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  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159297 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:36:14


  • #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159298 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:37:36


  • #RaspberryPi and #Debian Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159299 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:37:58


  • The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part XXXIX to be published tomorrow. Another long part regarding #slovenia    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:47:46


  • Yawn. MAGATRON. New words, more scare, still not offering proper solutions to it, just more #patent #cartel stuff. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/12/03/moh-identifies-50-countries-posing-risk-of-omicron-spread/2025567    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:49:29


  • RMS says open-source is not nearly open enough and worse, masquerades as free software. Which, he says, it most definitively is not. https://gigaom.com/2013/08/06/hactivist-richard-stallman-takes-on-proprietary-software-saas-and-open-source/ #openwashing    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:50:15


  • Over at #watchtroll Jonathan Stroud admits that #patentTrolls now target charities as well. But Watchtroll is still boosting and shilling for these trolls. Something about "innovation"...? http://techrights.org/wiki/Watchtroll    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:52:50


  • #watchtroll says #microsoft Vidal "Supports Iancu’s 101 Guidance ‘In Principle’". I think we have established it's a pro #swpats Microsoft 'mole' of sorts... http://techrights.org/2021/11/29/microsoft-vidal/ more context: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Andrei_Iancu    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:56:36


  • Most of the articles in #watchtroll have zero comments. It's going down the drain thankfully... and won't be missed for its #patent extremism http://techrights.org/wiki/Watchtroll    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:57:37


  • #epo propagandist #JamesNurton says "Go Ahead for #UnitaryPatent and UPC", but this is more of the same old fiction and lies. See http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/ #unifiedpatentcourt    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 00:58:52


  • #teamUPC now uses the strategy of provoking with deliberate lies, hoping to trigger its opponents (the realists, the law-abiding ones) and then give the false impression of being "right" and "cool". Old strategy: http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent @zoobab    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 01:00:56


  • #AlexGraveley has "deleted or deactivated his twitter account." He lost. Background: 1) http://techrights.org/2021/12/08/protecting-graveley-at-microsoft/ and 2) http://techrights.org/2021/12/15/microsoft-assists-perpetrators-of-domestic-violence/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 01:04:00


  • Straw https://i.redd.it/kxlzs5fs0f841.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:38:15


  • #Microsoft ’s Chief Architect of GitHub Copilot, Balabhadra (Alex) Graveley, Deletes His #Twitter Account a Month After His “Best Friend” #NatFriedman Exited #GitHub http://techrights.org/2021/12/18/balabhadra-alex-graveley-self-cancels/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:38:30


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, December 18, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:39:17


  • #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:39:30


  • 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, December 18, 2021 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/irc-log-181221/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/irc-log-181221/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:39:45


  • The violent and dangerous man has deleted or deactivated his Twitter account. Docket due this coming Monday. http://techrights.org/2021/12/18/balabhadra-alex-graveley-self-cancels/ #github #microsoft #mono #deletegithub #twitter    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:40:19


  • Getting Nostalgic With Common Desktop Environment on a Modern Linux Distro • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159300 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:42:33


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159301 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:43:07


  • ● NEWS ● #CarlSchwan ☞ More KDE apps https://carlschwan.eu/2021/12/18/more-kde-apps/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:51:04


  • #ReactOS 0.4.14 "Open-Source Windows" OS Brings Many Improvements https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ReactOS-0.4.14-Released    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:51:55


  • ● NEWS ● #UnixSheikh #WebBrowsers ☞ So-called modern web developers are the culprits https://unixsheikh.com/articles/so-called-modern-web-developers-are-the-culprits.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:53:06


  • ● NEWS ● #VideoLAN ☞ #VLC and #log4j http://www.videolan.org/news.html#news-2021-12-15    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:54:39


  • ● NEWS ● #YarmoMachenbach ☞ My 2020s Christmas Gift Pledge https://yarmo.eu/blog/2020s-christmas-gift-pledge/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:56:51


  • ● NEWS ● #Quillette #Education ☞ Academic Ideologues Are Corrupting STEM. The Silent Liberal Majority Must Fight Back https://quillette.com/2021/12/18/scientists-must-gain-the-courage-to-oppose-the-politicization-of-their-disciplines/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 08:59:54


  • ● NEWS ● #HindustanTimes #Hardware ☞ USB cable that kills your laptop when removed! https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/usb-cable-that-kills-your-laptop-when-removed-71639830518828.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:00:31


  • ● NEWS ● #DNAIndia #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ DNA Explainer: What is Personal Data Protection Bill and its impact on #socialcontrolmedia https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dna-explainer-what-is-personal-data-protection-bill-its-impact-on-social-media-joint-parliamentary-committee-2924358    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:01:48


  • ● NEWS ● #ICC #Zimbabwe ☞ Jihadists Decapitate Pastor, Force Wife to Carry His Severed Head https://www.persecution.org/2021/12/17/jihadists-decapitate-pastor-force-wife-carry-severed-head/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:04:30


  • ● NEWS ● #BlueSkyPublications #Mozambique ☞ HRW: 600 women, girls kidnapped by Mozambique jihadists since 2018 https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/hrw-600-women-girls-kidnapped-by-mozambique-jihadists-since-2018/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:04:47


  • ● NEWS ● #MEForum #canada ☞ #Quebec Teacher's Removal Reignites Hijab Debate https://www.meforum.org/62877/quebec-teacher-removal-reignites-hijab-debate    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:05:13


  • ● NEWS ● #BillBC #Energy ☞ #BBC #Bitcoin mining report used in [cryptocurrency]-scam https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59659881    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:05:59


  • ● NEWS ● #Bitcoin #Energy ☞ #China Censors [Cryptocurrency]-Themed Short Videos Shared Online https://news.bitcoin.com/china-censors-crypto-themed-short-videos-shared-online/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:06:08


  • ● NEWS ● #MexicoNewsDaily #Nature #Wildlife ☞ #Monarchbutterfly numbers are up this year at Mexico’s largest sanctuary https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/monarch-butterfly-numbers-up-sanctuary/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:07:27


  • ● NEWS ● #MITTechnologyReview #Finance ☞ The [Internet] runs on free open-source software. Who pays to fix it? https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/12/17/1042692/log4j-internet-open-source-hacking/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:09:23


  • ● NEWS ● #ABC #Politics ☞ Americans Like What’s In The Build Back Better Act. They’re Lukewarm On The Bill Itself. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-like-whats-in-the-build-back-better-act-theyre-lukewarm-on-the-bill-itself/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:23:25


  • ● NEWS ● #GadgetsNow #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ #Facebook bans Delhi-based IT firm for [cracking] accounts of government officials, journalists and others https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/facebook-bans-delhi-based-it-firm-for-hacking-accounts-of-government-officials-journalists-and-others/articleshow/88351602.cms    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:24:11


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ Fox News’ Legal Jeopardy Is Real, but Not for the Most Cited Reasons https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fox-news-defamation-ruling-1235064346/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:24:21


  • ● NEWS ● #ICC #Censorship ☞ #Indonesia Christian Charged for #Blasphemy for Offensive #Twitter Post https://www.persecution.org/2021/12/16/indonesian-christian-charged-blasphemy-offensive-twitter-post/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:25:00


  • ● NEWS ● #UnionOfCatholicAsianNews #Censorship ☞ #Indonesia Christian in blasphemy storm for #Twitter 'insult' https://www.ucanews.com/news/indonesian-christian-in-blasphemy-storm-for-twitter-insult/95382    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:25:12


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #PressFreedom ☞ #YouTube TV loses #ESPN , other #Disney networks after failing to reach new deal https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/18/22836949/disney-youtube-tv-channels-deal    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:34:00


  • ● NEWS ● #NBC #PressFreedom #china #cn ☞ A reporter risked her life to show the world Covid in #Wuhan . Now she may not survive jail. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/china/reporter-zhang-zhan-risked-life-show-world-covid-wuhan-now-may-not-sur-rcna9212    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:34:33


