Leftovers

• Hackaday ☛ The Busch Electronic Digital-Technik 2075 Digital Lab From The 1970s

  In a recent video, [Jason Jacques] demos the Busch Electronic Digital-Technik 2075 which was released in West Germany in the 1970s.

• Hackaday ☛ Elli Furedy Brings Cyberpunk Games To Life

  When you’re designing a bounty hunter game for a five-day cyberpunk live-action-role-play out in the middle of the Mojave desert, you’ve got to bring something extra cool. But [Elli]’s Hackaday Supercon talk isn’t just about the hardware; it’s as much about the design philosophy behind the game – how you bring something immersive and exciting to hundreds of players.

• Hackaday ☛ Building A Low-Cost Satellite Tracker

  Looking up at the sky just after sunset or just before sunrise will reveal a fairly staggering amount of satellites orbiting overhead, from tiny cubesats to the International Space Station. Of course these satellites are always around, and even though you’ll need specific conditions to view them with the naked eye, with the right radio antenna and only a few dollars in electronics you can see exactly which ones are flying by at any time.

• Science

  • New York Times ☛ Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk?

    Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation.

  • Futurism ☛ China Launches Emergency Mission to Its Space Station, Putting NASA to Shame

    Talk about turnaround time.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Cracked Open a Lunar Rock And Found a Huge Surprise

    Older than the Moon?

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Reveal Turning Point When Your Body's Aging Accelerates

    Brace yourself.

  • Science Alert ☛ 'Lucy' Was Neighbors With an Even Older Human Ancestor, Fossils Reveal

    The first clear evidence.

  • Science Alert ☛ NASA Recorded Lightning Crackling on Mars For The First Time

    Zzzzap!

• Hardware

  • Hackaday ☛ Benchmarking Chinese CPUs

    When it comes to PCs, Westerners are most most familiar with x86/x64 processors from Intel and AMD, with Apple Silicon taking up a significant market share, too. However, in China, a relatively new CPU architecture is on the rise. A fabless semiconductor company called Loongson has been producing chips with its LoongArch architecture since 2021. These chips remain rare outside China, but some in the West have been benchmarking them.

  • Hackaday ☛ A Friendly Reminder That Your Unpowered SSDs Are Probably Losing Data

    Save a bunch of files on a good ol’ magnetic hard drive, leave it in a box, and they’ll probably still be there a couple of decades later. The lubricants might have all solidified and the heads jammed in place, but if you can get things moving, you’ll still have your data. As explained over at [XDA Developers], though, SSDs can’t really offer the same longevity.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 displayed

    Despite sanctions and a lack of leading-edge fab tools, CXMT keeps developing new DDR5 and LPDDR5X memory chips that offer higher capacity and performance than their predecessors. However, the big question is whether it can produce DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 in high volumes.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China to trial humanoid robots guiding crowds at border crossings

    UBTech Robotics said it struck a deal with a testing centre near China’s border with Vietnam.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Why some in Michigan ditch alcohol, embrace mocktail madness for Thanksgiving

    For years, research reassured drinkers that mild or moderate imbibing was harmless, maybe even protective, for health. That research was flawed.

  • NYPost ☛ Relaxing activity just as good as therapy for chronic insomnia: study

    Exhausted trying to get better sleep?

  • Latvia ☛ Latvian app hopes to help children with autism spectrum disorder [Ed: App sounds like more trouble to tackle existing problems]

    A Latvian app has been devised which aims to help children with  autism spectrum disorders, especially those who cannot speak or have difficulty expressing themselves verbally, reports Labs of Latvia.

  • Science Alert ☛ Study Links Tattoos to 29% Higher Risk of Dangerous Skin Cancer

    The evidence is mounting.

• Proprietary

  • Qt ☛ Atomic Design Systems: Why the Labels Don’t Matter

    Atomic design systems have emerged as a methodology for creating scalable and maintainable user interfaces. This comprehensive guide explores what atomic design is, examines whether atomic design is still relevant in 2025, and reveals how atomic design principles can be adapted beyond their original chemistry metaphor. Drawing from a decade of industry experience and direct insights from Brad Frost himself, this article provides practical guidance for implementing modern design systems that prioritize clarity, maintainability, and production readiness over rigid categorization.

