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Video: Aera-IP on Litigation Finance in Europe and Abroad
by Gunnar Larson 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Check out one of my recent articles: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/video-aera-ip-on-litigation-finance-in… Patent and trademark litigation is forecast to increase as Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC) opens in Q4-22, or Q1-23. Aera-IP is a Nordic consultancy focused on serving clients with various EU IP claims. Aera-IP has published a series of videos profiling what legal professionals should expect when the UPC opens, and what funding opportunities may be available to inventors. Aera-IP’s video discussions <https://aera-ip.com/open-special-2022-videos-and-presentations/https:/woods…> on the future of IP litigation are expansive, with four features totaling nearly two hours of discussion. Aera-IP features Stephanie Southwick (Investment Manager and Legal Counsel at Omni Bridgeway), in a near half-hour video discussing litigation investment insights for funding EU IP claims. With the opening of Europe’s UPC, many are forecasting a wide range of international patent and trademark claims that could set historic precedent in terms of inventor protections. Click here <https://aera-ip.com/open-special-2022-videos-and-presentations/https:/woods…> to check out Aera-IP’s video discussions.

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BREAKING: An official date! Unified Patent Court will open its doors on 1 April 2023 - Kluwer Patent Blog
by Gunnar Larson 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/10/07/upcapril2023/ The Unified Patent Court will finally become a reality, open its doors and start to receive cases from 1 April 2023. This is announced in the implementation roadmap, which was published yesterday by the UPC preparatory team and depicts all the key activities and milestones of the UPC in the coming months. The roadmap <https://www.unified-patent-court.org/sites/default/files/upc_-_exco_-_upc_e…> also indicates the Sunrise period will start on 1 January 2023. The following ‘Global milestones’ are mentioned: - MS call for contribution (PAP)- tbc: call for contribution request to UPC Member States for the Provisional Application Phase (PAP) if needed; - Germany ratification: the deposit of the UPCA ratification instrument by Germany will trigger the Sunrise period (first day of the following month) and the entry into force of the UPCA (3 months after the start of the Sunrise period); - Start of the Sunrise: the date of the start of the Sunrise period is expected to be January 1, 2023; - FAP budget approval & call for contribution: first accounting period (FAP) budget approval by the Budget Committee and subsequent call for contribution to UPC Member States; - Entry into force of the UPCA: entry into force of the UPCA and the opening of the Court from 1 April 2023. Recruitment activities will be: - Judges recruited: legally qualified judges (LQJ) and technically qualified judges (TQJ) are appointed in accordance with decision of the UPC Administrative Committee ; - Election of Presidents (CFI, CoA): Presidents are elected under Article 13 and 14 of the Statute ; - Election of Presidium: members of the Presidium are elected under Article 15 of the Statute. There will be four judges from the Court of First Instance (CFI), including the President of the CFI, and 3 judges from the Court of Appeal (CoA), including the President of the CoA; - Presidents and other Presidium judges’ effective date of appointment: judges elected to be part of the Presidium will be appointed as soon as possible to assume their administrative functions; - Targeted & General call for judge’s application: following the first recruitment phase, (1) a few positions remain to be filled and (2) preparations are made to increase the number of judges when it becomes necessary by creating a reserve list of LQJs. For these reasons there will be (1) a targeted and (2) a general call for judicial applications; - Registrar and Deputy-Registrar appointed: Registrar and Deputy–Registrar are appointed by the Presidium and will start their activities preferably before the start of the Sunrise period; - Administrative staff recruited: administrative staff at the different divisions and at the seat are recruited to start their training and their activities; - Targeted and General interviews: interviews for both round of calls; - Appointment of selected judges: additional judges will be appointed to start their activities as from the opening of the court ( or to be placed on the reserve list as applicable); - Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre staff recruited; - Training Center staff recruited; - All judges’ effective date of appointment: all judges that are not part of the Presidium will be appointed and will start their activities from the entry into force of the UPCA. Case Management System activities and milestones: - CMS self-practice: users have the possibility to use and practice the CMS on their own. In case of questions or issues, the UPC is offering a limited support. It is important to point out that the CMS system available is not a production one and therefore no real data or documents should be entered into the CMS; - Sunrise CMS practice: period during which the CMS system will be accessible to the public with the same functions as from the start of the Sunrise. The system will be cleaned so that users can validate or verify their ability to properly use the system. UPC teams will provide a level of support to the best of their capacities. It is important to point out that the CMS system available is not a production one and therefore no real data or documents should be entered into the CMS; - Sunrise functionalities open: the Case Management System will be open in production to allow users to register as representatives and to opt-out their patents (manually or through APIs); - EIF CMS practice: period where the CMS system will be accessible to the public with the same functions as for the entry into force. The system will be cleaned so that users can validate or verify their ability to properly use the system. UPC teams will provide a level of support and interactions to the best of their capacities. It is important to point out that the CMS system available is not a production one and therefore no real data or documents should be entered into the CMS; - EIF functionalities open: the CMS used for the Sunrise period will be upgraded with “entry into force” functionalities. From 1 April 2023, users will have the possibility to lodge their cases within the Court system.

