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by Dennis Crouch In an important opinion exploring the relationship between patent validity and after-arising technology, the Federal Circuit has reversed a district court's invalidation of a pharmaceutical patent covering Novartis's blockbuster heart failure drug Entresto. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Torrent Pharma Inc., Nos. 2023-2218, 2023-2220, 2023-2221 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10, 2025). To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Already a member? Simply log in to access the full post. …

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In Thailand I spoke to Florian Glatz, probably the first crypto focused lawyer in Europe and possibly the world and co-founder of Common Ground, an on-chain social network. Florian also helped author some part of the MiCA legislation in the EU which lays out the legal framework for cryptocurrences. We spoke about his experiences in the early days of the ICO boom, the unpreparedness of the legal system for crypto, …

As I often say around these parts, my favorite month of the year is August, when TCM serves up its Summer Under the Stars (SUTS) series, where a different classic film star is featured every day and the channel airs 24 hours of their movies. This year, you might recall, for each day of the series, I recommended a pick of the day, but for the first time, I also …

thebristolboard:Classic cover by Bill Everett from Jann of the Jungle #16, published by Atlas Comics, April 1957.

Welcome to the another Global Nerdy Saturday “picdump!” It’s the weekly article where I post the technology- and work-related memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! The post Saturday picdump for January 11, 2025 appeared first on Global Nerdy.

To White Hall, and there spoke with Sir Paul Neale about a mathematical request of my Lord’s to him, which I did deliver to him, and he promised to employ somebody to answer it, something about observation of the moon and stars, but what I did not mind. Here I met with Mr. Moore, who tells me that an injuncon is granted in Chancery against T. Trice, at which I …

Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments, premieres today at 19:00 CET... ...and tomorrow at 13:00 CET, a vintage Sunday Lunch, Everlong:

Some years ago, when I was making some dungeon tiles, a guy gave me these.They'd taken all the miniatures out, but apart from that they appear to be complete.Fortunately, I have large numbers of plastic miniatures sitting around doing nothing, and although they won't match the Warhammerish minis that originally came with the game, they'll do the job just fine.So now, after years of basically doing nothing with these games, …

It's time for another figure from the Dragonfly crew and this time it's Jane "Glenda" Mullighan. Glenda is an interesting figure as she's another character based on a vintage international variant figure. Glenda was originally part of Plastirama's G.I. Joe: Comandos Heroicos from Argentina and was a repaint of Scarlett. Glenda was blonde instead of a redhead and sported a blue and white jumpsuit with a vac-metallized torso. She's similar …

I wrote over on WordPress.org about breaking the status quo with a Joost/Karim fork. It’s a perfect time as Automattic is re-focusing its work while the legal stuff is going on.

In The Korea Times Kwon Mee-yoo has an overview of what's appearing in English translation, in From sci-fi to healing fiction, Korean books cross borders in 2025.

As artificial intelligence (AI) agents increasingly mediate our digital experiences, the role of human interaction with information is evolving. Machines are becoming our primary intermediaries for searching, synthesizing, and summarizing information, often performing these tasks faster and more efficiently than we ever could. However, not all interactions are equally suited to machine facilitation. There remain critical situations where direct human engagement—particularly visual interaction—is indispensable. I’d like to explore a few …

Now read on… Slow readers get eyestrain and a crick in the neck as BUCK ROGERS episode 2 (Tragedy on Saturn) begins with a STAR WARS type crawl recapping the previous installment. The letters seem to diminish more neatly and naturally than the ones in what I suppose we must call A NEW HOPE. I […]

This weekend’s escapist, light-hearted superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog deals with some of Marvel’s superheroines. THE CAT – Greer Nelson caught on to a conspiracy to take over the world via armies of women clad in superpower-granting costumes. She donned the prototype and called herself the Cat before taking down the entire sinister organization. Operating out of Chicago, the Cat also clashed with the Owl, Commander Kraken, Man-Bull and the …