  • Splash Damage to face mass layoffs, as studio is put into consultation

    It has been revealed that developer Splash Damage, known for collaborating on the Gears of War franchise with Microsoft, is going into a consultation process that will affect all levels and staff working at the studio.

    This was confirmed in a LinkedIn post that mentions that it was a "difficult step for us to take" but one that it believes is "necessary so Splash Damage can remain agile and adaptable in what has been a very challenging market."

  • Studio Behind Gears 5 Multiplayer Prepares for Layoffs

    The latest in 2025's growing list of layoffs and languishing game studios looks like it will affect Splash Damage, the UK-based game studio that specializes in multiplayer games and experiences and worked on games like Gears 5 and Halo: Master Chief Collection. The studio announced on LinkedIn that it was entering into a studio-wide consultation process that is all but certain to lead to layoffs. According to the announcement, all roles in the studio will be at risk of being made redundant. The studio blames what it calls a "challenging market" for the prospective layoffs and says that layoffs will be necessary in order to ensure that Splash Damage can "remain agile and adaptable."

  • Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications

    • Greg Morris ☛ The iPhone Desktop Mode That Never Was, Thankfully

      This didn’t happen, however all the code is still in there. People have been exploiting it in 26.1 to get a "Stage Manager-like" interface when plugging into displays. The exploit doesn't work in 26.2 beta 2 though. Maybe Apple's actively killing it, maybe they're still working on it and it'll ship eventually.

      I wanted this feature. I write most of my blog posts on my iPhone, so plugging it into a monitor to actually work sounded perfect. However seeing people test the exploit, and reading about the iPad's external display mess, convinced me we dodged a bullet.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives

      That didn't take long.

    • Press Gazette ☛ ChatGPT took Press Gazette content then said that could not have happened

      World's leading LLM said it could not have done the thing it did.

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI Says Boy’s Death Was His Own Fault for Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Wrong

      The boy's family's lawyer called the response "disturbing."

• Security

  • Integrity/Availability/Authenticity

    • WhichUK ☛ Fake Facebook (Farcebook) competitions linked to subscription traps, warns Which?

      Dodgy Facebook (Farcebook) users promote bogus deals that con you with expensive subscriptions to random websites – we explain how to get your money back

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Bruce Schneier ☛ Huawei and Chinese Surveillance

      This quote is from House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company.

      “Long before anyone had heard of Ren Zhengfei or Huawei, Wan Runnan had been China’s star entrepreneur in the 1980s, with his company, the Stone Group, touted as “China’s IBM.” Wan had believed that economic change could lead to political change. He had thrown his support behind the pro-democracy protesters in 1989. As a result, he had to flee to France, with an arrest warrant hanging over his head. He was never able to return home.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea special prosecutor seeks 15-year jail term for ex-PM Han on martial law charges

    Han has been charged with aiding and abetting Yoon's role as a "ringleader of an insurrection".

  • The Straits Times ☛ China's top paper urges US to rein in Japan over Taiwan

    BEIJING - China urged the U.S. on Thursday to rein in Japan and prevent any "actions to revive militarism" in an editorial published by the newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, as a war of words with Tokyo grows over the Japanese prime minister's remarks on Taiwan.

  • New York Times ☛ Tai Po is a crucial link between Hong Kong and mainland China.

    The city

  • New York Times ☛ An Asia-Pacific Showdown

    China and Japan are in a diplomatic feud over Taiwan, with Hell Toupée in the middle.

  • New York Times ☛ Spat With China Becomes an Asset for Japan’s New Leader

    Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is not backing off from comments about Taiwan that enraged China. Many of Japan’s voters like her stance.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China again cautions citizens against Japan visits

    The Chinese embassy advised those already in Japan to step up safety precautions.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man urged Japan PM to avoid escalation in China dispute, sources say

    U.S. President The Insurrectionist urged Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to avoid further escalation in a dispute with China during a call this week, two Japanese government sources with knowledge of the matter said.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan plans extra $52b in defence spending to counter China

    Taiwan has faced calls from Washington to spend more on its own defence.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ China simulated a Starlink blockade over Taiwan that uses around 2,000 drones with jammers to create an 'electromagnetic shield' — CCP scientists devise potential plan to cut off satellite internet to the island

    A Chinese study has outlined how the PLA could jam Starlink access across the entirety of the island of Taiwan.

