Leftovers

• Los Angeles Times ☛ Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player and composer, dies at 73

  Lauded as “the greatest tabla player of his generation,” the statement said, Hussain throughout his decades-long career aimed to blend musical genres and came to be regarded as “a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement.”

• Science

  • New York Times ☛ A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too

    “It’s taken us all aback,” said a professor who led a study revealing that 37 people in a prehistoric site in England were likely consumed by their attackers.

  • Science Alert ☛ Unexpected Delay Means Stranded Astronauts Won't Leave ISS as Planned

    Eight days turned into nine months.

  • Science Alert ☛ World First: Star 'Twins' Discovered Orbiting Milky Way's Black Hole

    This is huge.

• Hardware

  • Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

    • Kev Quirk ☛ I'm Back on iOS

      So after 2 weeks running the Pixel 8 as my primary phone, I've decided to return it and have gone back to my crusty old iPhone 13 Mini. But why on earth would I leave the beautifully open world of Android in favour of Apple's walled garden?

      In all honesty, the stock Android experience on the Pixel was very nice, and there was no single "this is a deal-breaker" moment. Instead there were a number of smaller issues and the environment itself just didn't feel like home.

    • [Repeat] Arduino ☛ Turn your old Android smartphone into an Arduino screen with the RemoteXY app

      Each component you add to your Arduino project increases its complexity and the opportunity for mistakes. But most projects require some “auxiliary” hardware — components that you use to interact with the Arduino or to help it do the job you’re asking of it. Buttons and displays are great examples. But as Doctor Volt demonstrates in his most recent video, you can replace both of those with the high-quality touchscreen on your old Android smartphone using the RemoteXY app.

    • Smithsonian Magazine ☛ If You're Nostalgic for Nokia, See the Devices That Defined ’90s Cellphone Design in a New Online Archive

      Soon, nostalgics will be able to peruse Nokia’s visual history online. The company donated thousands of Nokia documents, videos, process models and design concepts to Finland’s Aalto University, which will be launching the Nokia Design Archive on January 15.

    • Devon Dundee ☛ What Is a Memory Worth?

      In 20 years, I won't care what color my phone was, or what model. I'll probably forget which number the iPhone was even on this year. But I'll still have the pictures I took with it. I'll still have that photo of my son's smile to look back on. I'll still have the memories, because they last forever, and to me, they're worth everything.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Federal News Network ☛ DHS Science and Technology Directorate looks to the evolution of first responder communications

    New realities of emergency work for emergency responders has necessitated increased use of data transmission of live incident video and file sharing.

  • France24 ☛ US woman sees second chance at life after pig kidney transplant

    Towana Looney, a 53-year-old from Alabama, is the fifth patient to receive an organ from a genetically modified pig in the United States since 2022, and was in better health than prior recipients who died within two months of receiving a pig kidney or heart. Her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.

  • France24 ☛ Luigi Mangione charged with murder as ‘act of terrorism’ in US CEO slaying

    Luigi Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism, in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan District Attorney said Thompson's death “was a killing that was intended to evoke terror".

  • New York Times ☛ Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing

    A grand jury formally indicted Luigi Mangione in the killing of Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.

  • Donnie Berkholz: The lazy technologist’s guide to staying healthy

    TL;DR — I’ve lost a ton of weight from mid-2023 to early 2024 and maintained the vast majority of that loss. I’ve also begin exercising and had great results in my fitness and strength. Here, I’m sharing what I’ve learned as well as a bunch of my tips and tricks. Overall on the diet side, it’s about eating a wide variety and healthy ratio of colorful, minimally processed whole foods, with natural flavor and sweetness, only during meals. On the exercise side, I do both cardio and resistance training. For cardio, I focus on post-meal, moderate-intensity cardio (specifically, 1-mile brisk walks). For strength training, I use calisthenics-based compound exercises (complex multi-muscle movements) 2x/wk, performing a single set to near-exhaustion. I’ve optimized this down from 3 sets 3x/wk, based on my experience and academic research in the area.

  • TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Minnesota sees big spike in cases of pertussis/whooping cough

    After a pandemic-related lull, cases of the vaccine-preventable respiratory disease are up nationally as well.

  • Federal News Network ☛ Congress passes massive VA reform bill with pay flexibility for health care workers

    Lawmakers axed language in the House-passed Dole Act that set higher standards for the VA to resume the rollout of its troubled new Electronic Health Record.

  • Science Alert ☛ Swapping Cow's Milk For Plant-Based Could Cost Vital Nutrients

    Just how healthy are the alternatives?

  • Science Alert ☛ Human Minibrains Launched Into Space Thrived in an Unexpected Way

    Well that was surprising.

