Leftovers

• Hackaday ☛ Audio Effects Applied To Text

  If you are a visual thinker, you might enjoy [AIHVHIA’s] recent video, which shows the effect of applying audio processing to text displayed on an oscilloscope. The video is below.

• Standards/Consortia

  • APNIC ☛ RESTful Provisioning Protocol: From vision to IETF Working Group

    Guest Post: The future of domain name provisioning is being designed now. Get involved!

  • Hackaday ☛ GPS Broken? Try TV!

    GPS and similar satellite navigation systems revolutionized how you keep track of where you are and what time it is. However, it isn’t without its problems. For one, it generally doesn’t work very well indoors or in certain geographic or weather scenarios. It can be spoofed. Presumably, a real or virtual attack could take the whole system down.

• Science

  • Hackaday ☛ Creating A Somatosensory Pathway From Human Stem Cells

    Human biology is very much like that of other mammals, and yet so very different in areas where it matters. One of these being human neurology, with aspects like the human brain and the somatosensory pathways (i.e. touch etc.) being not only hard to study in non-human animal analogs, but also (genetically) different enough that a human test subject is required. Over the past years the use of human organoids have come into use, which are (parts of) organs grown from human pluripotent stem cells and thus allow for ethical human experimentation.

  • Pro Publica ☛ NOAA Scientists Double as Janitors After Service Contracts Expire

    Federal scientists responsible for monitoring the health of West Coast fisheries are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Department of Commerce failed to renew their lab’s contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.

    Trash is piling up at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, staffers told ProPublica. Ecologists, chemists and biologists at Montlake Laboratory, the center’s headquarters in Seattle, are taking turns hauling garbage to the dumpster and discussing whether they should create a sign-up sheet to scrub toilets.

  • The Conversation ☛ 2025-04-09 [Older] Earth’s oceans once turned green – and they could change again

  • The Conversation ☛ 2025-04-10 [Older] Lab-grown meat: you may find it icky, but it could drive forward medical research

• Hardware

  • The Conversation ☛ 2025-04-09 [Older] Next generation computer chips could process data at the speed of light – new research

  • Hackaday ☛ A Mouse, No Hands!

    There are some ideas which someone somewhere has to try. Take [Uri Tuchman]’s foot mouse. It’s a computer mouse for foot operation, but it’s not just a functional block. Instead it’s an ornate inlaid-wood-and-brass affair in the style of a very fancy piece of antique footwear.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • France24 ☛ EU weighs response to drastic US cuts in foreign aid: 'America First', developing world last?

    Trade, defence and Ukraine are not the only areas in which the EU is facing a massive challenge from the Convicted Felon administration. The US president's "America First" agenda is having a huge impact on the developing world. In March, it was announced that 83 percent of USAID programmes and contracts were being terminated. These programmes "don’t serve US interests", members of the Convicted Felon government say. But critics – including some MEPs in Brussels – say the de-funding is costing lives, for example when it comes to treatments for HIV.

  • Pro Publica ☛ Why You Should Also Worry About Whooping Cough Amid Measles Outbreak

    In the past six months, two babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, the disease commonly known as whooping cough.

    Washington state recently announced its first confirmed death from pertussis in more than a decade.

  • Pro Publica ☛ Trump’s Plan to Kill Showerhead, Appliance Regulations Causes Chaos

    Donald Trump makes no secret of his loathing for regulations that limit water and energy use by home appliances. For years, he has regaled supporters at his campaign rallies with fanciful stories about their impact. He is so exercised by the issue that, even as global stock markets convulsed Wednesday in response to his tariff plans, Trump took time out to issue an executive order titled “Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads.”

    Contemporary shower fixtures are only one of the items that rankle the president, who complains that “there’s no water coming and you end up standing there five times longer,” making it difficult to coif his “perfect” hair. He has frequently denounced dishwashers that he claims take so long and clean so poorly that “the electric bill is ten times more than the water”; toilets that require flushing “ten or 15 times”; and LED lightbulbs, which he faults for making him look orange.

