●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, November 08, 2022 ●● ● Nov 08 [00:32] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@s9xek7hahrdji.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 08 [02:01] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Nov 08 [05:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 08 [13:15] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 08 [15:14] *Now talking on #techbytes [15:14] *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast [15:14] *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021 [15:14] *schestowitz (~roy@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:14] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #techbytes schestowitz [15:14] *Now talking on #techbytes [15:41] schestowitz Europa Mail [15:41] schestowitz European Commission [15:41] schestowitz [15:41] schestowitz Have your say [15:41] schestowitz Dear Sir or Madam, [15:41] schestowitz Several initiatives have been published or updated on the European Commission's 'Have your say' portal: [15:41] schestowitz Feedback opportunities. [15:41] schestowitz Title Topic Deadline Action [15:41] schestowitz Draft Act [15:41] schestowitz Certificate of conformity secure online data exchange (means and requirements) Single market [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz 21/11/2022 Published for feedback [15:41] schestowitz Call for evidence [15:41] schestowitz Periodic evaluation of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 on the European Union trade mark Single market [15:41] schestowitz 05/12/2022 Published for feedback [15:41] schestowitz Commission adoption [15:41] schestowitz Tourist services short-term rental initiative Single market [15:41] schestowitz 03/01/2023 Published for feedback [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz For your information: events that do not open a feedback opportunity. [15:41] schestowitz Title Topic Action [15:41] schestowitz Public consultation [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz Intellectual property new framework for standard-essential patents Single market [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz Planned feedback period updated [15:41] schestowitz Call for evidence [15:41] schestowitz Single market Proposal for a legislative initiative on cross-border activities of associations Single market [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz Feedback period extended [15:41] schestowitz Commission adoption [15:41] schestowitz Preventing money laundering and terrorist financing EU rules on public-private partnerships (PPPs) Single market [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz Published for information [15:41] schestowitz To consult all the existing initiatives please visit the portal: [15:41] schestowitz https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say_en [15:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ec.europa.eu | Have your say [15:41] schestowitz This is an automatic notification message. Please do not reply to it. [15:41] schestowitz With kind regards, [15:41] schestowitz *European Commission * [15:41] schestowitz Secretariat-General [15:41] schestowitz You can change your subscription preferences online: [15:43] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qqashmmai9reg.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:44] schestowitz > There might be a big breakthrough coming. [15:44] schestowitz > [15:44] schestowitz > I've just been in touch with Russell, the man who runs the Corporate [15:44] schestowitz > Crime Reporter https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/subscribe/ [15:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.corporatecrimereporter.com | About/Subscribe [15:44] schestowitz > . [15:44] schestowitz > [15:44] schestowitz > He's very interested in my fight with the USPTO. [15:44] schestowitz > [15:44] schestowitz > He's a friend of Ralph Nader. You might know him for his political [15:44] schestowitz > campaign, but he has been very famous in the US for about 60 years for [15:44] schestowitz > advocating for personal rights, safety and health issues, etc. [15:44] schestowitz > [15:44] schestowitz > Anyway, Ralph doesn't like computers - he does everything by typewriter [15:44] schestowitz > and paper - so the matter of Kappos charging $200 for people using paper [15:44] schestowitz > at the USPTO is perfect for Ralph. [15:44] schestowitz > [15:44] schestowitz > Russell told me that he and Ralph have started a new publication that [15:44] schestowitz > they send to every member of Congress, and he told me that he would [15:44] schestowitz > write up my story and include it in the January edition. [15:44] schestowitz > [15:44] schestowitz > Also, I dug up the USPTO Today magazine that boasted about their new [15:44] schestowitz > headquarters. Look at how amazingly fast and efficient everything was [15:45] schestowitz > supposed to be. [15:45] schestowitz > [15:45] schestowitz > What I always remember, though, is that it is in a place called Old Town [15:45] schestowitz > Alexandria, which is an expensive area where no government office should [15:45] schestowitz > be located. [15:45] schestowitz It's good news that your grievances may get more attention. [15:45] schestowitz I'm a longtime follower of Nader. He's mentioned like 1000 times in Techrights. He rarely talks about patents. [15:47] schestowitz -------- [15:47] schestowitz > Hi Roy, [15:47] schestowitz > I'm also afraid the reply would be useless, so I'll spare myself the bother. Hope you understand. [15:47] schestowitz > Best regards [15:47] schestowitz Yes, I understand entirely. [15:47] schestowitz