  • ● NEWS ● #Alabama ☞ Man stopped wife from driving drunk. #Police charged him when she died walking home https://www.al.com/news/2021/12/man-stopped-wife-from-driving-drunk-police-charged-him-when-she-died-walking-home.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:36:03


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ YouTube TV Loses ABC, ESPN and Other Disney-Owned Channels After Failed Contract Negotiations https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-tv-loses-disney-owned-channels-failed-contract-negotiations-1235064931/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:36:44


  • ● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ Widow Ordered to Pay Thousands for Attempting to Sell Husband’s Eric Clapton Bootleg https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/german-woman-fined-eric-clapton-bootleg-ebay-1273130/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 09:36:58


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #covid19 ☞ Opinion | The Dangerous Myth That 'Natural Immunity' Is Superior to Covid #Vaccination https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/18/dangerous-myth-natural-immunity-superior-covid-vaccination    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:50:31


  • ● NEWS ● #RobertReich #Finance ☞ Psst: You want to know what’s really driving inflation? (Not what the Fed thinks it is.) https://robertreich.org/post/670923683263627264    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:51:00


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Child Tax Credit Set to End, Potentially Pushing Millions of Kids Into #Poverty https://truthout.org/articles/child-tax-credit-set-to-end-potentially-pushing-millions-of-kids-into-poverty/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:51:32


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Sci-Hub Founder: Academic Publishers Are the Real Threat to Science, Not #SciHub https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-founder-academic-publishers-are-the-real-threat-to-science-not-sci-hub/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:52:31


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #Malaysia Passes Bill to Imprison Illegal Streaming Pirates For Up To 20 Years https://torrentfreak.com/malaysia-passes-bill-to-imprison-illegal-streaming-pirates-for-up-to-20-years-211218/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:52:45


  • old: #china #censorship #crime #microsoft https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsofts-bing-temporarily-blocked-searches-of-tiananmen-square-tank-man-image-11622845011 #wsj paywall    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:55:06


  • old: #facebook #crimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/technology/facebook-whistleblower-employees.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:55:22


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Sawant ☞ Kshama Sawant Emerges Victorious From Disingenuous Recall Attempt https://truthout.org/articles/kshama-sawant-emerges-victorious-from-disingenuous-recall-attempt/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:56:21


  • ● NEWS ● #AralBalkan ☞ The Three Laws of Personal Devices https://ar.al/2021/12/18/the-three-laws-of-personal-devices/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:57:01


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Climate ☞ 2021 Arctic Report Card Tells a Human Story of Cascading Climate Disruption https://truthout.org/articles/2021-arctic-report-card-tells-a-human-story-of-cascading-climate-disruption/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 10:57:37


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Backs Out of Negotiations to Compensate Separated Migrant Families https://truthout.org/articles/biden-backs-out-of-negotiations-to-compensate-separated-migrant-families/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:00:44


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Iran ☞ Opinion | Threatening War With Iran Won't Save the Nuclear Deal https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/18/threatening-war-iran-wont-save-nuclear-deal    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:02:09


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #USPS ☞ Congress Could Make the Holidays Happier for USPS with the Postal Reform Act https://truthout.org/articles/congress-could-make-the-holidays-happier-for-usps-with-the-postal-reform-act/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:03:01


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ 56 Migrant Deaths in Chiapas Were Due to Border Crackdown, Not An “Accident” https://truthout.org/articles/56-migrant-deaths-in-chiapas-were-due-to-border-crackdown-not-an-accident/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:10:53


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Inflation ☞ Opinion | Taming Inflation Can Be Worse Than Inflation https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/18/taming-inflation-can-be-worse-inflation    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:12:31


  • #FSF Adopts A Board Member Agreement, Code of Ethics For Board Members - SoylentNews ⚓ https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/12/17/1757228 ䷉ #soylentnews http://techrights.org/2021/12/16/fsf-code-of-ethics/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:13:38


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Rare Unionizing Opportunity in Big Box and Retail Chains https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/18/rare-unionizing-opportunity-big-box-and-retail-chains    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:14:18


  • #idg giving bad advice: stay with #backdoors https://www.pcworld.com/article/559932/windows-11-slow-ssd-performance-fix-update.html yes, that fix is Linux Mint : https://linuxmint.com/download.php    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:15:03


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | If Our Stories Set Us Apart, We Need to Create New Ones https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/18/if-our-stories-set-us-apart-we-need-create-new-ones    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:25:34


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ US Senate Recesses for the Year Without Build Back Better, #Voting Rights https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/18/us-senate-recesses-year-without-build-back-better-voting-rights    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:26:42


  • Blender As A Video Editor? It’s Actually Really Good! ⚓ https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/blender-as-a-video-editor-it's-actually:8 ䷉ #DistroTube    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:27:14


  • Unite as a political power, #Owaisi urges UP’s Muslims | India News,The Indian Express ⚓ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/political-power-owaisi-up-muslims-7679489/ ䷉ #indianexpress    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:27:49


  • #iran #humanrights https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/lesbian-activist-arrested-in-iran-faces-death-penalty/208023    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:28:13


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ NY TIMES: US Hid True Toll of Air Wars; Thousands of Dead Civilians, Many of Them Children https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/18/ny-times-us-hid-true-toll-air-wars-thousands-dead-civilians-many-them-children    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:29:18


  • 'Marriage at early age prevents girls going wayward': UP cleric on proposal to raise marriageable age to 21 | India News ⚓ https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/marriage-at-early-age-prevents-girls-going-wayward-up-cleric-on-proposal-to-raise-marriageable-age-to/841384 ䷉ #timesnownews    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:38:47


  • old: ‘They Cannot Burn Jesus Out of Me’: Mozambique Pastors Min...... | News & Reporting | Christianity Today ⚓ https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/august/mozambique-insurgency-attacks-cabo-delgado-pastors-minister.html ䷉ #christianitytoday    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:40:34


  • Rethinking Asylum on a Warming Planet | World Report 2021 ⚓ https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/essay/rethinking-asylum-on-warming-planet ䷉ #hrw    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:42:22


  • Over time more people will understand #linuxfoundation is a scan. #irs should see the same https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/linux-foundation-spends-just-3-4-of-its-money-on-linux-4175705097/#5 also: http://techrights.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation#December_2021    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:43:14


  • After banning cinema for decades, Saudi Arabia is making movies | The Economist ⚓ https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/12/18/after-banning-cinema-for-decades-saudi-arabia-is-making-movies ䷉ #economist    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 11:44:21


  • #dailyfail on #Mozambique ⚓ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10321663/amp/ISIS-linked-extremists-decapitate-Christian-pastor.html ䷉    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:03:40


  • Glyn Moody: "If You Think #Facebook is Bad for #Privacy " - Mastodon ⚓ https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/107457556960058215 ䷉ #glynmoody    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:04:19


  • #CCPA #Princeton https://freeradical.zone/@tek/107464755082061169    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:07:40


  • ""This apple is rotten to its core" - @aral nailing the zero f*cks given attitude by Apple. They do not give a damn about their developers, nor their users. They do not give a damn about humanty." https://bsd.network/@h3artbl33d/107457751164265143    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:08:48


  • " #Princeton and the researchers need to be hauled over the coals for this. Even Mike Godwin commented it was unethical." https://chaos.social/@onepict/107467914104693322    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:09:50


  • "That study should never had had the go ahead. It wasted people's time, money and peace of mind. It undermines these laws and their processes. Crying wolf." That study should never had had the go ahead. It wasted people's time, money and peace of mind. It undermines these laws and their processes. Crying wolf." https://chaos.social/@onepict/107467849646187137    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:11:53


  • "The problem we have is that in virtual space, we cannot currently protect the integrity of the individual. Any system built upon this premise will not have a society, it will have an autocracy." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/107470163315035767    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:14:34


  • " I do would like a place to store my readings but truth be told, it's too much admin, logging in and marking books as read. Right now, if I like a book I read, I'll add it to my website. And that feels like the right amount of effort." https://fosstodon.org/@yarmo/107461587244705186    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:15:48


