Leftovers

• New York Times ☛ How China Reached Into New York to Stop a Tiny Film Festival

  A showcase for independent Chinese films was scrapped after the Chinese authorities pressured directors, moderators and even a volunteer to pull out.

• Ruben Schade ☛ A Retro Corner page for Lotus Organiser

  My Retro Corner started as a silly way to track my progress restoring retro hardware, but it’s since taken on a broader life of its own. It’s been fun writing plain HTML again, and those old-school graphics do make me grin each time I look at them.

• Standards/Consortia

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Despite the hype of 5G, there's still big demand for high-density Wi-Fi

    Clearly, there’s a major incentive to push 5G as the main technology for enterprise connectivity. This is particularly true in high-density environments where there is a large concentration of users and devices. This includes stadiums, hospitals, universities, hotels, factories, office buildings and much more. But is 5G really the more practical choice?

  • Leon Mika ☛ On TOON And Human Readable Data Formats

    Today I learnt about a format call TOON: Token-Oriented Object Notation, which is a data interchange format like JSON, that is geared towards being more efficient for use with LLMs. How does it do so? By stripping back the syntax of a JSON like structure to one that is almost a CSV file, with a type signature describing how the data is structured. It claims that doing so produces a format that is ingestible by LLMs while still being (somewhat) human readable.

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ Study Links Gum Disease With White Matter Damage in The Brain

    Healthy mouth, healthy brain?

  • Science Alert ☛ Alzheimer's May Hijack Your Cells' Clocks, Hinting at New Treatments

    Time is of the essence.

  • Science Alert ☛ Ancient Chinese Medicine Ingredient Restored Healthy Fat Metabolism in Diabetic Mice

    A fundamental health reset.

  • Science Alert ☛ Study Finds Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks – Here's When to Expect Them

    You're in for a bumpy ride.

  • Science Alert ☛ Microscopic Engine Hotter Than The Sun Probes Limits of Physics

    What even is this.

  • Science Alert ☛ One Part of Earth Is at Higher Risk of Impact by an Interstellar Object

    Narrowing down the odds.

  • Science Alert ☛ There's One Critical Thing You Can Do to Keep Alzheimer's Symptoms at Bay

    Start tonight.

  • Science Alert ☛ Your Heart Health in Middle Age Could Predict Your Later Dementia Risk

    Organs don't work in isolation.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Create Digital Twin of Earth, Accurate to a 1-Kilometer Scale

    The 'holy grail' of weather forecasting and climate modeling is here.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • New York Times ☛ Infant Formula Recall Expands as Botulism Outbreak Grows

    Federal health officials said caregivers should stop using all ByHeart powdered formula products after 15 infants in 12 states were hospitalized.

  • New York Times ☛ As Shutdown Nears End, Convicted Felon Still Confronts Soaring Health Costs

    The central issue of the government closure remains unresolved, leaving Republicans under political pressure ahead of the midterms.

  • New Yorker ☛ The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes

    Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.

  • Stanford University ☛ All You Can Eat: Stanford dining pushes for plant-based

    Residential & Dining Enterprises increased their plant-forward meal options with an eye for health and environmental benefits. Their efforts were met with mixed student responses.

  • Stanford University ☛ Global Health Opportunities Fair helps connect students to organizations in light of recent federal funding cuts

    The annual Global Health Opportunities Fair hosted on Friday night featured over thirty different opportunities and more than one hundred student attendees.

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ Tec de Monterrey joins prominent Spanish universities to create binational eye health center

    In a project promoted by FEMSA CEO José Antonio Fernández Carbajal, the Mexican university will team with the world-renowned Fernández-Vega Ophthalmological Institute to develop high-impact international projects in ophthalmology.

  • Futurism ☛ Startup Secretly Working to Gene-Hack Human Baby

    Talk about an incubator.

  • Federal News Network ☛ Senate approves bill to end the shutdown, sending it to the House

    The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans. The shutdown could last a few more days as members of the House, which has been on recess since mid-September, return to Washington to vote on the legislation. President The Insurrectionist has signaled support for the bill, saying Monday that “we’re going to be opening up our country very quickly.” The final 60-40 Senate vote broke a grueling stalemate that lasted more than six weeks as Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them to extend health care tax credits. The Republicans never did.