Thanks for what you've done so far. [15:47] schestowitz Potentially of interest, last night: http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/11/08/epo-management-fails-to-allow-mass-emails-despite-iloat-judgment/ [15:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | EPO management fails to allow mass emails, despite ILOAT judgment - Kluwer Patent Blog [15:47] schestowitz Regards, ● Nov 08 [16:19] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [16:19] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-5bc.rkc.l1fhkg.IP) has joined #techbytes [16:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:55] schestowitz ------- [16:55] schestowitz > I've been a Nader fan for decades - from the very beginning - and used [16:55] schestowitz > to listen to his podcasts every week, and he talks a lot about his [16:55] schestowitz > advocacy for paper and the postal system, and I actually tried to [16:55] schestowitz > contact him many times in every way possible, and never got through. A [16:55] schestowitz > year or so ago, I got so angry that I stopped listening to his podcast. [16:55] schestowitz > [16:55] schestowitz > It was just serendipity that I got in touch with Russell Mokhiber. I [16:55] schestowitz > found a link on another website. [16:55] schestowitz > [16:55] schestowitz > Of course, I focused on the paper issue - that's Ralph's issue - but I [16:55] schestowitz > did, also, get into the DOCX nonsense. I wrote this (a few typos and [16:55] schestowitz > wording errors/omissions): [16:55] schestowitz > [16:55] schestowitz > /It has gotten worse, with the USPTO now trying to force every [16:55] schestowitz > patent application filer to use a proprietary Microsoft program [16:55] schestowitz > called DOCX, and their plan it to introduce and "incentive" penalty [16:55] schestowitz > for people who use pdfs./ [16:55] schestowitz > [16:55] schestowitz > / [16:55] schestowitz > / [16:56] schestowitz > [16:56] schestowitz > /Paper - ubiquitous in some form for millennia - not allowed at the [16:56] schestowitz > USPTO. Pdfs - ubiquitous since the earliest days of the computer age [16:56] schestowitz > - soon to not be allowed at the USPTO./ [16:56] schestowitz > / [16:56] schestowitz > / [16:56] schestowitz > /Only thing allowed: DOCX, a Microsoft product. The largest and [16:56] schestowitz > most important - I suppose, still - requiring patent application [16:56] schestowitz > filers all around the world to use Microsoft, thanks to David [16:56] schestowitz > Kappos. And, it all started with his punishment of people who use [16:56] schestowitz > paper and the US Postal Service. Maybe because they have to, and [16:56] schestowitz > can't use the internet, of course./ [16:56] schestowitz > [16:56] schestowitz > [16:56] schestowitz > Have to wait and see what happens. ● Nov 08 [17:22] schestowitz https://www.fosslife.org/preparing-post-quantum-cryptographyhttps://www.fosslife.org/preparing-post-quantum-cryptography [17:22] schestowitz " [17:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.fosslife.org/preparing-post-quantum-cryptographyhttps://www.fosslife.org/preparing-post-quantum-cryptography ) [17:22] schestowitz Scientists generally agree that quantum computers will be able to break widely used public-key cryptographic schemes when they come into being, says the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). [17:22] schestowitz The transition to quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms is expected to take years due to the complex processes and financial costs, ENISA notes. However, governments and organizations need to anticipate the rise of quantum capabilities and prepare for resulting changes. [17:22] schestowitz A new report from ENISA answers the difficult questions raised by post-quantum cryptography in order to make sure we will avoid jeopardising today's public key cryptosystems, e-commerce, digital signatures, electronic identities, etc. [17:22] schestowitz " [17:52] *techrights_guest|83 (~519aaba8@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:53] *techrights_guest|83 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [17:57] schestowitz > I also sent the video that you did. Don't know if Ralph will look at [17:57] schestowitz > it, but somebody probably will, and maybe it will get some circulation [17:57] schestowitz > in DC. [17:57] schestowitz > [17:57] schestowitz > /I have so so much I could send, but a good starting point is:/ [17:57] schestowitz > [17:57] schestowitz > * /my bar complaint against Kappos - [17:57] schestowitz > http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bar-complaint-David-Kappos.pdf / [17:57] schestowitz > * /this Techrights video, in which I am the inventor he discusses at [17:57] schestowitz > about 5:00 - [17:57] schestowitz > http://techrights.org/2021/08/18/uspto-revolving-doors-kappos-iancu/ [17:57] schestowitz > / [17:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Has a Deep Revolving Doors Crisis (Former Officials Cashing in as Lobbyists and Private Sector Actors) | Techrights [17:57] schestowitz > * /this article entitled: David Kappos war on poor people, and his [17:57] schestowitz > indifference to broader public interest reforms [17:58] schestowitz > https://www.keionline.org/22074 / [17:58] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.keionline.org | David Kappos' war on poor people, and his indifference to broader public interest reforms ● Nov 08 [18:24] schestowitz http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/11/08/epo-management-fails-to-allow-mass-emails-despite-iloat-judgment/ [18:24] schestowitz " [18:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | EPO