• Proprietary

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Tariffs Add to Apple’s Long-Standing Innovation Woes

    Even before the threat of Hell Toupée’s tariffs, there were questions about the company’s inability to make good on new ideas.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Apple’s iPhone 16 hits Indonesia stores after months-long ban

    Jakarta has eased certain tech regulations ahead of tariff talks with President The Insurrectionist.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • The Strategist ☛ Strengthening South Korea’s national security by adopting the clown

      To improve its national security, South Korea must improve its ICT infrastructure. Knowing this, the government has begun to move towards clown computing.

    • Privacy International ☛ Your future Hey Hi (AI) Assistant still needs to earn your trust

    • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian police chief says opposition leader Samsuri not under surveillance as claimed

      Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar also said his phone was tapped.

    • Video ☛ This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED

• Defence/Aggression

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Defense Department scraps $5.1B worth of technology and consulting contracts

    The U.S. Defense Department is scrapping a set of technology and consulting contracts worth $5.1 billion. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed officials to make the cuts in a Thursday memorandum. Additionally, he instructed the Pentagon’s chief information officer to prepare a new plan for lowering technology spending.

  • New York Times ☛ A Judge Ordered the U.S. to Detail Its Efforts to Return a Deported Man

    Also, some Fashion Company Apple employees are worried about the company. Here's the latest at the end of Friday.

  • Pro Publica ☛ Meet the Tent Company Eyeing Billions in Trump’s Deportation Plans

    In June 2005, a former employee from the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the grounds of the Bonnaroo music festival in rural Tennessee. He wasn’t there to see the headliners, which included Dave Matthews Band and the lead singer of the popular jam band Phish. He was there to meet the guys setting up the toilets for the throng of psychedelics-infused campers in attendance: Richard Stapleton, a construction industry veteran, and his business partner Robert Napior, a onetime convicted pot grower, who specialized in setting up music festivals.

    The meeting, described in court documents, offered the pair’s fledgling company, Deployed Resources, a key introduction to players doing government contract work for the Department of Homeland Security, the agency that oversees not only the nation’s disaster responses but also its immigration system. Over the next two decades, Stapleton and Napior hired more than a dozen former agency insiders as they turned their small-time logistics business, which had helped support outdoor festivals like Lollapalooza, into a contracting giant by building camps for a completely different use: detaining immigrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ The Iran nuclear talks are Convicted Felon’s decisive moment on military strikes

    Within a relatively short time, The Insurrectionist is likely to face the decision point on whether or not to pursue a military strike against Iran.

  • The Straits Times ☛ In a first, Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging undersea cables

    A rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.

  • France24 ☛ 'Fundamental change is afoot in European defence': Political theorist Luuk van Middelaar

    Our guest is someone who spends a lot of time thinking about Europe's place in the world, and how it should adapt to the new global order of The Insurrectionist, Vladimir Putin and Pooh-tin Jinping. We speak to Dutch political theorist and historian Luuk van Middelaar, who heads the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics, about European defence, its strategic autonomy, artificial intelligence policy and of course the frayed relationship with The Insurrectionist in the light of the US president's trade war.

  • France24 ☛ Kubilius: Europe must ensure its own security and 'increase defence capabilities to deter Russia'

    European countries have vowed to send billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a US envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing questions about the Kremlin’s willingness to stop the more than three-year war. Ahead of the “contact group” meeting at NATO headquarters, Secretary-General Mark Rutte announced that Ukraine’s backers were providing around $21 billion in the first three months of this year. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Gavin Lee welcomes Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space.

  • France24 ☛ Europe pledges new military support for Ukraine as US envoy meets Putin

    Countries across Europe on Friday pledged billions of dollars in military support to help fund Ukraine’s battle against Russia as US envoy Steve Witkoff met with President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg to discuss an end to the war.