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Fwd: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY
by Gunnar Larson 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

Mr. Weber: Given our concerns with Brex and Apple Card, we would like DFS to explain any racket activity between MoneyGram in New York State and the United States via Walmart. Here is a good graduate reaching study on this important concern: Mr. Weber, between Brex, Apple Card, MoneyGram and your role at the Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement ... You may understand xNY.io - Bank.org's approach. For these good reasons, xNY.io - Bank.org would like to invite your public on the situation by end of week. Warm regards and thank you, Gunnar -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> | Bank.org <http://bank.org/>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <noreply(a)its.ny.gov> Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 9:55 AM Subject: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY To: <g(a)xny.io> Thank you for submitting your FOIL request through Open FOIL NY. Here is your Open FOIL NY confirmation information for future reference: LARSON_NYSP_20220126105517996 LARSON_DOB_20220126105517996 LARSON_DHSES_20220126105517996 *INFORMATION SUBMITTED:* *Records Requested From* New York State Police Division of the Budget Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services *Short Title* New York City Police Department MoneyGram Relationship *Description* Dear Sir or Madam: xNY.io research: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10htpAEAcydm9NTgUQZVU4aEfJq999UwRlGvOJZs… The New York City Police Department has a relationship with MoneyGram. We would like to receive any and all information related to the NYPD's relationship with MoneyGram ticket payment options. For example, we would like to receive a copy of the Terms and Conditions the NYPD has with MoneyGram. Furthermore, how does NY-DFS manage discretion with MoneyGram and the New York State BitLicense. For example, Ripple, a New York State BitLicense awardee has a long history with MoneyGram. Are MoneyGram and the NYPD in bed together, via the New York State Department of Financial Services? Thank you, Gunnar Larson *Uploaded Files* *FOIL Response Format* Email *If fees apply, please contact me if costs will be greater than* $1000000 Your FOIL request has been forwarded to the organization(s) you selected, and the respective Records Access Officer will contact you directly for further processing of your request. Please allow up to five business days for such communication(s). For your convenience, here is additional contact information: New York State Police 1220 Washington Avenue Bldg 22 Albany, NY 12226-2252 Division of the Budget State Capitol Room 128 Albany, NY 12224 Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services 1220 Washington Ave Building 7A Albany, NY 12226

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Trial begins for bomb slaying of Maltese corruption reporter | Ap | thederrick.com
by Gunnar Larson 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

https://apnews.com/c267693326c17a8c77f1dd03511e2cf3

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Billionaire Trump-Backer Peter Thiel Seeks Malta Citizenship, Report Says
by Gunnar Larson 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/10/15/billionaire-trump-back… Billionaire venture capitalist, PayPal cofounder and major MAGA Republican donor Peter Thiel <https://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thiel/?sh=2be0ae06533a> is seeking citizenship in the Mediterranean island nation of Malta, according to a *New York Times* report, although his intentions behind the citizenship are not yet clear. Although a Malta citizenship would not provide Thiel with a significant tax benefit <https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/15/technology/peter-thiel-malta-citizenship…>, the *New York Times* reported, it could provide him a multi-million-dollar compound and an escape from the U.S.—he has expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the direction the country is headed, increasingly funneling his multibillion-dollar net worth into pro-MAGA candidates. Thiel, a self-described conservative libertarian who co-founded Palantir Technologies and PayPal and served on Facebook’s board of directors until February, has poured <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/15/peter-thiel-who-is-he-re…> roughly $30 million into GOP campaigns ahead of the November midterm elections, Politico reported. Candidates he’s funded include fellow venture capitalists Blake Masters, who is running for a seat in Arizona, and J.D. Vance, in Ohio—both were endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

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Its the crypto-anarchist economy, stupid
by professor rat 16 Oct '22

16 Oct '22

For any trolls interested in finding out what anarchism actually means, Kropotkin’s definition for the 1911 edition of Encyclopedia Britannica remains a great place to start. But, as Alan Moore points out in his wonderful interview with Margeret Killjoy, even if we take the authoritarian definition, anarchy brings us to a much better place than the authoritarians ever could: “I believe that all other political states are in fact variations or outgrowths of a basic state of anarchy; after all, when you mention the idea of anarchy to most people they will tell you what a bad idea it is because the biggest gang would just take over. Which is pretty much how I see contemporary society. We live in a badly developed anarchist situation in which the biggest gang has taken over and have declared that it is not an anarchist situation—that it is a capitalist or a communist situation. But I tend to think that anarchy is the most natural form of politics for a human being to actually practice. All it means, the word, is no leaders. An-archon. No leaders.” https://anarchistnews.org/content/principle Reposts not screaming brainrot avenue

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Trial begins for bomb slaying of Maltese corruption reporter | Ap | thederrick.com
by Gunnar Larson 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

https://apnews.com/c267693326c17a8c77f1dd03511e2cf3

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The Nielson Mandala of cryptoanarchy
by professor rat 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

https://twitter.com/giacomozucco/status/1581302408331730944 Repost from the Nelson Mandela of cryptoanarchy whose currently designing a new blockchain based on E8

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ADAM BACK linked to Maltese Murder Incorporated
by professor rat 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

The stuff nightmares are made of SophieintVeld 1h If someone connected to Trump, Cambridge Analytica, Palantir and soon the spyware industry is buying a Maltese passport, all alarmbells should ring. Not least as he will find the company of many other spyware traders. Malta seems to be attractive for the industry. Quote Tweet Times of Malta @TheTimesofMalta 3h US billionaire Peter Thiel reportedly pursuing Maltese citizenship https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/billionaire-peter-thiel-reportedly-p…. 987866?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1665845571

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[spam][crazy][personal][wrong] parts of triangle program
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 15 Oct '22

15 Oct '22

triangle is made by 3 points and 3 lines

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