Monthly Archives: August 2022

What to Know About Adjudicating Redesigns Before and After ITC Determinations

Investigations brought under 19 U.S.C. § 1337, commonly known as “Section 337” cases, at the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) have become a go-to enforcement option for patent owners seeking fast, injunction-type relief against infringing imports. It is well known that the ITC issues powerful remedial orders, including (1) exclusion orders, which order United…

Samsung’s new handsets usher in new era of form factor diversity

The 2000s were a unique time for smartphone design. There were candybar phones, flip phones, slider phones and even taco phones (the gaming focused Nokia N-Gage placed its speaker and microphone on the side of the device rather than on the front). Full QWERTY keyboards were popularised by BlackBerry and T-Mobile’s Sidekick (but probably not…

Singapore, where sex between men had carried a 2-year prison sentence for decades, finally repeals ‘antiquated law’

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announcing the decriminalization of gay sex Singapore Prime Minister’s office Singapore’s prime minister has announced that the country will end its ban on gay sex.  The law, section 337A, was introduced in the 1930s by the British colonial government.  Gay marriage will remain illegal in the country.  Singapore’s prime…

Louisiana board stalls New Orleans flood aid over city officials’ position on abortion

Rescue personnel traverse the Eighth Ward of New Orleans, La., on August 30, 2005, after flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina inundated the city. AP Photo/Dave Martin, File A Louisiana board temporarily blocked funding for key power station needed to combat flooding, per The Washington Post. The station would run critical drainage pumps needed to safeguard…

A North Carolina man is testing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving by driving toward his son in the road in an attempt to refute viral videos of the EV smashing into child mannequins

YouTube/Carmine’s Import Service A North Carolina man is trialing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology using his son as a test subject.  In videos posted this month, the auto shop owner is calling out opponents of the technology like tech CEO Dan O’Dowd.  O’Dowd’s organization The Dawn Project is behind viral videos of the cars ramming through…

Rep. Adam Schiff says unsealing FBI’s Mar-a-Lago affidavit puts sources ‘at risk’ but ‘the public interest is also real’

US Representative Adam Schiff looks on during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Adam Schiff said the public could “learn a lot from the affidavit” used in the Mar-A-Lago search. However,…