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May 08, 2013

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10:00 PM | Megaupload Copyright Suit Update
Federal prosecutors survived another legal hurdle in their efforts to keep file-sharing service Megaupload Ltd. out of business.  A Virginia federal judge recently denied the company’s bid to dismiss the criminal copyright infringement charges. As I previously told you, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was arrested in Australia at the request of the U.S. government. The … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Small, but large.
Continuing on with this weeks theme (I didn’t plan a theme for the week, it just happened that small stuff was happening, so I went for it.), I present the smallest galaxy found to date.  Willman 1. Discovered in 2004, by Beth Willman of New York University’s Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, this tiny … Continue reading »
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May 07, 2013

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10:00 PM | Toys “R” Us Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets to Design Children’s Tablet
Intellectual property disputes related to tablet computers are not limited to products designed for adults. Toys “R” Us is facing trade secret misappropriation claims over the Tabeo, a device designed for children. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, also alleges breach of contract, fraud, and unfair competition.   Fuhu … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | A Stereo Lemmon.
This weekend NASA’s Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft captured comet Lemmon at it traped across the face of the Sun. Its like 3D!  Of course that is the whole point of the STEREO spacecraft.  The two nearly identical spacecraft – one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind – are normally … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Its just a small movie…a really small movie.
Normally I talk about planetary or cosmic level things on this blog, but this new movie made by IBM Research was just too good to pass up. The one-minute video shows individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline. Each frame measures 45 by … Continue reading »
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May 06, 2013

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10:00 PM | What is the Value of IP in the U.S. Economy?
Intellectual property continues to be a powerful driver of the U.S. economy, according to a recent report by Sonecon. It found that even in the face of the recent recession, the value of the intellectual capital increased from 2005 to in 2011. The Sonecon report demonstrates that you can put a price tag on innovation. … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Missed it by that much.
Just like Maxwell Smart, Cosmos 1805 just barely missed hitting NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.  Cosmos 1805, weighing in at about 1.5 tons, missed hitting the spacecraft by a scant 700 feet. Predicting how close two satellites come within proximity of each other is not an exact science.   The last time this happened on Feb. … Continue reading »
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4:46 AM | Audio
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psydoctor8
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3:50 AM | What We Owe the Psychopath: A Neuroethical Analysis Psychopaths...
What We Owe the Psychopath: A Neuroethical Analysis Psychopaths are often regarded as a scourge of contemporary society and, as such, are the focus of much public vilification and outrage. But, arguably, psychopaths are both sinned against as well as sinners. If that is true, then their status as the victims of abusive subcultures partially mitigates their moral responsibility for the harms they cause. We argue, from the neuroethics of psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), […]
psydoctor8
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3:27 AM | Photo
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psydoctor8
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May 04, 2013

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1:11 PM | It is Caturday again!
Re-blogged from http://caturday.tumblr.com/image/49174695452  
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May 03, 2013

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10:00 PM | Crowdsourced Patent Examination.
Crowdsourcing, which involves outsourcing tasks to a distributed group of people largely via the Internet, could become a key part of the patent examination process, particularly given the increasing role of third parties. Under provisions of the America Invents Act that took effect on September 16, 2011 third parties can identify prior art references to … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Lost in space.
Who could forget that classic SciFi family drama/sitcom, Lost in Space. A helpful robot pet, the naive wunderkind, a wascally professor, mom and dad, the eye candy brothers and sisters and the strapping captain to save the day (of course if he really wanted to save the day he would have found a way home, … Continue reading »
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May 02, 2013

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10:00 PM | MySpace Prevents Apple From Trademarking Logo.
Seeking to regain its relevance in the ever-changing world of social media, former giant MySpace may be able to rely on the momentum of a recent intellectual property victory over Apple. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board recently denied Apple’s bid to trademark its famous music icon after determining it was too similar to a … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Images of our closest planet.
Earth of course.  We couldn’t be much closer if we tried.  And you thought it was going to be Venus, Mars or Mercury. A lovely view of Earth, with a Moon shadow in the north.  (Not to be confused with Moon Shadow by Cat Stevens). Our planet is very interesting to say the least.  Luckily … Continue reading »
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May 01, 2013

