IP Kat ☛ 2024-08-27 [Older] New referral to the CJEU: When is a trade mark deceptive?

• Copyrights

  • Creative Commons ☛ CC Welcomes Sarah Pearson Back as General Counsel

    As part of CC’s renewed commitment to investing in the core open infrastructure it stewards, we are excited to announce several updates to our legal team.  Sarah Hinchliff Pearson is returning to Creative Commons as General Counsel.