●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Monday, April 26, 2021 ●● ● Apr 26 [05:07] schestowitz__ > Bastian Best [05:07] schestowitz__ > @https://twitter.com/bastianbest [05:07] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 400 @ https://mobile.twitter.com/bastianbest ) [05:07] schestowitz__ > [05:07] schestowitz__ > [05:07] schestowitz__ > Corporate patent managers often tell me that they have a hard time [05:07] schestowitz__ > getting invention disclosures out of the developers. If thats the case, [05:07] schestowitz__ > I suspect that the companys innovation strategy is more or less bottom [05:07] schestowitz__ > up, i.e. the company waits for the developers to come up with [05:07] schestowitz__ > innovations that are worth patenting. [05:07] schestowitz__ > On the other hand, some companies take more of a top down approach. [05:07] schestowitz__ > They have a clear innovation roadmap and tell their developers where to [05:07] schestowitz__ > invent things so that IP rights can be generated in the right place. [05:07] schestowitz__ > *What does the ideal strategy look like?* Hit reply and let me know! [05:07] schestowitz__ Re: Fwd: Top down, bottom up or both? [05:07] schestowitz__ > Wtf [05:07] schestowitz__ He's full of it. ● Apr 26 [06:35] schestowitz__ x https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1711657.html [06:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Video interview: Bill Gates "hopeful" the world will be "back to normal" by end of 2022 [06:35] schestowitz__ # bill sez [06:35] schestowitz__ x https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/business/19105-should-you-still-invest-in-bitcoin-in-2021.html [06:35] schestowitz__ # cites His Billness as authority on the topic, or for that matter any topic [06:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.helsinkitimes.fi | Should you still invest in Bitcoin in 2021 [06:35] schestowitz__ x https://www.computerworld.com/article/3614195/4-steps-to-repair-microsoft-office.html [06:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.computerworld.com | 4 steps to repair Microsoft Office | Computerworld [06:35] schestowitz__ # the story should be "replace" instead ● Apr 26 [09:39] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 26 [10:07] *libertybox has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [10:07] *libertybox__ (~schestowi@2a00:23c4:c3aa:7d01:b9:28c5:9644:99af) has joined #techbytes [10:07] *acer-box__ (~acer-box@2a00:23c4:c3aa:7d01:b9:28c5:9644:99af) has joined #techbytes [10:07] *acer-box__ has quit (Changing host) [10:07] *acer-box__ (~acer-box@unaffiliated/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [10:07] *Techrights-sec2 (~quassel@2a00:23c4:c3aa:7d01:b9:28c5:9644:99af) has joined #techbytes [10:08] *acer-box has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [10:10] *libertybox_ has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [10:10] *Techrights-sec has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [10:42] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● Apr 26 [12:20] schestowitz__ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/board-of-appeal-relies-on-its-own-cgk.html?showComment=1619263465160#c1046189907136786817 [12:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Board of Appeal relies on its own CGK to support an inventive step objection without remittal to first instance (T 1370/15) - The IPKat [12:20] schestowitz__ " [12:20] schestowitz__ @ Anonymous of Thursday, 22 April 2021 at 15:12:00 BST [12:20] schestowitz__ I beg to disagree and a more differentiated view is in my humble opinion necessary. Art 84 is to primarily be applied at the EPO. Examination should be such that any claim granted by the EPO should be clear, concise and supported by the description. [12:20] schestowitz__ Should this aim not have been reached, then Art 69 comes into play. The fact that Art 69 exists does not mean that clarity is to be diluted from the start and that we should from the start take the description into account. [12:20] schestowitz__ The problem is that too many examiners do not give a damn about clarity in all its most important aspects, i.e. clarity in its original sense and support by the description. Be it only due to the fact that any claim above 15 has a cost, money is a good incitation to be concise. [12:20] schestowitz__ I would go as far as to say that if a claim is not clear by itself then how on Earth is it possible to say that its subject-matter is at all novel or inventive. I said it before, do not be surprised that with a woolly claim you face objections of lack of novelty or inventive step. But please do not come with the excuse that when you look at the description your woolly claim is crystal clear and the lack of patentability is not [12:20] schestowitz__ justified. If it is so crystal clear when one looks at the description, then why not bring it in the claim. [12:20] schestowitz__ The BA are right when they state in general that Art 69 is not for the EPO, but mainly for post grant procedures. [12:20] schestowitz__ It is not acceptable for a BA to merely allege what is common general knowledge. If it is really such common knowledge, then it would have been easy for the BA to give a source. [12:20] schestowitz__ It creates a dangerous precedent as the BA have a