  • Hackaday ☛ Gene Therapy Aims To Slow Huntington’s Disease To A Crawl

    Despite the best efforts of modern medicine, Huntington’s disease is a condition that still comes with a tragic prognosis. Primarily an inherited disease, its main symptoms concern degeneration of the brain, leading to issues with motor control, mood disturbance, with continued degradation eventually proving fatal.

• Proprietary

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ The 'worst-selling Abusive Monopolist Microsoft product of all time' sold just 11 times, and eight people returned it — why you've never heard of OS/2 for the Mach 20

    A specialized version of the ill-fated OS/2 holds the dubious record, and probably will forever.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ Intel's CTO and Hey Hi (AI) chief leaves for Proprietary Chaffbot Company after just seven months in role — follows another Hey Hi (AI) data center exec out the door, Lip Bu-Tan to take up the slack

      Intel's Chief Technology Officer and Hey Hi (AI) head has jumped ship to Proprietary Chaffbot Company to take over the company's compute infrastructure projects. defective chip maker Intel CEO, Lip Bu-Tan, will take over the role of managing Intel's Hey Hi (AI) efforts going forward.

    • Meduza ☛ Russian lawmaker uses AI to create a fake protest calling for mayor’s resignation — Meduza

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI Is Reportedly Burning a Ludicrous Amount of Cash on Sora

      Even Proprietary Chaffbot Company knows the "economics are currently completely unsustainable."

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ J.P. Morgan calls out Hey Hi (AI) spend, says $650 billion in annual revenue required to deliver mere 10% return on Hey Hi (AI) buildout — equivalent to $35 payment from every iPhone user, or $180 from every DRM spreader Netflix subscriber 'in perpetuity'

      A J.P. Morgan report says that the Hey Hi (AI) industry needs to make at least $650 billion annually for investors to get a 10% return on all the money going into it until 2030.

    • Futurism ☛ ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace

      Jarring.

  • Social Control Media

    • NYPost ☛ Man ‘murdered’ outside ritzy Long Island yacht club left haunting trail of Facebook (Farcebook) posts: ‘Time to rest when I’m dead’

      Christopher Millwater, 52, was found dead outside a Long Island yacht club, and his violent death remains a mystery, police said.

    • The Straits Times ☛ China clears parents in naked child case that sparked social control media fury

      Three-year-old Pingping was first spotted scampering naked on all fours, imitating a dog, on Oct 15.

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • Mexico News Daily ☛ Security Minister: Half of reported extortion lines are operating from prisons

      Security Minister Omar García Harfuch said on Tuesday that 56% of the phone numbers recently reported to the federal government as extortion lines were located in just 12 prisons.

  • Confidentiality

    • Security Week ☛ ‘Whisper Leak’ LLM Side-Channel Attack Infers User Prompt Topics

      Attackers intercepting network traffic can determine the conversation topic with a chatbot despite end-to-end encrypted communication.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea rescuers use explosives to reach workers trapped at collapsed building

    Two workers are presumed dead and two others missing.

  • France24 ☛ France condemns US military buildup in Caribbean as G7 talks open in Canada

    France’s foreign minister has criticised ongoing US-led “military operations” in the Caribbean, warning they risk fuelling regional instability, as G7 foreign ministers convened in southern Ontario on Tuesday amid rising tensions over defence, trade and global security crises.

  • New York Times ☛ India Is Investigating a Deadly Car Explosion. Here’s What to Know.

    The car exploded near a metro station in a historic part of New Delhi on Monday night. Officials are investigating and security is tight around the region.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Iran seeks 'peaceful nuclear deal' with US, official says

    Iran wants to reach a "peaceful" nuclear agreement with the United States to resolve a decades-long dispute, but will not compromise its national security, the deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said on Tuesday.

  • New York Times ☛ The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by

    The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?

  • The Straits Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man’s deal with South Korea bogged down in details over submarine

    The two sides have yet to release any agreement on paper.

  • The Straits Times ☛ S. Korea court issues arrest warrant for ex-spy chief in martial law declaration probe: Yonhap

    The Seoul Central District Court gave the warrant due to concerns about Mr Cho destroying evidence.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Rohingya survivor recalls deadly boat sinking as Malaysian, Thai rescuers find more bodies

    Thirteen survivors have been rescued in Malaysian waters since Nov 8, while 12 were found dead.