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10:00 PM | Department of Justice is Monitoring Antitrust Implications of Patent Transfers.
The U.S. Department of Justice continues to monitor the potential antitrust implications of patent portfolio transfers, particularly in high-tech industries like wireless. In recent remarks at the Fordham Competition Law Institute’s 39th annual conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, former Acting Assistant Attorney General Joseph Wayland discussed how the DOJ is working to “balance … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | I got the Sun in the mornin’ and the _____(fill in the blank)
Ok, so next up is our closest planet (begin debate here)…the Moon, or Luna to its closest friends.  I won’t go into all the particulars, but like some one once said:  If it walks like a duck…. Anyway, the important part of this whole thing is that I learned a new skill this weekend!  I … Continue reading »
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April 30, 2013

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10:00 PM | I can’t do it my way
The owner of hot dog business was unable to convince the United States Trademark Office that his trademark for “Franks Anatra” would not cause confusion with the famous singer with a similar sounding name. Frank Sinatra LLC opposed the trademark application, alleging that it falsely suggested a connection with Ol’ Blue Eyes. To establish that … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Next up, the closest star to us.
That’s right, Sol our very own sun.  Like Terra for Earth, Sol is the Latin name of the Sun. That’s why we live in the Sol(ar) System.  The Sun is big compared to us, really big.  Actually, it is big compared to everything else in our system.  The Sun alone accounts for about 99.86% of … Continue reading »
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2:00 AM | Oh hello DLs. Missed you.
Oh hello DLs. Missed you.
psydoctor8
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April 29, 2013

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10:00 PM | USPTO Announces New Rules for Derivation Proceedings
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued its final rules governing derivation proceedings. The new patent proceedings are designed to ensure that a person will not be able to obtain a patent for an invention that he or she did not actually invent under the new first-inventor-to-file system. Under the rules, if a dispute … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Picture week starts with new Hubble images of an old favorite.
Everyone (in most of the world) can look up into the night sky and see the Orion nebula with their own eyes.  No telescope needed.  Part of the Orion complex is the often imaged Horsehead nebula.  Below is an image that I took a few years ago. But with a new infra-red camera, Hubble once … Continue reading »
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April 28, 2013

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8:50 PM | "In the empirical sciences, almost everything is a matter of weighing evidence; outside of geometry,..."
“In the empirical sciences, almost everything is a matter of weighing evidence; outside of...
psydoctor8
Law | Neuroscience

April 27, 2013

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1:09 AM | Adrian Raine on Neurocriminology for the WSJ The field of...
Adrian Raine on Neurocriminology for the WSJ The field of neurocriminology—using neuroscience to understand and prevent crime—is revolutionizing our understanding of what drives “bad” behavior. If early biological and genetic factors beyond the individual’s control make some people more likely to become violent offenders than others, are these individuals fully blameworthy? And if they are not, how should they be punished? A more profound understanding of the early biological […]
psydoctor8
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April 26, 2013

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4:00 PM | CISPA ‘dead’, all hail big brother.
This isn’t an astronomy blog.  I normally try to keep out of politics, but this issue seems to have united Democrats, Independents, Libertarians and Republicans (in alphabetical order). The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) died a death of procedural motions today in the Senate.  I personally was not unhappy to see it go.  … Continue reading »
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April 25, 2013

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10:00 PM | Does Europe Need Bold IP Reforms?
I have previously written about how the European Chamber of Commerce would like to see bold changes in China’s IP law. Well, a report on the status of innovation and intellectual property in Europe suggests that the EUmust make “bold” reforms to keep up with the ever-evolving digital economy. The report, authored by ten European … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | Space Junk Menace
This week scientists, engineers and space-law experts are gathering in Darmstadt, Germany for the The 6th European Conference on Space Debris.  Attendees will discuss the growing problem of space debris.  On the table are proposals to curb the accumulation of new junk in orbit.  And trust me, there is a lot of junk up there. … Continue reading »
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4:32 AM | After lab meetings: a psydoc exposé.
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psydoctor8
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April 24, 2013

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10:05 PM | Former Employee Sentenced for Trade Secret Theft
Yesterday, I told you about the DuPont trade secret case. Today, I would like to point out that employees can also be in voilation of state and federal trade secret law. A former Motorola employee has been sentenced to four years in prison for trade secret theft. Hanjuan Jin’s sentence is one of the harshest … Continue reading »
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4:00 PM | First ISON images released.
Peering deep into space as usual, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first images of comet ISON. Billed as the “comet of the century” because it could, at one point, be brighter than the full Moon. Maybe. A lot of if’s surround this comet.  If it is the right composition, if the water ratio … Continue reading »
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