  • "They mentioned TWICE the 2016 election. Also mentioned that it's irrelevant for the case, but still had to mention it" https://x0f.org/@FreePietje/107470627836150376    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:16:55


  • Kamehameha!! #PCB Badge | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/19/kamehameha-pcb-badge/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:20:22


  • #Ubuntu Primer and Dual Booting • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159302 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:42:36


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159303 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:42:46


  • #Programming and the #WWW • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159304 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:43:00


  • Links 19/12/2021: Lots of #FUD and Scares • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/fud-and-scares/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/fud-and-scares/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:48:16


  • #FUD and Proprietary Software Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159305 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:48:26


  • Criminals love #greenwashing ... sure, we break the law, but we care about the world https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2019/20191022.html #epo #corruption    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:50:33


  • #ChristianArchambeau still tagging along. #euipo as corruption branch of #epo https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2019/20190927.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:52:12


  • #patent extemists and profiteers still hope for computer-generated #patents -- a truly ludicrous idea in violation og the spirit of patent #law -- will give them more "business" (lawsuits) https://hsfnotes.com/ip/2021/10/13/uk-court-of-appeal-dismisses-dabus-appeal-on-ai-as-patent-inventor-but-dissenting-judgment-leaves-room-for-possible-supreme-court-appeal/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:55:15


  • #Patent profiteers looking to scuttle #PTAB just because it thwarts lots of #fakepatents https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ptab-overlooks-rehearing-consequences-and-swings-rehearing-door-wide-open    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:56:29


  • "In 2013, Beasley filed a petition with the TTAB to cancel Howard’s mark, arguing that Howard had defrauded the PTO." https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ttab-cancellation-proceedings-not-preclusive-district-court-even-between-same    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:57:38


  • Going through many old #upc articles and they really did NOT age well. #unifiedpatentcourt of #unitarypatent boosters (I call them #teamUPC collectively) have a long, long history of lying and fabrication; we must assume they still do the same.    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 12:59:50


  • #teamUPC is time-wasting and provoking by lying. I reckon they can make money by selling snakeoil #patents to firms/people whom they lie to (about #unifiedpatentcourt or #unitarypatent prospects), so they have an incentive to keep on lying.    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:02:01


  • Same court that shot down #swpats in #europe despite the corrupt #epo granting them everywhere, inc. #france ? https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/spcs-paris-court-confirms-interpretation-cjeu-royalty-pharma-test    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:03:25


  • Asking those who stand to profit from #patent #litigation what they think about the future (in spite of the conflict of interest) https://www.eip.com/global/updates/podcasts/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:05:45


  • What happens when putting litigation and embargo agenda well ahead of science, due process etc. https://www.natlawreview.com/article/how-fast-patent-prosecution-highway-china    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:06:48


  • "Contrary to the case law of the European #Patent Office (EPO), the patentability of a dosage regime remains unsettled." #epo breaks the #law to amass and then steal money https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=09c9843c-618f-4eb3-9376-b6e6dcc56774    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:08:36


  • They've only bothered validating two #patents , perhaps knowing the others are likely fake, bogus, invalid https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/clene-nanomedicine-s-patent-portfolio-grows-to-more-than-150-issued-worldwide-including-two-key-patents-now-validated-across-europe/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:11:29


  • #worldtrademarkreview is #spamfarm or #webspam for #litigation firms, with ads disguised as pages or resources e.g. https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/organisation/boehmert-boehmert    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:13:23


  • #worldtrademarkreview is also a #spamfarm of #euipo so it has ridiculous puff pieces like https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/authors/antonio-campinos whitewashing crooks. http://techrights.org/wiki/António_Campinos    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:14:16


  • "Bushy plant growth is not an invention" https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9382856/bushy-plant-growth-is-not-an-invention/ #patent #patents #epo #corruption    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:14:57


  • #Criminals who have hijacked the #EPO are #greenwashing again; it's a deflection PR strategy https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211217.html see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/epo-greenwashing-stunts/ "European Green Deal" LOL    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:17:35


  • Trolling the courts repeatedly (for media coverage) will just waste courts' time https://www.mathys-squire.com/insights-and-events/news/uk-court-of-appeal-confirms-ai-cannot-be-named-as-inventor-on-patent-applications/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:23:32


  • This is just common sense; not blinded by buzzwords and mindless hype https://www.penningtonslaw.com/news-publications/latest-news/2021/uk-court-dismisses-dabus-an-ai-machine-cannot-be-an-inventor #patents    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:24:27


  • [Older] Homage to #patent #monopolies that needlessly kill millions of humans in the name of greater corporate profits https://www.natlawreview.com/article/patents-humanity-uspto-recognizes-innovation-relating-to-covid-19 #uspto calling it "Patents for Humanity" must be some sick satire    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:26:51


  • #Sareum seems to be unaware of the collapse of #patent quality at the EPO; Many of today's European #Patents are #fakepatents https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sareum-holdings-shares-rise-after-european-patent-notice-271639557515 https://www.asktraders.com/analysis/sareum-share-price-surged-10-2-on-european-patent-office-notice-is-it-a-buy/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:30:36


  • #USPTO as prisoner of #microsoft https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/more-paper-patents.html see http://techrights.org/2021/11/20/microsoft-captured-uspto/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:31:55


  • #UnifiedPatentCourt is a Fake Common Court and Violates CJEU’s Jurisprudence of the Last 10 Years, Will Explode at launch, Says Professor Jaeger • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/ ䷉ #Techrights #UPC #unitarypatent #epo | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:43:11


  • GNU World Order 439: "Listener feedback, and a look at Bitkeeper, the version control system that compelled Linus Torvalds to create Git." http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_439_ogg.ogg    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:48:56


  • "Smart" + #greenwashing (solar) ...plus.... BRIBED-for 'reviews' ("the company has just sent me...") https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/12/19/reolink-go-plus-4g-smart-security-camera-with-solar-panel-unboxing-and-first-setup/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:50:13


  • Larabel has "confirmation that the lead developer and architect for Intel's Linux Vulkan driver has left the company." INTEL IS COLLAPSING. The engineers FLEE> See these leaks: http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:54:00


  • "We have just made the next Gen of MakuluLinux Shift Live, Please make sure to Read the updated release notes and grab your copy below, or from the Shift section above." http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2021/12/19/makululinux-shift-next-gen-is-live/ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157262#comment-32199    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:57:06


  • "The #UnifiedPatentCourt ( #UPC ) is a court outside of the design of the European Union, and won’t survive a legal challenge at the European Court of Justice ( #CJEU ), says Pr Thomas Jaeger, legal researcher at the University of #Vienna " http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:58:08


  • #FreeSoftware #filesharing with this GNU/Linux tool | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/12/file-sharing-linux-samba ䷉ #FreeSW #GNU #Linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:59:04


  • My favorite #MyPaint features for digital painting | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/12/mypaint ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 13:59:37


  • #cars increasingly become an unacceptable risk to #humanRights https://hackaday.com/2021/12/18/when-does-car-hacking-become-tampering-the-british-government-seeks-guidance/ see http://techrights.org/2021/07/06/automobile-privacy-tax/ and http://techrights.org/2021/07/03/proprietary-software-inside-cars/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:00:59


  • Raku Advent Calendar: Day 19 – Let it Cro https://raku-advent.blog/2021/12/19/let-it-cro/ #rakulang #programming    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:02:49


  • #OpenDog Version 3 Is Ready To Go Walkies | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/18/opendog-version-3-is-ready-to-go-walkies/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:05:13


  • "This tutorial explores image classification in PyTorch using state-of-the-art computer vision models. The dataset used in this tutorial will have 3 classes that are very imbalanced. So, we will explore augmentation as a solution to the imbalance problem." https://www.nbshare.io/notebook/628144649/Stock-Charts-Detection-Using-Image-Classification-Model-ResNet/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:06:24