management fails to allow mass emails, despite ILOAT judgment - Kluwer Patent Blog [18:24] schestowitz The EPO is worse than Musk not tolerating workers unions at Tesla. [18:24] schestowitz REPLY [18:24] schestowitz Concerned observer [18:24] schestowitz NOVEMBER 8, 2022 AT 4:31 PM [18:24] schestowitz So what is the practical consequence of the EPO disregarding an ILOAT judgement (and thereby continuing to infringe the right to association of its staff)? [18:24] schestowitz The AC has now been asleep at the wheel for over a decade, and has recently given up even pretending to act as the EPOs independent overseer. There would therefore seem no point asking the AC to step in to ensure that the EPO respects the rule of law. But to whom else can the EPOs staff turn? [18:24] schestowitz Would the EPOs blatant disregard of ILOAT judgements provide an opportunity to ask the Dutch Supreme Court to revisit their infamous judgement on the EPOs immunity from suit? I have my doubts. [18:24] schestowitz In any event, it is interesting to observe how an international body tasked with implementing laws can effectively go rogue (by failing to uphold the rule of law, rendering their governing laws meaningless by interpreting them according to their wishes, etc.) without giving rise to even the slightest signs of concern amongst the member states. And yet this is the very organisation that will soon be entrusted with even more powers (regarding [18:24] schestowitz unitary patents). [18:24] schestowitz Given the weaknesses and flaws in the governance structure of the UPC (even compared to the EPO), I shudder to think what might happen if that organisation were to similarly go rogue. [18:24] schestowitz REPLY [18:24] schestowitz Enough is enough [18:24] schestowitz NOVEMBER 8, 2022 AT 4:33 PM [18:24] schestowitz The present attitude of the head of the EPO illustrates best that immunity is considered as giving impunity when refusing to apply a clear judgement of the ILO-AT. [18:24] schestowitz It actually boils down to contempt of court when a further condition is added which has never been envisaged by the court. If people do not like messages from the staff representation, there is a delete button on every keyboard. [18:24] schestowitz The attitude of the head of the EPO and its minions is despicable. [18:24] schestowitz But he has the support of a majority of the AC. [18:24] schestowitz One actually wonders why? [18:24] schestowitz If one knows that the DPO is employed on a contract basis, one cannot expect a document emanating from the DPO being contrary to the wishes of the president. [18:24] schestowitz I am convinced that it is not the DPO who has thought of this extra hurdle but the (un)human resources management. [18:24] schestowitz What is going on at the EPO is tragic, and the success story of the EPO is getting ruined by pseudo managers who think they can act as if we were still in the 19th century. [18:24] schestowitz How can anybody expect that examiners and their immediate support staff can work with a free mind in such atrocious conditions. I am not surprised that the EPO experiences difficulties in recruiting examiners. [18:24] schestowitz " ● Nov 08 [19:28] *Now talking on #techbytes [19:28] *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast [19:28] *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021 [19:28] *schestowitz (~roy@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:28] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #techbytes schestowitz [19:28] *Now talking on #techbytes [19:28] *schestowitz has quit (Connection closed) ● Nov 08 [20:39] schestowitz " [20:39] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [20:39] schestowitz [20:39] schestowitz The EPO has adopted an Environmental Policy (page 3/11) in which: Every employee has an important role to play in bringing the EPO one step closer to carbon neutrality. [20:39] schestowitz [20:39] schestowitz In its Communiqu of 6 October 2022, the Office has announced its aim to drastically increase the number of e-charging stations where colleagues can charge electric cars for free. The number will more than double to 738 within one year. On this topic we were approached by many colleagues who wonder if this measure fits with the EPO support to Sustainable Mobility Options. Free e-charge stations might create an unjustified incentive to come to the [20:39] schestowitz Office premises by car. The free e-charging is also introduced at a time the Office has entered Phase 1 of the Emergency Contingency Plan which aims at saving on energy consumption in the EPO premises by keeping the minimum temperature at 19C. [20:39] schestowitz [20:39] schestowitz The EPO Code Fest is about to start. Some colleagues informed us that the developed software applications use APIs strongly relying on GPUs (private or collaborative) which are high consumers of electric power. In their view the scheduling of the event appears unfortunate at a time of the year during which energy will be a well-demanded resource. Official communications by the EPO on the Code Fest do not mention its potential environmental impact. [20:39] schestowitz [20:39] schestowitz We believe that a consistent approach to sustainability is very important. [20:39] schestowitz [20:39] schestowitz In this open letter we ask the President and Vice-President 4 for their comments on these topics. [20:39] schestowitz " [20:41] *verbose (~verbose@67uqwhvedbvpc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 08 [23:02] *verbose has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:51] *geert (~geert@dkuei8qfpp82s.irc) has joined #techbytes [23:51] geert supsupsupsup