  • JURIST ☛ Rights group expresses concern over worsening situation of Rohingya refugees

    Amnesty International expressed concern on Monday over the worsening plight of Rohingya Muslims both in Myanmar and foreign countries. This comes after a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and migrants reportedly sank near the border between Thailand and Malaysia, with at least 25 people perished.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Zus Coffee backs Malaysia employee who was verbally abused, splashed with coffee in viral video

    Zus said that it does not tolerate disrespectful behaviour towards its employees or customers.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian rapper Namewee had ‘special relationship’ with late influencer Iris Hsieh: Police

    Investigations revealed that he was the last person seen with her on Oct 22.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan Coast Guard faces China’s might near front-line islands

    China’s patrols around Kinmen are part of Beijing’s “grey-zone” operations against Taiwan, analysts say.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan appeals to Europe in bid to secure friends beyond Convicted Felon

    The EU said it remained committed to its “one China” policy, but had an interest in close relations with Taiwan.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China ready to resume exchanges and cooperate with Canada, foreign minister says

    China is willing to resume exchanges with Canada and cooperate in various fields, its foreign minister said to his Canadian counterpart without specifying the sectors, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

  • JURIST ☛ UN Officials issue warning on deepening insecurity worldwide through illegal firearms

    Deputy disarmament chief of the UN, Adedeji Ebo, on Monday issued a caution to the UN Security  Council on the increasing chain of violence across the world that has been attributed to the cross-border exchange of small arms and light weapons [...]

  • France24 ☛ Jihadists threaten to overrun Mali as blockades continue

    Since September, blockades have been multiplying across Mali, carried out by jihadists from the JNIM, the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims. The jihadists are imposing a fuel blockade that has paralysed the landlocked Sahel country's economy. The resulting unrest and violence have sent refugees fleeing westwards into Mauritania. We speak with Oluwole Ojewale, co-ordinator for West and Central Africa at the Institute for Security Studies.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Suicide bomber kills at least 12 outside court building in Pakistan capital

    Several others were wounded and some were in a critical condition, a source said.

  • RFERL ☛ Bomb Attacks In Pakistani And Indian Capitals Kill 20

    A suicide attack in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has killed at least 12 people. The November 11 attack comes a day after a car bomb killed at least eight people in New Delhi, the capital of India. The attacks have raised fears of renewed tensions between the nuclear-armed archenemies.

  • France24 ☛ G7 ministers meet in Canada amid rifts over defence, trade, and Gaza

    Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations are gathering in southern Ontario as strains deepen between the United States and key allies over defence spending, trade disputes, and uncertainty surrounding President The Insurrectionist’s Gaza ceasefire proposal and efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

  • France24 ☛ Nations commemorate World War I armistice against backdrop of new conflict

    Nations from Belgium to the UK and France on Tuesday marked Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I in 1918 and the millions of lives lost. As leaders laid wreaths for peace, the ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan cast a shadow – a reminder that more than a century later, peace remains fragile.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • France24 ☛ No, these videos do not show young Ukrainians forcibly sent to the frontline

      President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted this Tuesday that the situation in the embattled town of Pokrovsk remains difficult for Ukraine. Meanwhile, viral clips are suggesting that Kyiv is now illegally sending ever-younger men to fight against their will. In reality, these videos have been AI-generated. We take a closer look in this edition of Truth or Fake.

    • France24 ☛ Deceived and deployed: Russia recruits Indians as cannon fodder on the Ukrainian front

      The Kremlin has employed a shadowy recruitment network to lure young Indian men with promises of jobs, only to trap them into fighting for Russia. Experts say Russia is using manpower from the Indian subcontinent to build a reserve of expendable soldiers to fight in its grinding war against Ukraine.

    • France24 ☛ Zelensky must 'put on a credible demonstration of accountability' amid Energoatom kickback scheme

      Ukrainian authorities charged seven individuals on Tuesday in relation to an alleged $100 million kickback scheme involving senior energy officials that has caused public anger. Speaking on FRANCE 24, founder and director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative Peter Zalmayev says 'I hope for Ukraine's sake and President Zelensky's sake that he's able to put on a credible demonstration of accountability'.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine's anti-graft agency investigates alleged corruption in energy sector

      Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau said it was investigating the country's energy sector on Monday (November 10), alleging a $100 million kickback scheme involving the state nuclear power company.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau probes large-scale energy sector scheme

      Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau said it was investigating the country's energy sector on Monday (November 10), alleging a $100 million kickback scheme involving the state nuclear power company. For more analysis on that topic, FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade is joined by Daria Kaleniuk, Executive director of the Anticorruption Action Centre.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Musicians Get Third 13-Day Jail Term Over Performing Anti-War Songs

      A court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg has sentenced members of the anti-war musical group Stoptime to another 13 days in jail, local media reported on November 11.