  • #CAFC Affirms #TTAB : "BF-7" Registration for Nutritional Supplements Invalid Due to Non-Ownership http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/cafc-affirms-ttab-bf-7-registration-for.html #trademark #trademarks    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:12:24


  • Clueless lawyers would call any computer program "Hey Hi" and lousy propaganda rags of the #EPO would print such foolishness in tact https://www.iam-media.com/how-ai-helps-cut-your-costs-not-your-confidence-during-due-diligence    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:14:56


  • The prime alternative to #patents https://loupedin.blog/2021/11/practicable-tips-for-trade-secret-protection-during-litigation-in-germany/ #de #germany    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:17:11


  • What challenges? They're been trying for over 7 years and got nowhere, creating phony controversies to protect #fakepatents https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/judge-rejects-latest-attack-ptab-discretionary-denials-other-challenges-loom see http://techrights.org/2017/08/30/attacks-on-ptab-intensify/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:19:58


  • I still get a kick out of last month's article by Viktor Gorshkov and Alexander Vladimirov suggesting that #patents are "among other fundamental human rights". WTH??? They're NOT rights, and certainly not "fundamental human rights". This is totally insane! Comedy!    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:21:26


  • Conspicuously missing is the mention of the massive controversy, as this Enlarged Board lacks autonomy and is basically an invalid #patent tribunal at this point https://www.williamspowell.com/news/plausibility-epo-stays-proceedings-in-view-of-enlarged-board-referral see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:24:58


  • #Patent #litigation fanatics don't let a raging #pandemic and poverty slow them down; they're as aggressive, dishonest, and exploitative as ever https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/thinking-positive/5110900.article    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:27:46


  • Whose shadow? https://i.redd.it/upxib72tfbx71.jpg   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:44:40


  • Convicted corrupt firm #MarksClerk lies about the UPC to sell a dud; the UPCA isn't legal and the UPC is promoted based on lies https://reacts.marks-clerk.com/post/102he5e/christmas-is-coming-for-the-upc-provisional-application-period see http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:48:32


  • "Unfortunately, many in the technology industries often start with a misguided mindset about what intellectual property represents." Pushing meaningless lies and misnomers to falsely associate #monopolies with "growth" (it does the exactly opposite) https://www.cohausz-florack.de/blog/artikel/ip-contested-technologies-and-the-freedom-to-grow/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:50:27


  • "Can you register a famous person’s name as your trademark without their consent?" Clear abuses of #trademark #law would lead to #trademarks being presumed invalid https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/section-lanham-amendment.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:52:20


  • Empty talk from, corrupt #EPO leadership about "improving #patent quality" while actively crushing it https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20211217a.html see http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:54:38


  • "There is nothing intelligent in AI, but it is certainly purely artificial." Superficial too. #buzzwords #hype #HeyHi http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/opinion-can-ai-system-be-inventor.html?showComment=1639419212496#c8846281535954961753    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:57:32


  • "But i would prefer to follow a debate about whether a machine can 8or ever will) experience the agonies of doubt." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/opinion-can-ai-system-be-inventor.html?showComment=1639412232873#c7972586518215140438    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 14:59:59


  • #patenttrolls #litigation firm that misuses the term "FRAND": "On December 6, the DOJ, the US Patent and Trademark Office, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a Draft Statement on Licensing Negotiations and Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary F/RAND Commitments" https://wilmerhalecommunications.com/26/4890/december-2021/the-antitruster--recent-antitrust-developments(1).asp?sid=f2e22d54-17cd-45a3-a0a9-608bed2638a5    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:02:42


  • #Sociopath Sen. Tillis, fronting for the #patent #cartel as usual, wants to kill millions of human beings by maintaining #monopolies on #vaccines etc. https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/12/sen-tillis-writes-to-us-trade-representative-again-regarding-trips-waiver.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:05:13


  • Lowing the standards of the #EU for the sake of money through domination, with #patents among the tools https://www.omfif.org/2021/12/fading-dreams-of-minsk-and-maastricht/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:07:05


  • Despite all the #openwashing #ETSI is like a #patent #cartel https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/paris-court-asserts-jurisdiction-in-philips-and-xiaomi-frand-dispute/ #linuxfoundation is a tool for neutralising communities, activists etc. @ffii @zoobab    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:09:37


  • Team UPC's #MatthieuDhenne ( #Ipsilon ) is once again lying when he says "The Unified Patent Jurisdiction is coming!" He knows he's lying, but this is part of the method. #unifiedpatentcourt #unitarypatent #teamupc http://techrights.org/2021/08/31/unified-patent-court-faking-it/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:27:36


  • #AlexanderRamsay has his lies reprinted by Christina Schulze; it's a shame because #ChristinaSchulze used to be a #journalism , not a media operative of #TeamUPC http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/ #unifiedpatentcourt #unitarypatent    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:29:24


  • #ThorstenBausch ( #HoffmannEitle ), longtime EPO critics, on admission by #EPO that it broke the law by sending judges to 'exile' http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/12/14/epos-boards-of-appeal-to-move-back-to-munich/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/16/latest-epo-damage-control/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:31:12


  • But of course BoA being brought back to #Munich will not address or tackle the rigging fiasco http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:32:30


  • #juve has long been a megaphone of #AlexanderRamsay and JUVE is just a #propagandaMill these days http://techrights.org/2021/08/31/unified-patent-court-faking-it/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:33:03


  • See the 17 comments here; no matter how much the #epo management lies and bribes the media, the "court of public opinion" made up its mind: EPO is corrupt, beyond redemption, no credibility http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/12/14/epos-boards-of-appeal-to-move-back-to-munich/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:41:12


  • After years of #MathieuKlos sucking up to #EPO management he still fails to note how much of a scandal is behind this https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/boards-of-appeal-to-move-back-to-munich-city-centre/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/16/latest-epo-damage-control/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:42:23


  • For anything resembling independence for #BoA #CarlJosefsson needs to go because he's the butlers of the EPO's president, he cannot challenge him http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:43:51


  • Bunny https://i.redd.it/8pn33pknpg841.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:48:08


  • Gofts https://i.redd.it/yez3fjusxs641.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:49:08


  • My suggestion to Florian @fosspatents Mueller is, don't use those spying disservices at all; better yet, get off Google (Gulag) as they're getting worse over time; don't wait till it's too late http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/new-delivery-rhythm-for-foss-patents.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:53:21


  • JUVE's editor #MathieuKlos posts #marketing #spam in 'article' clothing; this is what I mean when I say that over time more of the Web becomes little but a #spamfarm at information's expense https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/meissner-bolte-bolsters-team-with-renowned-lawyers-in-plant-variety-protection/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:55:32


  • Still wasting courts' time dealing with laughable debates like, is life and nature an invention? The #patent maximalists think #lobbying can defy logic and reason 100% of the time https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/12/sigma-aldrich-and-broad-propose-preliminary-motions-in-recent-crispr-interference-no-106133.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 15:58:18


  • No, #Australia just made itself like an utterly tactless and patently dumb country, that's all that happened... https://www.bioworld.com/articles/514275-top-trends-of-2021-will-australian-ruling-on-artificial-intelligence-as-inventor-be-a-trigger-for-others-to-follow-suit?v=preview #patent #patents #buzzwords #au    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:00:54


  • #ALTLinux 10.0-beta is out https://en.altlinux.org/Main_Page #russia #gnu #linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:10:06


  • ALT Linux 10.0 Beta announcement (in Russia) https://www.basealt.ru/about/news/archive/view/novye-vozmozhnosti-novykh-versii-os-alt-teper-oni-razvivajutsja-na-desjatoi-platforme-repozitorija-sizif #gnu #linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:10:50


  • A walk in the park in Saudi United's Allah James' Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwS4Elr3KJg   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:15:52


  • Forget About the locate Command, #plocate is a Much Faster Alternative ⚓ https://linuxiac.com/plocate-command/ ䷉ #linuxiac | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:17:20