  • France24 ☛ 'Nigeria needs structural reforms that will offer an alternative to organised criminal networks'

    As Nigeria’s evolving security crisis pivots from ideological terrorism to organised crime, Mark Owen welcomes Dr Douglas Yates, Author, Political Scientist and Professor specialising in Africa at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy (AGSIRD) and CY Cergy Paris Université. The new criminal activity threatening the very security of Nigeria and its people signal a deeper breakdown in social and economic structures. As organised groups like Boko Haram fade, new threats emerge: decentralised bandits driven by poverty, climate stress, and lack of opportunity. Dr. Yates warns that without long-term development and regional integration, policing alone will never solve the crisis.

  • France24 ☛ Two National Guard members shot near White House

    Two National Guard members were shot just blocks from the White House on Wednesday, officials said, prompting swift security responses as police arrested a suspect.

  • France24 ☛ 'No school can be safe: When jihadists attack a school, the village has to be deserted'

    The families of Papiri had long called for security forces to protect their children at the school in northern Nigeria where more than 300 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen last week, in one of the country's worst mass abductions. They say that no one came. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Angela Diffley welcomes Isa Sanusi, Executive Director Amnesty International Nigeria.

  • JURIST ☛ Hong Kong to ban two organizations for alleged subversive activities

    Hong Kong issued written notices to two organizations on Monday that the government will prohibit their operation, citing reasonable grounds to believe that they aim to subvert state power. The organizations can make representations in their defense before the prohibitions are made.

  • New York Times ☛ ‘Imperial Israel’ in the New Middle East

    Despite a cease-fire with Hezbollah, almost daily strikes demonstrate an emboldened Israel’s strategy to eliminate its enemies any time, anywhere.

  • France24 ☛ 'A political operation': Israeli army raids West Bank as tensions rise

    Israel launched a large-scale operation in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, with airstrikes and raids across several towns. The offensive, targeting Palestinian armed groups, left several injured and prompted curfews and evacuations.

  • France24 ☛ Army officers say they have seized power in Guinea-Bissau

    In tonight's edition, in Guinea-Bissau soldiers take to state TV claiming they’ve deposed the president Umaro Sissoco Embaló and shut down the country.

    Also, Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu declares a nationwide security emergency.

    And Benin’s former star striker Mickaël Poté is shaping the next generation of football elite in the country.

  • New York Times ☛ What the Pentagon’s Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea

    The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs. But they tell only part of the story.

  • New York Times ☛ Minority Alawites Protest in Syria After Sectarian Attacks

    The demonstrations followed unrest over the weekend in Homs, Syria’s third-largest city, which set off reprisal attacks on Alawites, a community once favored by the ousted Assad regime.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Marcy Wheeler ☛ The Dim Philby Leaks

      The release of transcripts showing that the Ukraine "piece" plan that Convicted Felon claimed to be his own was in fact simply the Russian plan could have the same effect the discovery of Mike Flynn's back channel in 2016 did.

    • RFERL ☛ White House Envoy Witkoff To Head To Moscow Next Week For Ukraine Peace Talks, Kremlin Says

      White House envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow next week, the Kremlin said, amid accelerating efforts to cement a US-backed peace proposal that many Ukrainians -- and European leaders -- are wary of.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian FM urges tougher US stance on Russia as peace plan advances

      Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys on Wednesday urged the United States to take a harder line on Russia as Washington advances a plan aimed at ending Moscow’s war against Ukraine.

    • France24 ☛ What we know about the revised US plan for peace in Ukraine

      As negotiations to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine gather pace, FRANCE 24 explains what we know about the latest version of the peace deal, drafted by officials from Ukraine, Europe and the US. Moscow has yet to issue an official response to the revised plan, which is thought to scrap some of the Kremlin's maximalist demands.

    • France24 ☛ 'For a very long time, Ukrainians have suspected that Steve Witkoff was working for the Russians'

      Russia will make no big concessions on a peace plan for Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday, after a leaked recording of a call involving U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff showed he had advised Moscow on how to pitch to The Insurrectionist. FRANCE 24's Kyiv correspondent Gulliver Cragg says the leaks may stoke suspicions long held by Ukrainians that Witkoff was working for the Russians.