very large discretion. The BA had the discretion to decide that it was not obliged to give a source for the so-called common general knowledge, but there is no instance to check that the discretion has been correctly exercised. The BA check whether the first instance has correctly exercised its discretion, but which body decides that a BA has correctly exercised its discretion: none! [12:20] schestowitz__ We are confronted her with the original default of the EPO system. No revision instance. The EPC 2000 has improved the situation by introducing Art 112a, but the EBA does only deal with procedural defects. The exercise of discretion might prima facie look formal, but can also touch substance. Whether a document is prima facie relevant is not a mere question of form, one has to look at the substance. [12:20] schestowitz__ The absence of a check on how a BA has exercised its discretion looks more and more necessary in view of the dwindling independence of the BA. But this a different topic. [12:20] schestowitz__ " [12:21] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 26 [17:47] schestowitz__ >>> FYI [17:47] schestowitz__ >>> [17:47] schestowitz__ >>> https://logs.sylnt.us/%23soylent/2021-04-23.html [17:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-logs.sylnt.us | #soylent | Logs for 2021-04-23 [17:47] schestowitz__ >> [17:47] schestowitz__ >> I think what's worth seeing there is how they surgically remove an [17:47] schestowitz__ >> editor behind his or her back. Very dishonourable. [17:47] schestowitz__ >> [17:47] schestowitz__ > Yep, though that editor is also whining against RMS. The whole day's [17:48] schestowitz__ > worth of logs should be read. [17:48] schestowitz__ That would take a lot of time :-) [17:48] schestowitz__ > Also, it looks a little like the tactics that were in the early stages [17:48] schestowitz__ > of use against the TR IRC channel. [17:48] schestowitz__ And Slashdot. [17:51] schestowitz__ > Also, it looks a little like the tactics that were in the early stages [17:51] schestowitz__ > of use against the TR IRC channel. [17:51] schestowitz__ > [17:51] schestowitz__ > OK, I can see it now. [17:51] schestowitz__ 1) ./ dies when Commander Taco left [17:51] schestowitz__ 2) they tried another routine against FSF, 'reforming' it to be 'moderate' by removing the founder [17:51] schestowitz__ 3) IRC in TR is quiet now, so I can focus on what's more important, s/n ratio higher [17:51] schestowitz__ If something happens to me, you're in charge. [17:52] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/Siemens/status/1386607637765177347 [17:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Siemens: #copyright or #opensource? Both have their benefits! For #WorldIPDay, we asked Beat Weibel, head of our #patent dep https://t.co/FDfrMGpIxw [17:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Siemens: #copyright or #opensource? Both have their benefits! For #WorldIPDay, we asked Beat Weibel, head of our #patent dep https://t.co/FDfrMGpIxw [17:53] schestowitz__ LOL. #copyright or #opensource .. Coca-Cola or beverage. [17:54] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) [17:54] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) ● Apr 26 [18:01] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [18:01] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [18:06] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [18:06] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [18:08] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [18:10] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [18:34] schestowitz__ >>> Also, it looks a little like the tactics that were in the early stages [18:34] schestowitz__ >>> of use against the TR IRC channel. [18:34] schestowitz__ >> [18:35] schestowitz__ >> And Slashdot. [18:35] schestowitz__ > [18:35] schestowitz__ > It's working against some of the key editors and one of the co-founders. [18:35] schestowitz__ > [18:35] schestowitz__ > https://logs.sylnt.us/%23soylent/2021-04-23.html#18:38:36 [18:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-logs.sylnt.us | #soylent | Logs for 2021-04-23 [18:35] schestowitz__ > [18:35] schestowitz__ > M$ and interest backing M$ would like any independent site like SN to go [18:35] schestowitz__ > away. It would be very hard to prove, but those interests are probably [18:35] schestowitz__ > directly behind the behaviors grinding away at staff. [18:35] schestowitz__ I remember when they published a link to Microsoft lies at CBS/'Tech'Republic (about "Linux"). [18:35] schestowitz__ >> OK, I can see it now. [18:35] schestowitz__ >> [18:35] schestowitz__ >> 1) ./ dies when Commander Taco left [18:35] schestowitz__ >> 2) they tried another routine against FSF, 'reforming' it to be [18:35] schestowitz__ >> 'moderate' by removing the founder [18:35] schestowitz__ > Yep. Getting rid of the founder has been used a lot the last few years. [18:35] schestowitz__ > [18:35] schestowitz__ >> 3) IRC in TR is quiet now, so I can focus on what's more important, s/n [18:36] schestowitz__ >> ratio higher [18:36] schestowitz__ > +1 [18:36] schestowitz__ > [18:36] schestowitz__ >> If something happens to me, you're in charge. [18:36] schestowitz__ >> [18:36] schestowitz__ > Better to build in more redundancy. 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