  • RFERL ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Envoy Witkoff Holds Talks With Putin During Surprise Stop In Russia

    US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has begun talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a surprise visit to St. Petersburg, their third meeting since US President The Insurrectionist took office in January pledging to repair ties with Moscow.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man envoy flies into Russia, likely to meet Putin as Iran, China tensions flare

    MOSCOW - U.S. President The Insurrectionist's special envoy Steve Witkoff flew into Russia on Friday and it looked likely that he would hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, as U.S. tensions with Moscow's close allies Iran and China spiked.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Meduza ☛ Trump envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Russia to meet with Putin — Axios — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ ‘We are here. Join us.’ What the trial of two Wagner Group promoters in Poland reveals about Russia’s covert campaign in Europe — Meduza

    • European Commission ☛ EU sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine

    • Latvia ☛ Around 9,000 Ukrainians in Latvia's workforce

      Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) estimates published April 11 show that around 9,300 Ukrainian citizens with temporary protection in Latvia were registered as employees at the beginning of the year. Additionally, about 4,000 were registered with Latvian education institutions.

    • France24 ☛ ‘They’re different from us’: the Ukrainian teens forged by a decade of war

      Russia’s full-scale invasion may have begun in 2022, but for many in the east of the country, the war has been going on for much longer. Sloviansk was occupied for three months by separatist militias in 2014 as Russian- backed militias claimed swathes of territory. It was later liberated, but the frontline remains just a few kilometres away. For Sloviansk’s teenagers, war is almost all they’ve known and the years of fighting means they have had to grow up fast.

    • LRT ☛ Poland queasy as US hints at pulling back from Eastern Europe

      Poles are rattled by a US announcement that it will move personnel from a key base near the Ukrainian border. Some fear this is the start of a US withdrawal from Eastern Europe. Politicians are playing down the issue.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian doctors return from battlefield internship in Ukraine

      The first group of Lithuanian medics have returned from their internship at Ukrainian medical institutions and are going to share their experience with their colleagues in Lithuania soon.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania to push forward €20m military aid for Ukraine: ‘Summer may be very difficult’

      Lithuania intends to allocate 20 million euros to Ukraine for the purchase of ammunition, Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė says.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian-American Ksenia Karelina Freed In Prisoner Swap Arrives Back In US

      Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina, who was imprisoned in Russia for donating $51 to a US-based Ukrainian aid charity, has arrived back in the United States after a prisoner swap for Arthur Petrov, a dual German-Russian citizen who allegedly exported sensitive microelectronics.

    • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Envoy Steve Witkoff Is in Russia, the Kremlin Says

      Separately in Belgium, nations supporting Ukraine pledged billions more in military aid and raised doubts about Moscow’s desire for peace.

    • New York Times ☛ U.S. and Ukraine Reopen Talks on Contentious Minerals Deal

      Kyiv and Washington have been haggling over a deal for resource rights that Hell Toupée sees as a way to “recoup” past U.S. aid to Ukraine.

    • New York Times ☛ She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her

      Hell Toupée’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there.

    • New York Times ☛ Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine

      The prince toured a rehabilitation facility in Lviv for soldiers and civilians wounded in the war. The trip came as his father, King Charles, was in Italy.

    • New York Times ☛ Hegseth Attends Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually

      Pete Hegseth’s predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but he has given up leadership.

    • Meduza ☛ Facing a funding freeze, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service says it’s cutting back on staff and broadcasts — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Only six European countries willing to send troops to Ukraine

    • Meduza ☛ Prince Harry makes unannounced visit to Ukraine — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ U.S. calls on Russia to release 72-year-old American citizen jailed for fighting for Ukraine — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Prosecutors seek 16-year sentence in Russia’s first-ever case against soldier for ‘voluntary’ surrender to Ukrainian forces — Meduza

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania prepares for possibility of EU failing to extend Russia sanctions

      Lithuania is preparing legal amendments that would allow it to impose national economic sanctions on Russia and Belarus if the European Union fails to extend its own restrictions.