  • #MXLinux 21 Review | Why THIS Is The #1 Ranked Linux Distro In The World? (UNDISPUTED) - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6MCOv8F49Fw ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:20:53


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159306 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:23:22


  • #Mycroft and #freesw win as more #swpats get binned https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/13/voice-tech-patent-held-invalid @zoobab http://techrights.org/2020/07/28/voice-tech-also-internet-troll/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:25:16


  • #Kernel: Linux 5.17 Stuff and People Keep Fleeing #Intel • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159307 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:26:18


  • #Openwashing of #patent #cartels or why the term "open" became more useless than just meaningless http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/open-ran-patent-pool-named-alium.html #cartel #patents    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 16:28:05


  • You Cannot Own a #Car Anymore... • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/louis-rossmann-car-ownership/ ䷉ #Techrights #Toyota #RightToRepair #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/louis-rossmann-car-ownership/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 17:19:53


  • Big-eyed cat, reality versus meme https://i.redd.it/1a19digc64581.png    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 17:26:43


  • Santa spelling https://de.catbox.moe/1zpgj8.jpg    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 17:28:39


  • Gottfried Schüll from this truly awful firm keeps spreading false 'news' about UPC, and basing things on a fake assumption https://www.cohausz-florack.de/blog/artikel/standard-essential-unitary-patents/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:18:17


  • It really ought to be noted that these tribunals are patently rigged, but #KilburnStrode LLP does not want you to know it because it profits from the #EPO 'coup' https://www.kilburnstrode.com/knowledge/european-ip/possible-new-referral-to-enlarged-board-of-appeal see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:20:15


  • The inevitable conflict between #designpatents and #trademarks http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/recommended-reading-germain-and-sitler.html see http://techrights.org/2018/08/02/design-patents-legitimacy/ #trademark    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:22:30


  • "Since the court considered the specialities of the exceptional drug supply procedure, the final verdict is an extremely important one serving to the effective protection of patent rights." [sic] Patents are not rights. https://www.mondaq.com/turkey/patent/1141638/permanent-injunction-on-the-infringing-pharmaceutical-products-on-the-npp-list    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:24:00


  • #IAM is once again spreading #fakenews as headlines; they never get tired because they're paid to spread these lies https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/what-you-need-know-the-upc-prepares-launch see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:26:07


  • his is false and it's what they've been saying in vain for at least 8 years https://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/all/The-Dawn-of-the-Unitary-Patent-Era-in-Europe see http://techrights.org/2020/10/08/wouter-pors-on-upc/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:27:44


  • #Hollywood or the #copyright #cartel writing Irish #copyright law through #Brussels https://www.mondaq.com/ireland/copyright/1134304/eu-copyright-directive-transposed-into-irish-law    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:29:11


  • 5 months ago we wrote about #privacy issues and safety issues associated with today’s (new) cars; it’s getting a lot worse before — if ever — it gets any better, as #LouisRossmann explains • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/louis-rossmann-car-ownership/ ䷉ #Techrights #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/louis-rossmann-car-ownership/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:30:30


  • "The ’782 #patent is directed to vehicle navigation systems that provide information about a route" = #swpats = #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/13/joao-entity-navblazers-patent-likely-invalid #ptab #uspto    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:31:35


  • Across the World, #Covid19 #Anxiety and Depression Take Hold - The New York Times ⚓ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/world/europe/covid-anxiety-depression-omicron.html ䷉ #nytimes    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:32:12


  • 52% increase this past week in #uk #covid19 cases, with worse toll in #london area (southeast)   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:33:44


  • "patent submission for the system has now been accepted by the European Patent Office, and if awarded it will be valid in 154 countries." https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/bolt-files-patent-for-new-tandem-riding-prevention-system-for-scooters.html Misses the point that #epo nowadays grants lots of fake #patents http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:35:29


  • #Patent litigation firm-funded #DennisCrouch is upset that #fakepatents on non-inventions are being throw out. He's paid to make up bogus scandals https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/what-level-abstraction.html see http://techrights.org/2018/03/19/finjan-berkheimer-and-aatrix/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:40:09


  • "This looks to me suspiciously like an artificially-created test case similar to the "Fuer Elise" case on musical trade marks. Is Frau Schmid a trade mark attorney or related to one? :-)" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/general-court-no-absolute-protection.html?showComment=1639761242537#c8232555399394454024    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:40:46


  • Crooks and charlatans explaining how to get away with software patents at the crooked EPO, mostly by misusing a bunch of meaningless buzzwords https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1138444/drafting-ai-patent-applications-for-success-at-the-epo-1-patent-eligibility-and-claim-drafting    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:42:12


  • Are mice an invention? Where does this monopolistic lunacy end? Not at the publication run by #patent boosters who receive a salary from Michael Bloomberg. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/universitys-mouse-gene-patent-suit-headed-for-virtual-trial    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:43:50


  • Recycling the #greenwashing #propaganda from corrupt #EPO management https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1142046/patents-for-plastics-of-the-future-innovations-and-trends see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/epo-greenwashing-stunts/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:46:28


  • Many totally misleading misnomers in one headline, striving to push some nefarious agenda using lies and very gross distortions ("Artificial Intelligence And Intellectual Property Rights") https://www.mondaq.com/turkey/patent/1134652/artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property-rights    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:49:29


  • Find Out How Long it Takes To Boot Your #GNU #Linux System - buildVirtual ⚓ https://buildvirtual.net/find-out-how-long-it-takes-to-boot-your-linux-system/ ䷉ #buildvirtual    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:52:17


  • Green man https://files.explosm.net/comics/Dave/comiclittlegreenmannew.png   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:53:45


  • "The '720 patent generally relates to providing a buffer time prior to deletion of a media content item." Sounds like #swpats that #ptab should throw out. https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/14/2000-for-xperi-sub #uspto #ptab    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:54:48


  • #freesw beats #fakepatents or #swpats through #ptab https://www.law360.com/articles/1448584/ptab-axes-voice-tech-ip-in-win-for-ai-co-held-in-contempt see http://techrights.org/2020/07/28/voice-tech-also-internet-troll/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:56:42


  • "Patent Office (EPO) has issued European Patent No. 3375789, to the Company." But many of these are #fakepatents https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/adma-biologics-provides-update-on-global-intellectual-property-portfolio/ see http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 18:58:08


  • This is evil not just because of the ridiculously nonsensical #patents https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazon-doorbell-uses-recognition-system-25681150 #surveillance #policestate #patent #bezos    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:00:54


  • Is #JosephMatal #lobbying now? Like Kappos? https://www.law360.com/articles/1448126/ptab-discretionary-denials-are-unpredictable-and-illegal http://techrights.org/wiki/David_Kappos #ptab #uspto    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:04:40


  • This is entirely unlawful and void without the UK https://www.dyoung.com/en/knowledgebank/articles/up-upc-progress-austria-ratification-pap see http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/benjamin-henrion-cjeu/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:06:21


  • #HEVC as just another #patent #cartel of #swpats with #blackmail for compliance https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/13/access-advance-who-is-checking-essentiality-an-hevc-case-study see http://techrights.org/2015/07/26/hevc-cartel/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:07:58


  • #Trademark maximalists have long welcomed and ushered in this kind of behaviour; now, for potentially political reasons, #USPTO barks?< https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/chinese-banned-terminated.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:09:47


  • #MaxWalters in mouthpiece of #EPO crooks is cheering on illegal and unconstitutional agenda https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vwv2b243hw9x/opinion-these-arent-murder-trials-get-on-with-vico see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/ not the first time he and his colleagues do this    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:11:30


  • Managing IP: Puff Pieces Galore for the EPO’s Dictatorship (Complete With Buzzwords and PR Stunts) • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/11/29/managing-ip-puff-pieces/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/11/29/managing-ip-puff-pieces/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:12:30


  • #MaxWalters in mouthpiece of #EPO crooks http://techrights.org/2021/05/25/max-propaganda/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:14:09