  • Science Alert ☛ Pig Kidney Transplant Gives Hope to US Woman Who Donated Own to Her Mother

    A second chance at life.

  • Science Alert ☛ First of Its Kind Study Lists Health Benefits of Drinking More Water Each Day

    Top up.

  • Science Alert ☛ There's A Simple Method to Reduce Alcohol Intake, Scientists Say, And It Works

    Just knowing it's 'bad for you' is not enough.

  • Science Alert ☛ Flu Viruses in Refrigerated Raw Milk Can Remain Infectious For Days

    There's a simple solution.

  • Science Alert ☛ These 2 Jobs Have The Lowest Alzheimer's Death Rates. But What Does It Mean?

    Intriguing.

  • Science Alert ☛ An Occasional Treat Could Be Better For Your Heart Than No Added Sugar at All

    Just choose the right type.

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • TuneIn tunes away from podcasting amid mass layoffs

    In December 2009, I visited Bill Moore, in an industrial estate north of Dallas TX. Bill was the founder of TuneIn - known at the time as RadioTime, a platform to “organise the world’s radio”. In his modest office, Bill showed me a mysterious pyramid-shaped device, connected to his computer - the RadioTime USB FM tuner, which would interact with RadioTime software on your PC to give you more information about what you were listening to.

    I moderated a session about “tuners and directories” at RAIN Summit West in Las Vegas on April 11, 2011, where Bill was on the panel. In 2010, TuneIn had raised $6mn. The company went on to raise a further $16mn in 2012 and $25mn in 2013. It kept raising money - with twelve rounds, the last in November 2020, when the company was sold to an investment consortium called Innovation Endeavors. Bill Moore ceased being a board member at that point (along with the company’s then-CEO, Juliette Morris).

  • Gunnar Wolf ☛ Gunnar Wolf: The science of detecting LLM-generated text

    for The science of detecting LLM-generated text published in Communications of the ACM

    While artificial intelligence (AI) applications for natural language processing (NLP) are no longer something new or unexpected, nobody can deny the revolution and hype that started, in late 2022, with the announcement of the first public version of ChatGPT. By then, synthetic translation was well established and regularly used, many chatbots had started attending users’ requests on different websites, voice recognition personal assistants such as Alexa and Siri had been widely deployed, and complaints of news sites filling their space with AI-generated articles were already commonplace. However, the ease of prompting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot or other large language models (LLMs) and getting extensive answers–its text generation quality is so high that it is often hard to discern whether a given text was written by an LLM or by a human–has sparked significant concern in many different fields. This article was written to present and compare the current approaches to detecting human- or LLM-authorship in texts.

  • Qt ☛ Qt for Android Automotive 6.5.8 is released

    The latest patch release of Qt for Android Automotive 6.5.8 was released today. This release is based on Qt LTS 6.5.8.

  • Qt ☛ Qt 6.9 - Android Updates

    Qt 6.9 brings some useful new features to improve the development process for developers targeting the Android platform. Keep in mind that the following list is not exhaustive of all changes around Qt for Android, and some other features might get their own blog.

  • Qt ☛ Qt 6.9 Beta 1 Released

    We have released Qt 6.9 Beta 1 today. As usual, Qt 6.9 Beta 1 is available via Qt Online Installer. In addition, the source packages are available in the Qt Account Portal for commercial users and in the opensource download area for opensource users. 

• Security

  • Scoop News Group ☛ Playbook advises federal grant managers how to build cybersecurity into their programs

    The guidance comes from the Office of the Director of National Cybersecurity and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • WhichUK ☛ Four common charity scams and how to avoid them

      How to spot fundraising fraudsters exploiting the festive season, plus advice on donating safely

  • Privacy/Surveillance/Oppression

    • ACLU ☛ Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond

      Sports stadiums around the country have begun using face recognition to identify ticket holders, threatening to normalize a uniquely powerful surveillance technology that has already been used for abusive purposes. Worse, companies involved are already planning big expansions, raising the specter of a world where our faces become not just our ticket at sports stadiums, but a passport we’re forced to show across society.

    • Press Gazette ☛ Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful

      Case described as a "landmark" for press freedom.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Former Bangladeshi leader orchestrated mass disappearances, inquiry finds

      Victims were tracked through phone surveillance and abducted by security forces.

    • EFF ☛ 10 Resources for Protecting Your Digital Security | EFFector 36.15

      This edition of the newsletter covers our top ten digital security resources for those concerned about the incoming administration, a new bill that could put an end to SLAPP lawsuits, and our recent amicus brief arguing that device searches at the border require a warrant (we've been arguing this for a long time).