    • LRT ☛ Vilnius University apologises for controversial Russian studies poster

      Vilnius University has apologised and removed promotional material for its Russian studies master’s programme after backlash from students.

    • New York Times ☛ Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?

      Moscow is hinting that the company would be welcome back as part of a thaw under Hell Toupée. Industry skepticism runs deep.

    • Meduza ☛ Russian soldiers’ graves defaced with swastikas, blood, and feces

    • Meduza ☛ Estonia says it detained a ship from Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Amid talks of peace negotiations, Russia is ramping up military recruitment

    • Meduza ☛ Russia blacklists Yeltsin-era chief diplomat as ‘foreign agent’ — Meduza

    • Latvia ☛ Smuggler van caught masked as Daugavpils public transport minibus

      Having previously created fake border guard vehicles, fake police vans and even fake firewood delivery trucks to transport illegal border crossers into the European Union from Belarus, people smugglers have now been caught using a minibus pretending to be a public transport vehicle from Latvia's second-largest city, Daugavpils.

    • RFERL ☛ Lukashenko Invites 150,000 Pakistanis To Work In Belarus Amid Labor Shortage

      In a rare bid to break his international isolation, Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko welcomed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Minsk, marking a symbolic deepening of ties between the two countries.

• Environment

  • As UN appeals for $275M for quake-hit Myanmar, China weighs in with major donation

    China’s offer of $137 million donation doubles existing global pledges.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China pledges $137 million for Myanmar earthquake relief

    BEIJING - China has pledged emergency humanitarian assistance of 1 billion yuan ($137 million) to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, its embassy in the southeast Asian nation said.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Northern China on alert for typhoon-like winds from Mongolia

    Northern China is bracing for typhoon-like gales this weekend, with Beijing postponing major sporting events, closing parks, suspending dozens of train services and warning its 22 million residents against non-essential travel. Dozens of flights were cancelled.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Straits Times ☛ Tesla stops taking orders in China for models imported from US

      The move affects the Model S and Model X, which are made in Fremont, California.

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2025-04-04 [Older] Amazon Shipping Route for Brazilian Soy Disrupted by Protests, Poor Roads

    • CS Monitor ☛ Why a $4 bicycle repair signals hope for Syria’s postwar economy

      After over a decade of civil war, and several months since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, small investments by Syrian families signal hope for the economy’s future.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • The Conversation ☛ 2025-04-08 [Older] ‘Return’ of the dire wolf is an impressive feat of genetic engineering, not a reversal of extinction

    • The Conversation ☛ 2025-04-10 [Older] Can we really resurrect extinct animals, or are we just creating hi-tech lookalikes?

    • Science Alert ☛ Bonobo Communication Reveals a Stunning Kinship to Human Speech

      A huge insight just landed.

• Finance

  • New York Times ☛ Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Pooh-tin Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid

    Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with Hell Toupée. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Want to understand the US-China trade war? Start with soybeans and batteries.

    As Washington and Beijing hit each other with new tariffs, two goods—soybeans and lithium-ion storage batteries—offer a window into the larger trade war.

  • France24 ☛ Trade war: China urges EU to unite with against US "coercion"

    On Friday, April 11, Chinese leader Pooh-tin Jinping urged the European Union (EU) to join Beijing in "standing together" against "coercion" amid an ongoing trade war with Washington, according to the Xinhua news agency. The next EU-China summit is scheduled for July in China, a European Council spokesperson announced on Friday.