    • Site36 ☛ Frontex and Europol: EU agencies to have role in member states’ drone defence

      The EU is planning new structures to counter unmanned aerial vehicles. Frontex could receive an expanded mandate for this purpose. Europol warns of increasing use by organised and state actors. At the beginning of October, EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner announced that Frontex could in future play a role in drone defence.

    • European Commission ☛ Speech by President von der Leyen at the EP plenary debate on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine

    • European Commission ☛ Statement by Commissioner Dombrovskis at the European Parliament plenary debate on the EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania seeks EU sanctions on Belarus over smuggling balloons

      Lithuania is pushing the European Union to impose new sanctions on Belarus, targeting nitrogen fertiliser imports, the aviation sector, and other economic activities, Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Wednesday.

    • Meduza ☛ Leaked recordings show Witkoff coached Kremlin advisers on how to approach Trump over Ukraine — Bloomberg — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ What do the Witkoff–Ushakov and Ushakov–Dmitriev transcripts reveal about U.S.–Russian negotiations? Who leaked them — and why? — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Leaked calls between Steve Witkoff and Putin’s advisers raise new questions about Trump’s ‘peace plan.’ Here’s how the world is reacting. — Meduza

    • Meduza ☛ Russian prosecutors seeking 25-year prison sentence for physicist who donated to Ukrainian charities — Meduza

    • New York Times ☛ Crunchtime for Europe on Ukraine

      Hell Toupée’s peace plan is forcing the continent to confront some hard choices about military power.

    • New York Times ☛ Differences Over Health Care and Ukraine Roil a Chaotic G.O.P. Congress

      Republican lawmakers and the White House have unloaded on one another as post-shutdown tension over policy and performance spreads across Capitol Hill.

    • New York Times ☛ Top U.S. Negotiator Warned Europeans That Russia Is Stockpiling Missiles

      Daniel P. Driscoll, the U.S. Army secretary, used the growing threat from Moscow as a way to sell a quick peace deal unfavorable to Ukraine.

    • New York Times ☛ U.S. Army Secretary’s Unusual Role in Ukraine Peace Negotiations

      Daniel Driscoll has met with Ukrainian and Russian officials during a whirlwind of trips as the Convicted Felon administration pushes its latest proposal.

    • CS Monitor ☛ Differing Ukraine peace plans point to strains in the Western alliance

      Washington’s alliance with its Western allies is under strain from Hell Toupée’s ambiguity over who is responsible for the war in Ukraine.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia will consider removal of railway tracks leading to Russia

      The Latvian government is considering the complete removal of sections of railway line leading into Russia, it was confirmed November 26th following the weekly official conversation between President Edgars Rinkēvičs and Prime Minister Evika Siliņa.

    • Latvia ☛ Russian-language media will remain in Latvia despite radio channel switch-off, says regulator

      Āboliņš called the termination of LR4's operations one of the most important changes in the Latvian electronic media environment, because "public money will no longer be used to pay for content in Russian."

    • Atlantic Council ☛ What prolonged Russian aggression against Europe could mean for the Balkans

      The prospect of a prolonged, wider European war in the coming years is reshaping strategic calculations throughout the Balkans.

    • LRT ☛ Firms prep for mandatory Lithuanian language proficiency for employees

      Yulia has worked for several years at a Rimi supermarket and used to speak mostly Russian before starting to learn Lithuanian.

    • France24 ☛ Russian nationals among 4 people arrested in France over espionage probe

      French authorities have detained members of a pro-Russia support group and accused them of intelligence-gathering for a foreign power. The SOS Donbass group was set up in France in 2022. Its founder, a dual French-Russian national, was among four people taken into custody. FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks with Ryhor Nizhnikau, Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

    • Meduza ☛ Russian neurotechnology company says it can steer pigeon flocks with implanted brain chips — Meduza

    • New York Times ☛ The Question Hanging Over Peace Talks: What Will Putin Accept?

      A U.S. proposal may cross a number of red lines for the Russian leader, who sees little to lose and much potentially to gain from continuing to fight.