• Defence/Aggression

  • New York Times ☛ Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic

    But mass shootings remain a rare occurrence. Only a small fraction of the nation’s nearly 130,000 schools report gun incidents each year.

  • ADF ☛ Turkey Adds Mercenaries to Sahel’s Violent Mix

    Increasing instability in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has created an opening for Turkey to deploy private military contractors to the region. However, the deployment comes as Islamic extremists are inflicting casualties on Russian contractors and may turn their weapons on Turkey’s fighters as well, analysts say.

  • The Strategist ☛ The way forward in Syria

    The collapse of Syria’s Assad regime—with President Bashar al-Assad not even informing his closest associates before fleeing to Moscow—has left regional and international players scrambling to stabilise the country.

  • ADF ☛ Tunisia Upgrades Air Fleet with C-130

    The Tunisian Air Force continues to expand its transport fleet with the addition of a another C-130 Hercules plane from the United States. It is the third such plane delivered to Tunisia since 2021.

  • ADF ☛ Sudan War Destabilizes Eastern Chad

    More than 930,000 people have fled Sudan’s civil war for eastern Chad, the majority of them arriving in the Ouaddaï province, where locals already faced extreme poverty and ethnic tensions.

  • France24 ☛ 'This is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort' in the Middle East: expert

    The United States said Tuesday it felt "cautious optimism" on the prospects of reaching a ceasefire in the 14-month war in Gaza, although it acknowledged that similar hopes had been dashed before. Henri Barkey, Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, says with Iran weakened and Russia essentially removed from the Middle East, this is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort in the region.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Meduza ☛ Hundreds of North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Russia’s Kursk region — AP — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Trump’s Ukraine-Russia envoy, Keith Kellogg, will reportedly visit Kyiv in January — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ The year in leaks: What leaked documents revealed about the Kremlin’s activities in Russia and abroad in 2024 — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Head of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces killed by bomb in Moscow — Meduza

    • RFERL ☛ Oil Covers Dozens Of Kilometers Of Russia's Coastal Area After Tankers Sink

      Dozens of kilometers of Black Sea coastline in Russia's Krasnodar region have been covered in heavy fuel oil, local authorities and residents reported on December 17, after two oil tankers were heavily damaged during a storm in the Kerch Strait.

    • New York Times ☛ Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov

      A video clip that recorded the assassination of Igor Kirillov, a high-ranking general, gives a few clues about the power and the placement of the explosive device.

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ AMD Strix Halo-powered laptop appears at retailer — Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop listed on Belarus website

      Belarusian eCommerce site lists an Asus ROG Flow Z13 2-in-1 laptop powered by an AMD Strix Halo chip.

    • Latvia ☛ Ukrainian pupils deal with Latvian language and bullying issues

      Latvian Radio reported December 17 on the problems school-age pupils from Ukraine face when trying to integrate into the Latvian educational system.

    • France24 ☛ Russian general assassination 'fits a pattern', more to come from Ukraine's SBU, analyst says

      The head of the Russian army's chemical weapons division was killed Tuesday in a brazen Moscow attack reportedly claimed by Kyiv, the most senior military figure assassinated in Russia yet as the Kremlin's campaign in Ukraine drags on. Melinda Haring, advisor at Razom for Ukraine and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, says the assassination in Moscow was a 'shocking embarassment' for the Kremlin.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine security service says it killed Russian chemical weapons chief

      Top Russian general, Igor Kirillov, accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine's SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg has more.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine says Russia used North Korean troops for ‘intensive offensive’ in Kursk region

      Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region by using North Korean troops, Ukraine said Tuesday. Russia also increased pressure on Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, in the latest escalation in fighting before US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House next month.

    • RFERL ☛ Kyiv Says It Broke Up Russian Spy Network Targeting F-16 Fighter Data

      The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it disrupted what it described as the "biggest network" of Russian spies operating within the country who were allegedly collecting intelligence on ally-donated F-16 fighter jets, among other military targets.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian State Duma Pushes Bill To Block 'Foreign Agents' From Revenues

      Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that restricts how "foreign agents" can access their income inside the country as the government continues to clamp down on political opponents amid the war in Ukraine.

    • RFERL ☛ Bolstered By North Korean Troops, Russia Presses Attacks in Kursk Region

      Moscow's forces, bolstered by North Korean soldiers, intensified their offensive against Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region, as Kyiv's outnumbered troops attempted to resist the onslaught there and elsewhere on December 17.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Attack Drones Hunt Down Individual Civilians In Ukraine

      Residents in Ukraine's Kherson region say they are being stalked by Russian drones, which drop lethal grenades and mines on their community. Up to 40 drones a day have been spotted hunting civilians, cars, and cyclists in a terror tactic that has been called "human safari."