  • #Softwarespatents propagandist who promotes illegal #UPC and works for #patenttrolls is trying to shoehorn #fakepatents assigned to computer programs http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/opinion-can-ai-system-be-inventor.html citing Wai Yee Wan    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:16:16


  • #MaxWalters now says that breaking the #law for #patent maximalists is just "common sense." How much did #epo bribe #managingIP ? http://techrights.org/2021/05/25/max-propaganda/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:17:45


  • #Lawyers say, pay me money for #litigation or the sky will fall https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=af4e964f-9fd0-4f8d-9068-0d5d8ff4305e #trademarks #trademark    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:19:47


  • #TTAB : Three Recent Section 2(d) Inter Partes Cases - How Did They Come Out? http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/ttablog-test-three-recent-section-2d.html #trademark #trademarks #uspto    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:20:33


  • #JoffWild is repeating his own #fakenews in a love letter to crooks and criminals who hijacked the #EPO and now try to do the same the courts in the EU; the #UPC is untenable and illegal https://www.iam-media.com/iam-weekly-review-13th-18th-december-2021 see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:22:25


  • More #patentTrolls with #swpats that certainly seem like #fakepatents based on Section 101 https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/12/13/2000-for-buffalo-patents-prior-art #ptab    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:25:31


  • "Trademark law has expanded to recognize infringement in the absence of concrete harm to trademark owners." [sic] http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/recommended-reading-trademark-injury-in.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:26:26


  • Restoring A Vintage #IBM I/O Tester | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/19/restoring-a-vintage-ibm-i-o-tester/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:27:27


  • "It constantly amazes us what we hackers can build these days, (electronics shortages aside) we have access to an incredible array of parts, with specifications that only a few years ago would be bank-breaking and longer ago just fantasy." https://hackaday.com/2021/12/19/tiny-switch-ornament-plays-gifs-with-an-esp32/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:28:23


  • "As your dotfiles are sprinkled all over your home directory, managing them in a single repository is not trivial, i.e. how do you make sure that your .bashrc, .tmux.conf, etc. that life in your dotfile repository appear in the proper places in your home directory?" https://venthur.de/2021-12-19-managing-dotfiles-with-stow.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:29:27


  • "The rest of the orgs also agreed that they should put that in the organization policy and make sure that they maintain proper #freeSW projects. After all we all are being paid by the government using public money." https://kushaldas.in/posts/openspace-on-digitization-skills-supply-and-lifelong-learning.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:31:13


  • "Attempting to compile a video editor, more on that later. Toward that end, have compiled these dependencies in #OpenEmbedded " https://bkhome.org/news/202112/deps-compiled-for-video-editor.html #gnu #linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:31:54


  • A tad disappointing that a "Linux" blog would publish something such as this, helping the company that's attacking# Linux https://boilingsteam.com/xbox-one-controller-a-perfected-xbox-360-gamepad/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:33:51


  • "I’ve also been learning the ropes of Blender’s geometry nodes recently. While only scratching the surface, I created this visualizer for the track." https://blog.jimmac.eu/2021/dnb/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:35:10


  • #Marketing ways to undermine the integrity of #patent law by broadening scope, to no ends other than enriching lawyers, like those who sponsor this writer https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/patent-supreme-december.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:36:38


  • Missing the point that many of these #patents ought not exist in the first place and a lot of them -- probably the vast majority -- are also abstract and therefore bunk https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/statement-negotiations-commitments.html #patent #monopoly #antitrust    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:38:04


  • "The AEG-owned promoter is accusing its rival of advertising and selling tickets to a new Southern California festival that it says infringes the #Coachella #trademark ." https://www.billboard.com/pro/coachella-lawsuit-goldenvoice-sues-live-nation/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:39:32


  • Should the US be subjected to the same rule/s? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/world/europe/iran-nuclear-cameras-iaea.html #iran #israel #hegemony #imperialism    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:40:27


  • Audi's very own #patent #extortionist (as some might put it, "patent nazi"... given this firm's history) https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vws4l9w2rvfz/exclusive-audi-licensing-chief-to-leave-this-month https://www.dw.com/en/audi-comes-clean-about-its-nazi-past/a-17664050    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:42:21


  • #TeamUPC cannot stop peddling illegal and untenable agenda, like Bush trying to sell the Iraq war https://loupedin.blog/2021/12/unified-patents-court-news-update/ see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:43:48


  • #Facebook takes other firms' names and pays them only later https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vxn9l65gpwqw/this-week-in-ip-facebook-buys-meta-trademarks-for-60m-delhi-high-court-finalises-proposed-ip-rules-and-more    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:44:55


  • Too common a saying; must never become a #monopoly http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/12/precedential-no-34-ttab-affirms-nonuse.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:46:05


  • ’Useless Gaps’ Adjusts Space Between Snapped Windows in GNOME Shell • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159308 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:46:45


  • Best #FreeSW Alternative to Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159309 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:47:09


  • These markets represent holdings and capital of the rich, not the general population, which is increasingly besieged from many directions https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/major-european-markets-close-higher-ahead-of-policy-announcements    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:48:20


  • #USPTO does not even know what it wants; the outcome of aggressive #lobbying ? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/voluntary-continuing-certification.html compare to http://techrights.org/2021/11/20/microsoft-captured-uspto/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:49:32


  • Some people have gone so insane (about money) that they try to tell us hacking on #genome somehow makes life itself an "invention" and #patent #monopolies should be given https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/12/sigma-aldrich-joins-the-crispr-interference-fray.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:51:07


  • There is no such thing as "Biopiracy" because biology isn't owned by humans and the term piracy relates to something completely different from this https://madrascourier.com/opinion/basmati-biopiracy-the-curious-case-of-texmati/ "patents on Basmati rice." ?????    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:52:52


  • "will now also seek protection on the licensed drug formulation in China, India and the European Patent Office" https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aikido-pharma-reports-filing-for-expanded-worldwide-patent-coverage-on-key-assets-301444313.html #EPO #patent quality and validity are awful, say insiders http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:54:36


  • Misuse of the term IP, Internet protocol. https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/12/14/acquisition-supercharges-rws-growth/ they use a propaganda term: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.en.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:56:42


  • "Mr. Herr previously worked for Finnegan as a patent attorney trainee." LOL, "Mr. Herr" https://www.natlawreview.com/article/december-2021-legal-news-roundup-law-firm-hiring-pro-bono-recognition    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:57:42


  • There are now companies out there that managed to convince themselves that they 'own' life itself; their lobbyists bought laws to that effect and distorted the #USPTO , courts, politicians... https://www.law360.com/articles/1449761/bgi-units-lose-appeal-over-illumina-dna-sequencing-ip    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 19:59:35


  • Ring devices have long been something that ought to be illegal, with legal action taken against people who deploy them without permit https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4278774/amazon-ring-doorbell-camera-skin-odor/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:00:47


  • Another battleground for #ukraine and #russia ... lawyers http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/t-25420-who-owns-soviet-brands.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:01:43


  • All these "Hey Hi" nonsense and hype make the system look ridiculously stupid; so there's a retreat https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vvyqphyskcrg/exclusive-indian-copyright-office-issues-withdrawal-notice-to-ai-co-author #copyright #copyrights    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:04:43


  • #GNULinux vs Windows: Here are 9 Most Essential Differences • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159310 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:05:18


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159311 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:05:45


  • "problems with Locke's proto-Marxian labor theory of property, #patent , #copyright , and trademark, defamation, #plagiarism , attribution, fraud, property [sic] rights [sic] in "value," and "ownership" of NFTs and bitcoin." https://www.stephankinsella.com/paf-podcast/kol366-ip-nfts-on-repeal-the-20th-century/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:07:07


  • "The interesting aspect is that we’re trialling BuildStream as the solution. We know BuildStream can control the mix of C/C++/Go/Java/etc. dependencies, in a way which Python-only tools like virtualenv cannot, and we hope it will be less friction compared to introducing a fullblown packaging system like DPKG." https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2021/12/19/status-update-19-12-2021/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:13:12