    • NYPost ☛ Vladimir Putin’s cringy 2026 propaganda calendar shows Russian leader body slamming judo partner, driving snow mobile

      In the calendar, Mr. January-through-December is seen shaking hands with adoring constituents (August), ruggedly hiking (July) and skillfully playing piano in a suit  and tie (June).

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea's fourth space rocket launch successful, sends satellites into orbit

      South Korea successfully launched its fourth homegrown space rocket Nuri on Thursday and put more than a dozen satellites into orbit, a live stream on YouTube by Korea Aerospace Research Institute showed, marking the country's first launch jointly conducted with a private company.

    • European Commission ☛ Statement by Commissioner Kubilius at the Opening Session of the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level - "Elevating the Future of Europe through Space"

    • Hackaday ☛ Chinese Regulators May Kill Retractable Car Door Handles That Never Should Have Existed

      Headlights. Indicators. Trunk releases. Seatbelts. Airbags. Just about any part of a car you can think of is governed by a long and complicated government regulation. It’s all about safety, ensuring that the car-buying public can trust that their vehicles won’t unduly injure or maim them in regular operation, or in the event of accident.

    • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.

      The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • Mexico News Daily ☛ Whale-watching season begins along Mexico’s southwestern coast

      Whale-watching tours are easy to find up and down the coast, but observers are required to adhere to guidelines designed to respect the animals' customs and care for their young.

  • Overpopulation

    • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea sees largest increase in births in 18 years

      The number of babies born in the first nine months is up 12,488 from the same period in 2024.

• Finance

  • France24 ☛ UK unveils tax-raising budget as growth downgraded

    Britain's centre-left Labour government unveiled a tax-raising budget Wednesday to curb debt and fund public services -- and said the country would grow less than expected over the coming years. Ahead of the budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to reduce National Health Service waiting times and ease a prolonged cost-of-living crisis, hoping to strengthen Labour's appeal as hard-right Reform UK gains momentum in the polls. FRANCE 24's Benedicte Paviot has more from London.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia's anti-graft agency to probe bribery allegations against PM's former aide

    Malaysia's anti-graft agency will investigate bribery allegations made against a former senior aide to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who has faced questions over his commitment to tackling corruption since coming to office three years ago.

  • Science Alert ☛ Scientists Reveal What Black Friday Is Doing to Your Brain

    It's a psychological event.

  • Digital Music News ☛ StubHub Hit with First of Many Class Action Lawsuits After Post-IPO Stock Price Plunges

    StubHub faces a class action lawsuit from investors alleging the company hid key cash flow changes relating to its post-IPO stock price plunge. A shareholder class action lawsuit has been filed against StubHub following its post-IPO stock price plunge.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Overseas-based Tokyo condo buyers doubled in first half of 2025: Govt survey

    The majority of buyers were registered in Taiwan and some were from Singapore.

  • France24 ☛ Belgium face third day of national strike

    Belgium’s third and final day of a national strike on Wednesday grounded most flights at Brussels Airport and disrupted public transport. The unions protest Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s pension and labor reforms, with Charleroi Airport also warning of major disruptions.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • CS Monitor ☛ What Pooh-tin hopes to gain from tapping into his predecessor’s legacy

    What does it mean when Pooh-tin Jinping – China’s strongman leader – praises Hu Yaobang, the liberal reformer whose sudden death sparked the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests? Our reporter asks sinologists who study Chinese leaders.

  • The Straits Times ☛ India lodges strong protest with China over detention of Indian woman

    The woman said she was not allowed to board her onward flight to Japan and was held for 18 hours.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China protests US move to restrict visas for Central Americans with Beijing ties

    China on Wednesday accused the United States of violating the United Nations Charter after Washington announced a visa policy that targeted people from Central American countries who work with Beijing.

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • BIA Net ☛ Trans activist Janset Kalan sentenced for 'obscenity' over photo showing 'cleavage'

    "That’s the alleged crime: my legs and cleavage are visible. It’s horrifying. If this continues, no one will be able to wear a mini dress, spaghetti straps, bikinis, or go to the beach," said Kalan.

  • New York Times ☛ Larry Bushart Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme. He Went to Jail for 37 Days.