    • RFERL ☛ Russian General Charged With Chemical Weapons Use In Ukraine Killed In Blast Claimed By Kyiv

      A high-ranking officer in charge of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Forces (RKhBZ) has been killed in an explosion in Moscow that sources told RFE/RL was carried out by Ukrainian intelligence operatives.

    • CS Monitor ☛ A Russian general was killed by a bomb in Moscow. Ukraine claims responsibility.

      Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed by Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, on Dec. 17. The SBU had opened an investigation linking him to the use of banned chemical weapons, which Russia has deployed more than 4,800 times since the war began, says the SBU.

    • New York Times ☛ Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine

      Senior officials discussed U.S. plans to announce additional support for Ukraine, and spoke about casualties among North Korean troops sent to help Russia.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing

      A Ukrainian official said Kyiv was responsible for the assassination in Moscow of Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces.

    • New York Times ☛ U.S. Cites ‘Indications’ North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia

      The Pentagon spokesman said the North Koreans had entered combat last week in the Russian region of Kursk, but he did not specify the number of casualties.

    • New York Times ☛ What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia

      Sending troops to fight against Ukraine has gotten North Korea much-needed cash and diplomatic leverage. But there may be hidden costs, too.

    • New York Times ☛ Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast?

      The general had faced sanctions for using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

    • New York Times ☛ Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General

      Plus, the search for a van Gogh masterpiece.

    • ADF ☛ Experts: African Gold Helps Fund Russia’s War With Ukraine

      Since Russia invaded Ukraine, it has extracted at least $2.5 billion worth of gold from Africa through illicit operations facilitated by its paramilitary forces.

    • Meduza ☛ ‘A war criminal and a legitimate target’: Russian general assassinated in Moscow accused Kyiv and the West of secret biolabs, drone-delivered mosquitoes, and engineered pandemics — Meduza

    • Atlantic Council ☛ The reluctant consensus: War and Russia’s public opinion

      A new Atlantic Council report explores Russian society’s consolidation around the Kremlin and the Russian public’s perception of Putin’s war on Ukraine.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Putin’s quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics

      Vladimir Putin’s inability to save his Syrian ally Bashar Assad is a timely reminder that Russia is far weaker than many appreciate and Western fears of Kremlin escalation are wildly exaggerated, writes Peter Dickinson.

    • Latvia ☛ Ukrainians make a significant contribution to Latvia's budget, data suggest

      Complaints sometimes heard on social networks that Ukrainians who have found refuge in Latvia are a burden on the budget are not supported by economic reality, reports LSM+'s Ukrainian-language service and Russian-language service.

    • Meduza ☛ ‘No schemes involving a freeze of the conflict will suit Russia’ — Russian ambassador to the U.N. on prospects for peace talks with Ukraine — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ American YouTuber visits Russia searching for nation’s hidden majesty and learns firsthand that you go to jail for calling the Ukraine war an ‘invasion’ — Meduza

    • Latvia ☛ Basketball star Timma reported dead in Moscow

      Latvian basketball player Jānis Timma has reportedly been found dead in Moscow, just a few weeks after he took a controversial decision to play professionally in Russia.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia's Braže supports 15th Russia sanctions package, calls for 16th to follow

      On Monday, 16 December 2024, at the EU Foreign Affairs Council, ministers approved a 15th package of sanctions against Russia, including the listing of 52 shadow fleet vessels, 11 of which have been proposed for designation by Latvia.

    • Russians ‘burning faces’ of dead North Koreans to keep them secret: Zelenskyy

      US says it has ‘indications’ of North Koreans killed and wounded.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Uranium Stake In Kazakhstan Sold To China Amid Western Sanctions Risk

      Russia's Rosatom is selling its stakes in some uranium deposits in Kazakhstan to Chinese-owned companies, as the Central Asian nation looks to avoid any international sanctions against Russia-linked assets and a sign of China’s growing influence in the region

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Lawyer Fined For Talking To RFE/RL

      A Moscow court on December 17 fined lawyer Yeva Levenberg of the OVD-Info rights group for speaking to RFE/RL's Russian Service.

• Finance

  • BIA Net ☛ Banks size 49% stake in controversial Bosphorus waterfront project

    Four banks have taken over Doğul Holding shares as part of a debt restructuring agreement for Galataport.