  • "First up in the news, Linux Mint monthly news, Europe embraces open source, Debian has browser issues, Fedora goes all in on Wayland, Firefox helps you fight spam, And the Linux kernel gets rusty" https://mintcast.org/2021/12/19/376-joe-do-you-copy/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:17:00


  • "I am happy to announce that my project Jitter has been officially accepted as part of the GNU Project." http://ageinghacker.net/blog/posts/23/ #gnu is a strong brand for #softwareFreedom    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:17:49


  • Your Next #Oscilloscope Might Be Optical | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/19/your-next-oscilloscope-might-be-optical/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:18:37


  • Man bites dog. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/covid-19-coronavirus-newcastle-church-of-ubuntu-sacked-woman-for-getting-covid-19-vaccine/UD2BCJZOOT7YVPQUKN5BVLFB5U/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:19:22


  • Side-scrolling Game #SuperTux 0.6.3 Beta Adds Swimming, Wall Jumping, & More Features | UbuntuHandbook ⚓ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/12/side-scrolling-game-supertux-0-63/ ䷉ #UbuntuHandbook #FreeSW #GNU #Linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:21:00


  • GCompris 2 arrives with new activities to improve mental ability http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159240#comment-32200   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:22:46


  • Ubuntu 22.04 Disables OS Prober by Default, Here’s a Workaround - OMG! Ubuntu! ⚓ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/12/grub-doesnt-detect-windows-linux-distros-fix ䷉ #OMGUbuntu #GNU #Linux    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:23:31


  • Spam in "review" clothing again? https://www.linuxtechmore.com/2021/12/nordvpn-review.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:25:45


  • Security News This Week: Buckle Up for More Log4j Madness http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158990?page=1#comment-32201   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:26:53


  • Simos Xenitellis: An introduction to the #WioTerminal https://blog.simos.info/an-introduction-to-the-wio-terminal/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:27:54


  • #sfrica has nothing to gain from #patents -- a colonialist system from their POV. The term "IP" is misused here http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/africa-ip-highlights-3-patents-and.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:41:58


  • This too is mostly about enforcing the names of rich Westerners... on Africans http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/africa-ip-highlights-2-trademarks-arena.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:42:52


  • The voice of #lawyers rather than Africans http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/africa-ip-highlights-2021-1-copyright.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:43:34


  • A company with just a single US #patent has fallen for the illusion that this system protects anything but large corporations that form #cartels by cross-licensing https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ROBOT-S-A-111616342/news/Robot-S-A-Multilink-technology-acquires-its-first-patent-in-the-United-States-37312561/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:45:27


  • #Patenttrolls have become a thing in #Europe http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/sisvel-becomes-third-avanci-licensee-to.html see http://techrights.org/2018/04/09/sisvel-europe/ https://techrights.org/2010/03/08/using-the-sisvel-army/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:46:59


  • There is no such thing as "intellectual property" and giving fiction to another fiction, "Hey Hi", is making one joke on top of another https://www.raconteur.net/technology/artificial-intelligence/the-people-vs-ai-can-a-machine-own-intellectual-property/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:50:42


  • LOL!!!! "Despite the threat of the UPC being up and running in 2015" ... yeah, 2015 :-) https://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/politically_acceptable_-_a_unified_patent_for_europe_589544 see http://techrights.org/2020/10/08/wouter-pors-on-upc/ #unifiedpatentcourt #unitarypatent    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:52:04


  • Stupid and meaningless buzzwords as vehicles for patents on software at the corrupt EPO, which happily violates the EPC for the sake of money (theft) https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/google-and-samsung-top-the-list-of-applicants-ai-related-patents-the-epo see http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_Europe    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:54:00


  • #epo is organised crime already http://techrights.org/2021/12/01/self-regulation-epo/ #eu self-discredits by doing nothing to stop this...    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:54:54


  • #OsborneClarke 's Tim Harris and Sian Edmonds as megaphone of the EPO's #greenwashing bluff https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/global-patent-disputes-shadow-rise-solar-energy see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/epo-greenwashing-stunts/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 20:57:05


  • #Poland goes its own way, seeing that #UPC isn't useful and would certainly be rejected, along with the #EPO that's trying to ratify its gross violations of the law https://www.cms-lawnow.com/ealerts/2021/12/planned-introduction-of-the-new-polish-act-on-industrial-property-law?cc_lang=en    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:00:02


  • With Its Handling of the #UnifiedPatentCourt (UPC) Agreement (UPCA), #Germany Shows It’s No Better Than #Poland or #Hungary http://techrights.org/2021/08/17/germany-upc-shame/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:00:59


  • Great new example of #Webspam disguised as legitimate article. Almost all coverage in this area ( #patent and #trademark law) is spam. https://www.eastmidlandsbusinesslink.co.uk/mag/news/ip-specialists-adamson-jones-increase-depth-and-breadth-of-experience/ #www = #spamfarm    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:02:45


  • #Monopolies enforced at whose expense? These mechanisms are not even effective, let alone cost-effective. https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vwfqflqs6cz7/jury39s-out-on-creative-alliance-from-latam-ecommerce-king    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:03:58


  • #FlorianMueller treats Microsoft's #patenttroll #IntellectualVentures with its self-fulfilling prophecy like a thing http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/acer-sues-volkswagen-over-handful-of-4g.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:06:38


  • #Patent #litigation fanatic #DennisCrouch (funded by litigation profiteers) as megaphone of Sen. #ThomTillis , who is the shill for low-quality patents and lots more litigation (follow the money!) https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/intellectual-property-organization.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:08:54


  • #EUIPO is a #frauster organisation, but they fail to see the hypocrisy here https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/polish-ip-office-launches-authenticity-verification-tool-in-fight-against-fraudsters some examples in http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:10:26


  • Racial stereotypes are combated through discussion, education https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-lets-1219-20211218-dmt7mpzelzekpnkfbe5kmm47pi-story.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:11:48


  • #teamUPC has nothing of substance to show, so this past week was just repetition and reiteration of old lies and distortions about #unitarypatent or #unifiedpatentcourt http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:13:31


  • This isn't an "Exclusive"; that's a lie because people have spoken about it for quite some time https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vwv9hddlpj6r/exclusive-copyright-modernisation-reform-in-the-works-at-senate they try to get more clicks by lying about exclusivity    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:15:29


  • Sooner or late the EPO will need to retrieve no documents because almost everything is approved fast, without proper scrutiny at all https://www.uspto.gov/subscription-center/2021/change-electronic-retrieval-method-priority-documents-between-uspto-and see http://techrights.org/2021/12/13/quality-of-ep-or-epo-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:17:13


  • Falling short of recognising the obvious: those SEP 'owners' (misnomer) are more like cartels which curtail actual innovation and harm everybody (though they have lobbyists) https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vwv0sbt2f8xz/doj-sep-policy-would-impede-or-speed-up-negotiations-in-house    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:18:53


  • #trademarks covered without #trademark paperwork and nuisance lawyers: "In a recent decision of 1 December 2021, the General Court (10th Chamber) gives an insightful analysis of the rationale behind the two articles and whether a different scope of protection applies to them." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/general-court-no-absolute-protection.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:21:13


  • Florian Müller: New court filing by #Apple makes 5G #patent infringement litigation by Ericsson against iPhone maker ever more likely to start in two weeks ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/new-court-filing-by-apple-makes-5g.html ䷉ #fosspatents | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:22:00


  • #euipo is a disgrace to the #eu ... it's a #bribery hub http://techrights.org/2021/09/11/jobs-as-bribes/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:25:02


  • #Robberbarons in #India think they can misappropriate cops and turn them into their monopoly (so-called 'IP') enforcers, vigilantes. Insane. https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vw7q5zj9rd4d/indian-police39s-low-ip-awareness-hinders-criminal-action-counsel #police #in    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:26:54


  • We're meant to have #police forces to keep the public safe (sometimes from oligarchy), not to keep #oligarchy safe from a rightly-upset populations. Of course what the laws say in paper isn't what's being implemented.    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:28:21