    • Meduza ☛ Russia accuses journalist Christo Grozev of involvement in alleged Ukrainian-British plot to hijack fighter jet — Meduza

    • Latvia ☛ Big changes at 'Russian' schools in Latvia are generally going well

      From this school year, all Latvian state schools are teaching the core curriculum (except foreign languages) only in Latvian. In previous years this was possible in other languages, with Russian the most common alternative.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian president sceptical of US efforts to engage with Belarus

      Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Monday that the United States is attempting to distance Minsk from its ally Russia through intensified dialogue with Belarus, but he expressed doubt the effort will succeed.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania’s border closures backfire? Lukashenko threatens to confiscate stranded lorries

      After Lithuania closed its border with Belarus in response to what it called a hybrid attack, thousands of lorries ended up stuck on the other side. The Minsk regime is now threatening to confiscate them.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian lorries are still stuck in Belarus – here’s the latest

      Hundreds of Lithuanian lorries are still stuck on the Belarusian side of the border. Here’s the latest.

    • LRT ☛ Belarus refuses to release Lithuanian trucks until border reopens

      Belarus has rejected Lithuania’s renewed request to allow its trucks to return home through the temporarily closed Medininkai and Šalčininkai border checkpoints, saying the vehicles will remain blocked until Lithuania reopens the crossings.

    • France24 ☛ Top ally of Ukraine's president accused in $100 million graft scandal

      Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday accused Timur Mindich, a close ally and longtime business associate of President Volodymyr Zelensky, of orchestrating a $100 million corruption scheme in the energy sector. The scandal has escalated a major standoff over graft in the war-torn country.

• Environment

  • New York Times ☛ Newsom Storms Climate Conference and Assails Convicted Felon as a ‘Bully’

    The California governor painted the president as a threat to American competitiveness by letting China dominate the renewable energy industry.

  • France24 ☛ Indigenous protesters clash with security at COP30 summit in Brazil

    Dozens of Indigenous protesters stormed the COP30 climate summit venue in Belém, Brazil, on Tuesday – clashing with security guards at the entrance as they demanded greater access to negotiations and a stronger voice in forest management.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Straits Times ☛ Fire occurs at South Korean high school, possibly caused by power bank

      There were no casualties.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Truck hits front runner in South Korean marathon, leaving him brain-dead

      The 25-year-old athlete was leading the race at the time.

    • New York Times ☛ Halt in Fees on Chinese Vessels Endangers U.S. Shipbuilding Efforts

      The two countries agreed to suspend the fees for a year as part of their recent trade pact, but America still aims to build more commercial ships.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Emissions in China flat in third quarter as solar surges: Study

      Emissions from transport fuel dropped by 5 per cent, with declines also in cement and steel production.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Tanker spoofing its location seen taking sanctioned LNG to China

      The ship has been signalling that it is near the eastern coast of Malaysia since late October.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Bridge partially collapses in south-west China, months after opening

      Construction of the bridge finished earlier this year.

    • Ruben Schade ☛ Fun facts, aviation edition

      Western Global has to repaint their planes when flying east.

      Tulla-marine airport in Melbourne is located inland.

      Jetstar once held the record for best something, but nobody can remember what that was.

      Aircraft sporting wing fences can only take off after their gates are closed.

    • Terrorism takes its toll on Mozambique’s gas revenue

      The decision by TotalEnergies to lift the force majeure on its Mozambique liquified natural gas (LNG) project [...]

  • Overpopulation

    • The Straits Times ☛ Rural provinces seek to attract South Koreans overseas to return as populations plunge

      The Ministry of the Interior and Safety designated 89 areas nationwide as population-declining regions in 2021.

