IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, December 30, 2023
beginning of new day, December 30
00:06 schestowitz; "As a newly-qualified European Patent Attorney I was advised by a well-experienced in-house EPA never to use "preferably" unless the feature concerned was truly preferred, but I understood at the time that that was because they were worried about the effect the word might have, no case law was mentioned. Is there a US (or other) decision on the effect of the word "preferably"?"
00:06 schestowitz; http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/unambiguous-disclosure-without-patent.html?showComment=1703868014386#c893791151619352514
00:06 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Unambiguous disclosure without patent profanity (T 2171/21) - The IPKat
00:08 schestowitz; http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/12/book-review-reforming-intellectual.html?showComment=1703859438537#c7073664728253192371
00:08 schestowitz; "Sir Robin Jacob is great. Of that there is no doubt given his continuing influence in development of IP case law, but his comments sound like the US Supreme Court's intention of not allowing the 'building blocks of innovation' to be monopolised in decisions Mayo, Alice and Myriad. The US Federal Circuit was unable to give these words any real meaning in subsequent decisions. Sir Robin has ignored the word 'commons' that previously defi
00:08 schestowitz; ned what is shared by all humanity and could not be fenced off for private use. It is not fashionable now to talk about the commons even though the internet now connects everyone and humanity is facing hue global challenges. This is probably because the related idea of 'socialism' remains a bad word for many. However that means we have no real framework for turning good intentions into viable policies."
00:08 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Book review: Reforming Intellectual Property - The IPKat
00:13 schestowitz; > More sites are coming
00:13 schestowitz; >
00:13 schestowitz; > Did you get any feedback from your efforts to involve the police?
00:13 schestowitz; I was busy reporting other crimes to the police. My wife too.
00:13 schestowitz; > If I get to the UK in January, would you like to meet?
00:13 schestowitz; Sure, but needs to be close to Lancs. I don't travel far.
00:13 schestowitz; Regards,
00:15 schestowitz; "I was contacted by someone who has some serious tech innovation with regard to network speed.
00:15 schestowitz; First, he went to a conference talk by xxxxxxxxxx and the presentation was about some "feature". He mentioned the simple tech behind it and 3 "thugs" moved closer to him. He went to go to the restroom and the 3 "thugs" followed him.
00:15 schestowitz; He left.
00:15 schestowitz; Then, he told me he was negotiating the sale of his company but each time, the buyer wanted to dispose of the employees which he was not interested in...
00:15 schestowitz; He told me about other contracts for the sale that went south but one...
00:15 schestowitz; He said it was a healthy 9 figure deal and he was taken aside by the "middleman" who set up the meeting, that he should really consider the sale seriously because he has a wife and child and "accidents happen".
00:15 schestowitz; He has a military background and let them have it with his words.
00:15 schestowitz; Between us, I always suspected... could be a little dangerous to investigate other cases but keeping my eyes and ears open.
00:15 schestowitz; Have a great holiday!"
00:15 schestowitz; This is very interesting but does not surprise me at all. The industry casually uses thugs to get its way: http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/
00:15 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Free Software-Hostile Militants
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8 AM, December 30
08:05 schestowitz; >>> Bad stuff is happening
08:05 schestowitz; >>>
08:05 schestowitz; >>> There are a lot of conspiracies. Please tell me if you heard anything.
08:05 schestowitz; >>>
08:05 schestowitz; >>> On the HSE thing, they normally have 15 days to do an initial
08:05 schestowitz; >>> investigation after a complaint. If anybody wants to submit things it
08:05 schestowitz; >>> is a really good idea to do it fast.
08:05 schestowitz; >>
08:05 schestowitz; >> http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/
08:05 schestowitz; >
08:05 schestowitz; > There is worse
08:05 schestowitz; Yes, I know, but this consumes a lot of time.
08:05 schestowitz; Upside is, it helps explain the attacks on RMS and others. Same tactics, even some of the same perpetrators.
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noon, December 30
12:53 schestowitz; <li>
12:53 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://bits.debian.org/2023/12/debian-statement-cyber-resillience-act.md.html">Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act</a></h5>
12:53 schestowitz; <blockquote>
12:53 schestowitz; <p>The European Union is currently preparing a regulation "on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements" known as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is currently in the final "trilogue" phase of the legislative process. The act includes a set of essential cybersecurity and vulnerability handling requirements for manufacturers. It will require products to be accompanied by in
12:53 schestowitz; formation and instructions to the user. Manufacturers will need to perform risk assessments and produce technical documentation and, for critical components, have third-party audits conducted. Discovered security issues will have to be reported to European authorities within 25 hours (1). The CRA will be followed up by the Product Liability Directive (PLD) which will introduce compulsory liability for software. </p>
12:53 schestowitz; <p> While a lot of these regulations seem reasonable, the Debian project believes that there are grave problems for Free Software projects attached to them. Therefore, the Debian project issues the following statement: [...]</p>
12:53 schestowitz; </blockquote>
12:53 schestowitz; </li>
12:53 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-bits.debian.org | Statement about the EU Cyber Resilience Act - Bits from Debian
1 PM, December 30
13:15 schestowitz; x https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/panera-charged-lemonade-ai-existential-risk/676984/
13:15 schestowitz; # misrepresents Bill as an authority on tech
13:15 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theatlantic.com | The Year We Embraced Our Destruction - The Atlantic
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