  • Florian Müller: #Acer is not alone: licensing negotiation groups draw ever more criticism from academics, practitioners, and #patent holders ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/acer-is-not-alone-licensing-negotiation.html ䷉ #fosspatents #patents    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:29:14


  • #patents on DIAPERS?? MOAR AYE PEEE! https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/decision-description-indefiniteness.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:30:13


  • No, #Pepsi , you cannot 'own' plants and maybe #RMS should quit treating you as a valid alternative to Coke https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vwbmhdr7qm6k/pepsi-plant-revocation-made-for-lax-prosecution-not-public-interest #india #monopoly http://techrights.org/2020/05/15/gmo-and-epo-decision/ see http://techrights.org/2020/05/15/gmo-and-epo-decision/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:33:24


  • #Patent fanatics have gone crazy, decided to pretend not to know what the patent system actually exists for in the first place https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/qatent-generated-applications.html #patents #heyHi #buzzwords #junk    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:35:56


  • #astraZeneca shilling a bizarre system for monopolies 'on steroids'; the public stands to gain nothing from #SPCs https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-spc-alphabet-are-combination.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:37:19


  • Not everything is as it seems... http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/odd-as-it-may-seem-name-of-that-alium.html #Monopolies    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:39:18


  • #CharlesDuan is OK, but I don't like the rest https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/12/members-charles-harrison.html meanwhile, #biden wants to shoehorn #microsoft into #uspto http://techrights.org/2021/11/29/microsoft-vidal/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:42:40


  • How Every #Linux System Should Be Partitioned - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=vUKRFyI3uPs ䷉ #video #invidious    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:46:12


  • The film that predicted #DebConf19: Wild Orchid, 1989 https://debian.community/film-predicted-debconf19-wild-orchid-1989/ #DebConf #Debian #UncomfortableFacts    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:49:24


  • Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: Brodie Robertson, mintCast, MX Linux 21 Review, and GNU World Order • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159312 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:50:19


  • #Gameboy Gets Ridiculously Good Lens | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/19/gameboy-gets-ridiculously-good-lens/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/19/#latest    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:55:16


  • 12 Best Linux Distros for Everyday Use - Updated for 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159313 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:58:17


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159315 #GNU    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:59:42


  • #Games : #SuperTux , Controllers, and Game Boy Hacking • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159314 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 21:59:51


  • Oh, come on... don't tell #gnu #linux users to install #proprietarySoftware from #microsoft ... this company is constantly attacking us while bribing all the "right" people to keep quiet about these attacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlKBGv0nGGs    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:04:18


  • #Jitter is now GNU Jitter • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159316 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:04:44


  • Florian Müller: Apple's new complaint in #Texas alleges #Ericsson breached its FRAND commitment, but Apple's allegations have serious plausibility problems ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/apples-new-complaint-in-texas-alleges.html ䷉ #fosspatents | more in http://techrights.org/2018/01/01/tcl-v-ericsson/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:06:00


  • "Monetization" sounds better than #blackmail and #extortion, like a Mafia acting all "nice" at first https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3973585    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:07:11


  • #Patent #law no longer benefits innovation; that's an old or dying #myth https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3939851    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:08:05


  • #nature should know better than to publish #patent #propaganda that perpetuates old myths https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03438-x    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:08:44


  • #Humour is not dead; #Apple and #privacy -- yes, #NSA PRISM member that treats all its customers as pedophiles by default to justify spying on their files https://9to5mac.com/2021/11/11/apple-patent-reveals-new-privacy-feature-to-show-iphone-content-only-through-special-glasses/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:18:57


  • The US taxpayer paid for the R&D and we know nothing about the efficacy about this product (they already lied about the efficacy of their vaccines) https://globalnews.ca/news/8376742/pfizer-covid-19-pill-patent-wave/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:21:10


  • Are #patents a cancer? Are there patents on cancer? For cancer-causing businesses? Cui bono? https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/rj-reynolds-settles-e-cigarette-patent-dispute-shortly-before-trial-2021-11-11/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:24:48


  • On some issues, #Bolivia knows best because #greed and exploitation aren't the main 'education' curricula https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/bolivia-calls-on-canada-to-waive-patent-and-export-covid-19-vaccines-1.5658974 #patent #monopolies    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:26:14


  • Apple, Google, others lose court challenge to #patent review policy https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/apple-google-others-lose-court-challenge-patent-review-policy-2021-11-10/ #ptab #uspto #california    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:27:45


  • #beverages and #trademarks are a longstanding problem http://trademarkblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/12/07/general-court-on-genuine-use-coffee-in-cl-30-coffee-out-cl-32/ #colour #monopolies typically, or colour combinations    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:30:26


  • Screw you Chanel! NUMBER 5 is MINE!! All MINE!! https://www.thefashionlaw.com/with-new-trademark-application-chanel-is-looking-to-register-the-number-5/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:31:06


  • "On 22 November 2021, the #China National Intellectual Administration ( #CNIPA ) issued the new Guidelines on #Trademark Examination and Review. Ling Zhao of the MARQUES China Team reports." https://www.marques.org/blogs/class46/?XID=BHA5050    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:31:58


  • CLOWN #copyright http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/12/08/cloud-services-and-private-copying-levy-further-developments-in-the-ag-opinion-on-the-austro-mechana-case/ look, it's the CLOWN!!! Everything has changed!!! #servers are rebranded #clownComputing !!!    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:33:28


  • #spotify as #censorship platform https://copyrightlately.com/spotify-removes-comedy-tracks/ #drm #copyright #copyright2    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:34:13


  • It is not "Transparency Report" but a #censorship report and it's about what #gulag is censoring for its own financial agenda http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/12/09/youtube-copyright-transparency-report-overblocking-is-real/ #gulagtube #youtube    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:35:22


  • British scholars who are honest ought to quit using misnomers like "Intellectual Property"; they sound like like lobbyists, marketers, and dishonest politicians https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2021/12/10/21-for-2021-negative-intellectual-property-spaces/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:38:17


  • Of course the #patent maximalists with big stakes in the outcome will stuff/stack the boxes and buy their policy, just like they 'buy' #UKIPO http://www.ip.finance/2021/12/the-intellectual-property-office-of.html see http://techrights.org/2021/10/10/epo-uk-ac-delegates/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:40:29


  • Ditto for #USDOJ http://www.ip.finance/2021/12/us-department-of-justice-seeks-public.html see http://techrights.org/2018/01/01/tcl-v-ericsson/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:41:08


  • Not the way to teach people #programming :/ https://www.makeuseof.com/install-nodejs-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:44:02


  • Hello...? #unixcop ?? #microsoft #windows is NOT UNIX. ;-) Think about it... https://unixcop.com/install-and-use-winscp/ also, it's unsafe to use SSH over Windows and back doors exist http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:45:47


  • “I am here for the fifth shot because of the third wave” https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/world/europe/covid-anxiety-depression-omicron.html    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:51:39


  • Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159317 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 22:51:57


  • #tottenham should have won this. #liverppol looked INCREDIBLY poor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmHjv9r6NQ    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:00:32


  • #Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159318 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:03:01


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159319 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:03:27


  • Links 19/12/2021: Linux 5.16 RC6 and Lots About #Patents • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/lots-about-patents/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/lots-about-patents/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:10:16


  • Linux 5.16-rc6 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159320 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:18:26


  • The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part XXXIX: On the Slippery Slope to Capture • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/slovenian-delegation-captured/ ䷉ #Techrights #slovenia #patents #epo | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/slovenian-delegation-captured/ @jrepin @zoobab    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:23:40


  • #Slovenia Needs More Courageous Leadership (Like Vesna Stanković Juričić), Not ’Puppets’ of the Patent and Copyright Cartels • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/19/slovenia-and-epo-leadership/ ䷉ #Techrights #EPO #Europe #Parents | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/19/slovenia-and-epo-leadership/    

posted Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 23:39:40



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