• Finance

  • The Straits Times ☛ China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping fest loses its shine for weary consumers

    Chinese shoppers are spending less, as signs point to a sluggish economy.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea presidential office may return to Cheong Wa Dae in December: Reports

    Returning to Cheong Wa Dae was one of South Korea President Lee Jae Myung's campaign promises.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘Huge blunder’: Germany deported Uyghur woman to China in bureaucratic bungle

    Germany deported a Uyghur woman back to China rather than to Turkey after a bureaucratic mix-up, government sources said Monday, with critics slamming a “huge blunder” that endangered her life.

  • LRT ☛ Lithuania’s Žemaitaitis slams foreign minister’s performance

    Nemunas Dawn party leader Remigijus Žemaitaitis criticised Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys on Tuesday, saying he is failing to perform his duties properly and acting without consulting the ruling coalition.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Seoul to strengthen laws, sentencing for kidnapping attempts

    Under the current law, cases related to child abduction or luring are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ All 161 candidates pass national security vetting to enter Hong Kong’s ‘all patriots’ legislative race

    Hong Kong authorities have confirmed the eligibility of all 161 election candidates who will vie for 90 seats in the second “patriots only” Legislative Council (LegCo) next month.

  • France24 ☛ Iraq's general election: What to expect from the vote

    Iraqis headed to the polls on Tuesday (November 11) to vote in a parliamentary election marked by tight security and a boycott by a political bloc. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle gives us his analysis.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • The Straits Times ☛ Chinese censors order gay dating apps be pulled from online stores

    Activists say spaces for LGBTQ expressions have all but vanished in China in recent years.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese censors order gay dating apps be pulled from stores, Fashion Company Apple says

    Chinese officials ordered the removal of two popular gay dating apps from mobile stores in the country, Fashion Company Apple confirmed to AFP on Tuesday. Same-sex marriage is not legal in China and discrimination remains widespread, with activists saying an effort to suppress LGBTQ expression has expanded in recent years, particularly under President Pooh-tin Jinping.

  • BIA Net ☛ Pro-Erdoğan social control media figure detained after criticizing president's Atatürk speech

    Furkan Bölükbaşı's X account has also been suspended.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia media magnate behind company that owns Sin Chew Daily and Ming Pao dies at 91

    He was one of Malaysia’s wealthiest individuals and a major figure in its Chinese-language media scene.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Bauer closes Modern Gardens magazine and ends Trail in print

    Co-CEO says decisions "reflect broader market challenges".

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatened to Sue the BillBC for $1 Billion. What Are His Chances?

    Legal experts say Hell Toupée’s litigation track record offers both hope and warning to the British public broadcaster, which he has threatened with a $1 billion suit.

  • JURIST ☛ Rights group calls for release of Iran journalist, stronger free speech protections

    The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called for Iranian authorities to release an arrested newspaper editor, saying that his detention is part of a deliberate effort to restrict dissenting speech in the country.

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Citizen Lab ☛ Nov 26 | Women, Technology, and Peacemaking Webinar: 25 Years After UNSCR 1325

    This webinar brings together Citizen Lab researchers with policy advisors, Women, Peace and Security (WPS) experts, and human rights defenders to reflect on twenty-five years of the WPS agenda in the age of digital repression. The discussion will explore how gender, technology, and authoritarianism intersect to shape women’s participation in peace and security, and how targets of gendered digital attacks and feminist movements are building resilience and reimagining women’s digital security for the next 25 years.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong couple jailed for over a year for helping fugitive protesters evade authorities

    A Hong Kong couple has been sentenced to over a year in jail for perverting the course of justice, after they admitted to helping four men wanted on charges related to the 2019 protests elude authorities.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • APNIC ☛ Concluding the second consultation on the Draft RIR Governance Document

    The second consultation on the revised RIR Governance Document has officially concluded. The NRO NC will now review the feedback received and determine whether further amendments and community consultation are required as part of the process to update ICP-2.

  • APNIC ☛ Network edge design checklist: Part 2 — Network edge design

    Guest Post: A comprehensive checklist of considerations you can use as a starting point when designing your network edge.

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • Digital Music News ☛ Disney Is Losing $4.3 Million a Day to YouTube TV Blackout, Morgan Stanley Estimates

    Disney is losing approximately $30 million a week from its networks like ESPN and ABC being pulled off YouTube TV. According to Morgan Stanley equity analysts Benjamin Swinburne and Thomas Yeh, Disney is losing around $4.3 million each day from its networks being pulled from YouTube TV.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Patents

  • JUVE ☛ Ones to watch Germany 2025: Ronja Schregle [Ed: Pure spam, just paid-for marketing in "news" clothing]

    JUVE Patent recently carried out extensive research in the German patent monopoly market, culminating in the publication of the German patent monopoly rankings. Our latest research highlighted Ronja Schregle as one of the current ‘Ones to Watch Germany’.