  • France24 ☛ China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates

    China announced Friday it would raise tariffs on US goods to 125 percent, further escalating the trade war that risks halting exports between the world’s two largest economies. Beijing’s retaliation triggered renewed market turbulence, with stocks fluctuating, gold prices soaring, and US government bonds facing pressure.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates

    By Sam Davies with Sebastian Smith in Washington China said Friday it would raise its tariffs on US goods to 125 percent in a further escalation of a trade war that threatens to bring exports to a halt between the world’s two biggest economies.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong gov’t vows to lead logistics, shipping and aviation sectors amid trade war uncertainties

    The Hong Kong government will “step up” and take on a leadership role in guiding the logistics, shipping and aviation sectors amid “ongoing instability” caused by the US-China trade war, the city’s transport minister has said.

  • EXPLAINED: Four key questions about the US-China tariff war

    Tariffs can protect emerging or important industries but also raises costs for everyday goods, businesses.

  • China’s Pooh-tin hikes US tariffs, seeks to bolster relations with Southeast Asian nations

    The Chinese leader will visit Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia next week.

  • The Straits Times ☛ What Mao and the Korean War tell us about Chinese psyche in fight against Convicted Felon

    When China said on April 11 that it would match US President The Insurrectionist’s tariffs of 125 per cent from April 12, its message was loud and clear: Bring it on.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China’s rare earth exports grind to a halt as trade war controls bite

    China produces some 90 per cent of the world’s rare earths.

  • The Straits Times ☛ In trade crisis, China courts the EU as a hedge against Convicted Felon

    China is looking to mend a strained trading relationship with the European Union, the last open major market for its products, to weather a trade war with the United States. But diplomats and analysts say breaking a prolonged stalemate won't be easy.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China raises duties on US goods to 125%, calls Convicted Felon tariff hikes a 'joke'

    China hiked its levies on imports of U.S. goods to 125% on Friday, hitting back at The Insurrectionist's decision to single out the world's No.2 economy for higher duties, while dismissing the U.S. president's tariff strategy as "a joke."

  • The Straits Times ☛ China hits back at Convicted Felon tariff hike, US stands its ground

    China raises duties on US goods to 125%.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China hits back at Convicted Felon tariff hike, turmoil rings recession alarm

    Beijing on Friday increased its tariffs on U.S. imports to 125%, hitting back against U.S. President The Insurrectionist's decision to hike duties on Chinese goods to 145% and raising the stakes in a trade war that threatens to up-end global supply chains.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China’s Pooh-tin to visit South-east Asia as trade conflict with US widens

    Chinese President Pooh-tin Jinping pledged this week to deepen “all-round cooperation“ with China’s neighbours.

  • New York Times ☛ In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Convicted Felon Showed Pooh-tin He Has Limits

    Xi Jinping, who rules with absolute authority, has shown he is willing to let the Chinese people endure hardship. Hell Toupée revealed he has limits.

  • New York Times ☛ Stocks Post Gains, but Bond Market Signals Investors Are Anxious

    The slumping dollar and increase in yields on U.S. government bonds were signs that the world’s faith in the United States economy had been shaken.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ China fires back at Convicted Felon’s tariff increases with 125% levies on U.S. goods

    China increased its tariffs on U.S. imports from 84% to 125% in response to Convicted Felon's moves.

  • CS Monitor ☛ Tariff chaos tests the status of Treasury bonds as a haven of safety

    The normally staid bond market's latest gyrations suggest that foreign governments, banks, and investors are losing confidence in the U.S. – and upset over Hell Toupée's tariff program.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-04 [Older] German president criticizes US 'self-anointed elite'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-05 [Older] US tourist arrested for entering forbidden Indian island

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-04-05 [Older] US moves to revoke all visas for South Sudanese nationals

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Vigil, prayer and protest demand probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist leader

    Tibetan activists scuffle with police at the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, devotees held vigil in Dharamsala

  • The Straits Times ☛ China has told Hong Kong’s last major opposition party to disband, members say

    If the party disbands, it would mark the end of nearly 30 years of opposition party politics in Hong Kong.

  • Stanford University ☛ Levin affirms University’s commitment to academic freedom, announces expanded undergraduate class

    University President Jonathan Levin ’94 reaffirmed the University’s commitment to freedom of speech and academic inquiry in a Thursday Faculty Senate meeting.