    The best way to honor Charlie Kirk is not to criminalize speech.

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • The Straits Times ☛ Thousands of trade union workers protest against India’s new labour codes

    Unions say the reforms to labour laws will hurt workers’ rights.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • AccessNow ☛ Joint civil society statement on outcomes of the UNGA 80 Third Committee

  • APNIC ☛ [Podcast] Adjusting for data source bias in Internet measurements

    Emile Aben from RIPE NCC discusses AS Hegemony, and Internet outage analysis using BGP data from RIPE's RIS and Atlas with novel visualization techniques.

• Digital Restrictions (DRM)

  • Digital Music News ☛ Despite Acquittals, 50 Cent-Produced ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Moves Forward On Netflix

    50 Cent’s scathing four-part Diddy documentary debuts on DRM spreader Netflix on December 2, despite Combs’ acquittal of the most serious charges against him.

  • Digital Music News ☛ 90s Sensation 4 Non Blondes are Back and Selling Out Shows, Thanks to TikTok

    90s alt-rock group 4 Non Blondes are blowing up in a big way after a TikTok-based resurgence. Now they’re selling out shows scheduled for next month.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Patents

  • Unified Patents ☛ DynaIP entity, WirelessWerx IP, geotracking patent monopoly confirmed invalid by PTAB

    On November 24, 2025, the PTAB confirmed the final rejection of all challenged claims in the ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent 7,317,927, owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity.

  • Kangaroo Courts

    • JUVE ☛ Merz fails with PI request in first-ever SPC case against Viatris

      Viatris can continue to sell its generic drug Fampridin Viatris in France for the time being. This is the result of a recent judgment by the Paris local division in PI proceedings between Merz and Viatris (case ID: UPC_CFI_697/2025). The Paris judges decided that Merz’s PI request came too late to justify an injunction.

    • JUVE ☛ Amgen prevails over Sanofi at UPC Court of Appeal with Brinkhof and Bardehle [Ed: Unlawful and unconstitutional court promoted by a site paid to promote it by those who undermine laws]

      The European Patent Office ruled in April 2025 that Amgen’s EP 3 666 797 is valid as granted. The UPC central division Munich had invalidated EP 797 in summer 2024. For over a year, Amgen and Sanofi, embroiled in a long-running dispute over their cholesterol-lowering drugs Praluent and Repatha, faced conflicting decisions.

  • Software Patents

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ The U.S. patent monopoly for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996 — laid the foundations for peer-to-peer music sharing, iTunes, and today's streaming services

      On this day in 1996, a freshly inked U.S. patent monopoly quietly laid the cornerstone of the digital music revolution.

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB Posts December 2025 Hearing Schedule

    The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled two oral hearings for the month of December 2025. Both will be held in-person in the Madison East Building, 600 Dulany Street 9th Floor (Hearing Room C), Alexandria, VA. Briefs and other papers for the case may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTAB Deputy Chief Judge Thomas V. Shaw Retires

    Deputy Chief Judge Thomas. V. Shaw has retired. Judge Shaw was appointed to the Board in 2011, after serving as service as a Trademark Examining Attorney, Senior Attorney, Managing Attorney, and Associate Solicitor at the USPTO. Judge Melanye K. Johnson has assumed the role of Deputy Chief Judge.

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ Death Metal Band Vitriol Breaks Up Mid Tour—Leaves Lead Singer At A Gas Station

    A death metal band from Portland, OR is no more after the members had an explosive falling out. Vitriol guitarist Keith Merrow, bassist Brett Leier, and drummer Andy Vincenzetti all three say they quit because of a dispute with their frontman Kyle Rasmussen.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Nicki Minaj Faces Seizure of $20 Million Home to Cover Security Guard Damages Payment; Federal Judge Wants to Look at Mortgage Paperwork Next

    A judge is ready to force the sale of Nicki Minaj’s $20 million mansion to pay a former security guard the $500,000 judgement he is owed.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Why Is Red Bull Records Winding Down? A Look at the Brand’s Broader Cultural Pullback

    Red Bull’s retreat from music and gaming looks less like a blip and more like a strategic reset as the company clips its own cultural wings. Over the last six years, Red Bull has wound down its label, academy, radio, studios, and several gaming experiments.