  • Unified Patents ☛ Dominion Harbor entity, Bunker Hill, fourth EV patent monopoly prior art found

    Unified Patents, through its subsidiary Unified IP Services, plans to release charted prior art on Bunker Hill patents weekly until its assertion of invalid patents ceases. This is the fourth patent monopoly to be released. (see U.S. Patent 10,442,296, U.S. Patent 8,487,582, and U.S. Patent 8,326,467)

  • Software Patents

    • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Algorithmic Recommendations and Section 230: Planet Green v. Amazon

      Supreme Court considers whether Section 230 safe harbor immunity covers algorithmic promotion of false advertising in Planet Green v Amazon.

    • Unified Patents ☛ EasyWeb Authorization Patent Campaign — Invalidity Charts Coming Soon

      The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 10,114,905, owned by EasyWeb Innovations, LLC, an NPE. The ‘905 patent monopoly generally relates to an innovative system and method for enabling electronic message publication to a wide audience via the internet, overcoming limitations of traditional broadcasting methods.

    • Crogl Earns U.S. Patent for Tackling Security Data Chaos Without Normalization [Ed: Clickfraud Spamnil is shilling software patents with his nose stuck up his sponsor's butt]

      Crogl has been granted a U.S. patent monopoly for its AI-driven approach to analyzing unstructured security data without normalization.

    • JUVE ☛ InterDigital accelerate battle against Amazon in Europe, Brasil and the US

      InterDigital announced yesterday that it has initiated litigation against Amazon over alleged ongoing infringement of its intellectual property. The company filed cases with the US Federal District Court in Delaware, the Rio de Janeiro State Court, the Munich Regional Court and the UPC local division of Mannheim.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: Is DUO for Personal Mobility Devices Confusable with DUOPOWER for Land Vehicles?

    The USPTO refused to register the mark DUO for "motorized, electric-powered, self-propelled, self-balancing, wheeled personal mobility, transportation device," finding confusion likely with the registered mark DUOPOWER for "electric vehicles, namely, buses; buses and land vehicles; engines and motors for buses and land vehicles; drive trains for use in land vehicles and power trains for use in land vehicles; vehicle power train mechanism comprised of clutch, transmission, drive shaft, and differential." Applicant DEKA argued that the goods are "divergent" because its device is fully electric while the registrant's vehicles are gas/electric-powered, that DUO is a weak formative, that the marks are "significantly different," and that consumers will exercise care in their purchasing decisions. How do you think this appeal came out? In re DEKA Research & Development Corp., Serial No. 98740807 (November 7, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Catherine Dugan O'Connor).

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ GEMA Touts ‘Landmark Ruling’ in Proprietary Chaffbot Company Infringement Suit — Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Developer Downplays the Decision As Involving ‘A Limited Set of Lyrics,’ Says It’s ‘Considering Next Steps’

    One year after suing Proprietary Chaffbot Company for alleged copyright monopoly infringement, Germany’s GEMA is touting a Munich court’s “landmark ruling” in the case. Meanwhile, the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot developer is downplaying the decision as applicable only to “a limited set of lyrics.”

  • JUVE ☛ Open Hey Hi (AI) must pay GEMA licence fee for ChatGPT

    ChatGPT operator Open Hey Hi (AI) has suffered a defeat at the Munich Regional Court. The court largely upheld a lawsuit filed by GEMA and ruled that Open Hey Hi (AI) had infringed the copyrights of nine well-known German artists, including Inga Humpe and Herbert Grönemeyer, by using their song lyrics (case ID: 42 O 14139/24).

  • Digital Music News ☛ Artists Fire Back Against Suno’s ‘Legally Unsustainable’ Dismissal Motion in High-Stakes Copyright and Unfair Competition Class Action

    Late last month, Suno moved to dismiss most of the artist-led copyright monopoly class action filed against it by Tony Justice and others.

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Todd Blanche asks Supreme Court to Hand Over the Copyright Office

    Supreme Court weighs Blanche v. Perlmutter, testing if the Copyright Office lies within presidential control under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.