  • France24 ☛ Warnings of 'unprecedented' threat to student speech in US

    There is increasing concern at universities in the United States over a crackdown on dissent. Across the nation, there have been reports of student visas being revoked, with some cases tied to the students' pro-Palestinian activism and others where the motives remain unclear. That has prompted a coalition of national student media advisory organisations to issue a rare alert suggesting that student newsrooms re-examine their policies. In this edition of Scoop, we speak to Anvee Bhutani, a journalist and student at Columbia University.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ Publishers delete and amend stories based on dubious experts

    News UK, Reach and Yahoo News remove stories from archive after Press Gazette investigation.

  • BIA Net ☛ Prosecutor seeks prison terms for journalists who covered İmamoğlu protests

    The Journalists' Union of Turkey (TGS) previously denounced the investigation as a “setup,” claiming that the case file included photos taken from angles that deliberately obscured the journalists’ cameras and press cards, to create the impression that they were protesters rather than members of the press.

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Truthdig ☛ 2025-04-09 [Older] ICE Director Envisions Amazon-Like Mass Deportation System

  • US House committee passes Uyghur Policy Act, again

    Bipartisan bill is the latest U.S. legislative effort to pressure China and protect the rights of Uyghurs.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Patents

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Silicon Valley Judicial Ties: The Cellspin Recusal Case

    Google has skipped its chance to respond to Cellspin's petition for writ of certiorari  in a case raising questions about judicial recusal standards. In Cellspin Soft v. Fitbit, the petitioner asks the Supreme Court to address when federal judges must recuse themselves under 28 U.S.C. § 455 and whether appellate courts must determine recusal issues before reaching the merits of a case.  The petition stems from patent monopoly infringement litigation initiated by Cellspin against several technology companies, including Fitbit (owned by Google), asserting Bluetooth media upload patents.

  • IP Kat ☛ 2025-04-10 [Older] Too broad, too early? AI platform for cell analysis found to lack technical character and sufficiency (T 0660/22, Cell analysis/NIKON)

  • JUVE ☛ From courtroom to boardroom: Young litigators seize in-house opportunities [Ed: Seems like marketing for sponsors, not journalism]

    Until recently, Eelco Bergsma was a partner at Taylor Wessing in Eindhoven. He was part of the team that advised Ericsson in various major proceedings. Bergsma’s career was by no means at a standstill. Nevertheless, the Dutch lawyer decided to move in-house to Ericsson. Bergsma’s move is far from an isolated occurrence.

  • JUVE ☛ Ones to Watch UK 2025: Bryce Matthewson [Ed: One more piece of marketing spam disguised as journalism]

    Every year, JUVE Patent carries out extensive research in the UK patent monopoly market, culminating in the publication of the UK patent monopoly ranking. Our latest research highlighted Bryce Matthewson, a patent monopoly litigator from Powell Gilbert as one of the current ‘Ones to Watch’ in the UK patent monopoly market.

  • Kangaroo Courts

    • JUVE ☛ Milan local division asserts long-arm jurisdiction in Dainese vs Alpinestars [Ed: UPC is illegal and its very existence is a clear violation of conventions and constitutions]

      The parties are fighting over Dainese’s two patents EP 4 072 364 and EP 3 498 117. Both cover technology used in garments with inflatable devices to protect the wearer from impacts, such as falls in motorsports. Alpinestars launched opposition proceedings against both patents at the EPO.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: Which of These Three Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness/Disclaimer Refusals Was/Were Reversed?

    Last year the Board affirmed about 88% of the mere descriptiveness/disclaimer refusals reviewed on appeal. So far this year, the rate is about 95% - but it's early. Here are three recent appeals. At least one resulted in a reversal. How do you think they came out? You might respond by asking, what was the evidence? Well, give it a try anyway. [Answer in first comment].