  • LRT ☛ Commerzbank opens representative office in Vilnius

    Commerzbank, one of Germany’s largest banks, officially opened its representative office in Vilnius on Tuesday.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Indonesian anti-graft body raids central bank headquarters in probe of improper CSR donations

    The office of Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo was among those raided.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • Latvia ☛ Riga Security Forum podcast: 'Russian disinformation on both sides of the Atlantic'

      The Riga Security Forum podcast is back with another topical discussion.

    • ADF ☛ Russian Disinformation Machine in CAR Exposed

      Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo recalls the first time he was approached by a Russian man named Micha who offered him 200,000 CFA francs (about $320) per month to spread disinformation and propaganda for the Kremlin.

    • ADF ☛ Kremlin Opens ‘Russian Houses’ as Soft Power Tool

      At first glance, and by design, Russian Houses in Africa appear to be like any other nation’s cultural exchange centers. On its Facebook (Farcebook) page, the Russian House in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), calls itself “an educational and cultural platform.”

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Funding push for first UK national journalists’ memorial launched

    Karola Zakrzewska spoke movingly about the need to remember the sacrifice made by journalists like her brother Pierre.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Pink News bosses say ‘false’ BillBC allegations caused them ‘serious harm’

    Benjamin Cohen and Anthony James say they have made criminal complaint about allegations.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Tom Gatti named acting editor of the New Statesman

    New Statesman executive editor Tom Gatti has been appointed acting editor of the title after Jason Cowley announced that he was standing down after 16 years as editor. 

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • APNIC ☛ APNIC and NIRs take action on preliminary delegation audit results

    APNIC has begun its planned delegation audits.

  • Standards/Consortia

    • Unmitigated Risk ☛ Safeguarding Internet Trust: From Reactive to Continuous

      The internet rests on a foundation of core infrastructure components that make global communication possible. Among these load-bearing elements are DNS, DNSSEC, BGP, BGPsec, WebPKI, RPKI, transparency logs, IXPs, Autonomous Systems, and various registries. This includes critical governance bodies like ICANN and IANA, standards bodies like the CA/Browser Forum. These systems don’t just enable the internet – they are the internet, forming the critical backbone that allows us to establish secure connections, route traffic reliably, and maintain operational trust across the global network.

    • 404 Media ☛ DHS Says China, Russia, Iran, and Israel Are Spying on People in US with SS7

      The news provides more context around use of SS7, the exploited network and protocol, against phones in the country. In May, 404 Media reported that an official inside DHS’s Cybersecurity Insurance and Security Agency (CISA) broke with his department’s official narrative and publicly warned about multiple SS7 attacks on U.S. persons in recent years. Now, the newly disclosed information provides more specifics on where at least some SS7 attacks are originating from.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ One extra day of SPC term in Sweden

  As we are approaching the holiday season, Sweden has a special gift for SPC applicants and proprietors.

• Patents

  • Unified Patents ☛ Lab Technology location tracking patent monopoly prior art found

    Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,503,973, owned by Lab Technology, LLC, an NPE. The ‘973 patent monopoly relates to methods and systems for determining the location of a caller during an emergency or other telephone calls. It has been asserted against Cisco, Microsoft, Stryker, Samsung, and Verizon.

  • Unified Patents ☛ $2,000 awarded for Incent crypto patent monopoly prior art

    Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Nikko Quevada, who was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,639,566, owned by Incent Corp. (originally Reliable Business Group Inc). The ‘566 patent monopoly relates generally to a method and a system for providing promotion of commerce or contest to customers or participants and more specifically to a method and a system for providing promotions programs based upon the implementation of incentives.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Assembling the Obviousness Puzzle: Why Piecemeal Prior Art Analysis Falls Short [Ed: Patent extremists and Dennis Crouch (who profit from litigation mess) complain about fake patents being dismantled (as they should)]

    In Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Centripetal Networks, LLC, No. 2023-1636 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 16, 2024), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision. Judge Stoll's opinion identified two critical flaws in the PTAB's obviousness analysis: (1) Failure to make clear findings on motivation to combine references; and (2) Analysis of prior art references in isolation rather than as a combined whole.

  • Kangaroo Courts

    • The UPC in 2024: Statistics, Trends and Substantive Law [Ed: The patent extremists try to hail an illegal and fake court that must not exist and was made possible by EPO corruption and EU playing along with it]

      This year saw the start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issuing substantive decisions. As of December 9, the UPC has issued over 20 decisions on the merits, primarily involving infringement actions, and numerous decisions relating to provisional measures.

    • Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ UPC Christmas Quiz – the Result [Ed: UPC is illegal; stop celebrating illegal things]

      Many thanks to all of the entrants to the UPC Christmas quiz – a number of the entries scored 100%. Of all of these top scoring entries, we have selected one winner at random….. Alexander Jamnišek.