Patent Acquisition and Assertion by a (Non-Inventor) First Party Against a Second Party (i.e. trolling)

Methods for a first party to acquire and assert a patent property against a second party are disclosed. The methods include obtaining an equity interest in the patent property. The methods further include writing a claim within the scope of the patent property. The claim is written to cover a product of the second party where the product includes a secret aspect. The methods further include filing the claim with a patent office. The methods sometimes include offering a license of the patent property to the second party after the patent property issues as a patent with the claim. The methods sometimes include asserting infringement of the claim by the second party after the patent property issues as a patent with the claim. The methods sometimes include negotiating a cross-license with the second party based on the assertion of infringement of the claim, where under the cross-license the first party obtains a license to an intellectual property right from the second party. The methods sometime include attempting to obtain a monetary settlement from the second party based on the assertion of infringement of the claim.

Halliburton Troll Patent Filing

Hilarious, thanks to Jonathan Schwartz for digging it up.

De student wilde onderzoeken of gemeenten voldoende toezicht op brandveiligheid uitoefenen.

In 2008 heeft de Arbo-Unie geconstateerd: “Naleving en controle van brandveiligheidseisen en milieuregels in gemeentelijke gebouwen zoals het gemeentehuis, de brandweerkazerne maar ook scholen, sportterreinen en bibliotheken is onvoldoende.” (http://www.arbounie.nl/nieuws/nl/Brandveiligheid-en-milieuregels-gemeenten-onvoldoende.htm?fluxmenu=&searchForWord=toezicht)

Een ander voorbeeld — uit onderzook in Almeloo (2007) blijkt: “Brandveiligheid vormt echter het grootste knelpunt, zo bleek uit zowel de inventarisatie als de integrale controles. Een groot deel van de gemeentelijke inrichtingen in de gemeente Almelo beschikt niet over een adequate gebruiksvergunning. Ook wordt niet altijd voldaan aan de brandveiligheidseisen. Een constatering die overigens niet alleen voor de gemeentelijke inrichtingen geldt. Veel, voornamelijk oudere bestaande bouwwerken in Almelo, voldoen niet aan de actuele brandveiligheidseisen. De gemeente heeft inmiddels een traject gestart om een inhaalslag te maken met het verlenen van en toezicht op gebruiksvergunningen.” (http://dms01.saxion.nl/C12574DB002E48FC/All+documents/8BE115E6E26F12C6C1257685006DFB12/$File/4.%20Scriptie%20SEdeGooijer%20110607.pdf)

2006 constateerde VROOM “Toezicht brandveiligheid discotheken schiet tekort” (http://www.binnenhofbulletin.nl/bb/dossiers/socialecohesie/Sportenvrijetijd/Naleving-brandveiligheid-discotheken_1006.html).

Slecht nieuws voor de gemeenten. Wat doen, om nog meer slecht nieuws te voorkomen?

Gewoon de Wet openbaarheid van bestuur naar hun eigen behoefden interpreteren. De student de informatie weigeren. De VNG een “advies” laten opzetten: “nee, deze documenten hebben we niet”, “nee, het kost 300 EUR om die informatie beschikbaar te maken”, “nee, die informatie staat al ergens online” (zie http://www.vng.nl/Documenten/Extranet/Gemeenterecht/2010/20100212Wobverzoek_Reitsema.pdf)

Bizar.

Santa’s quite obvious abdominal obesity and deep red facial complexion are convincing indicators that the man is at risk for both heart attack and stroke. ‘I’m confident that he would benefit from treatment of both diabetes and high blood pressure. And cholesterol-lowering drugs would probably not hurt either. As if that wasn’t enough, new research shows that his abdominal obesity is a risk factor for dementia,’ says Annika Rosengren, professor at the Department of Emergency and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Too much sugar and fat Since Santa lives in Lapland (Henrik Aronsson, reader at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, claims that the North Pole is out of the question due to its apparent lack of reindeer pasture), there is fortunately a potential for healthy cooking using clear spring water, reindeer meat and salmon. Yet, Christmas means bad sleep and lots of stress to the point it may affect him well into the spring. In addition, the holiday rush may make it difficult for Santa to plan his meals.

‘Mr. Claus eats too much sugar and saturated fat. The foods that people give him are very energy dense. I’m thinking of candy, rice pudding and high-fat cuts of meat. People generally gain about half a kilo over Christmas,’ says Mette Axelsen, senior lecturer at the Department of Clinical Nutrition. Now add the tradition of treating Santa to a shot of something strong, and you have some ill effects on his cardiac rhythm as well.

152 million home visits There are about 2 billion children in the world, but since Santa Claus does not visit Muslims, Hindus, Jews and Buddhists, he has to attend to ‘only’ about 380 million of them. Assuming that an average family has 2.5 children, we estimate that Santa has to make about 152 million home visits on Christmas Eve. ‘That equals 900 visits per second, if we suppose that Santa plans his route strategically and travels westbound in order to extend the 24-hour period, so to speak,’ says Stefan Lemurell, senior lecturer at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

If we assume that the houses are 100 metres apart on average and that Santa needs time to park his sleigh properly, climb down the chimney, distribute Christmas gifts via stockings or Christmas trees or from his bag, shove the rice pudding and schnapps (or equivalent) down his throat and then leave the building, his sleigh must cruise at a speed of nearly 90 kilometres per second, or roughly 265 times the speed of sound.

‘The acceleration needed to accomplish this implies a g-force of 14 million times Earth’s gravity. Fighter pilots become unconscious at 7g. As a physicist, it would be interesting to learn how Santa manages this feat, since it could lead to significant breakthroughs in the area of space travel,’ says Maria Sundin, senior lecturer at the Department of Physics.

1.9 million airborne reindeer If we hypothesise that each child receives a Christmas gift that weighs 1 kilo, the entire heap of gifts must weigh 380 000 tonnes. Add to this that Santa himself is not a small guy. ‘A reindeer can pull up to 200 kilos, which means that Santa needs 1.9 million airborne reindeer to pull his sleigh, plus some extra for take-off and landing,’ says Professor Stefan Nilsson at the Department of Zoology.

And this brings us to the number one health risk. If the average gift measures 10×20x20 centimetres, then the volume of all gifts equals 2.5 times the Stockholm Globe Arena, which means that Santa and his reindeer must generate an immense amount of energy as they travel through space. ‘The estimated speed of Santa’s travel would make both him and his reindeer explode and burn up within milliseconds of take-off,’ Maria Sundin adds.

The conclusion is that Santa’s very strenuous living conditions give us reason to question his very existence. But then again, that depends on what you believe in: science or Santa Claus?

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Regen in Berlin

Three of Rambo's

Und obwohl die Banker aus Süd Afrika “versicheren Ihnen ein 100% Risiko freie Verwicklung”, bin ich geneigt, eher den Freiheitskampf in Afrika zu unterstützen, denn mich als Haiders Ur-Gross-Neffe auszugeben…

And this test is more than just about language — it is also very subtly about the Dutch way of understanding the world, as this example on recycling shows:

To separate waste means putting your waste
(a) on the street
(b) all in the one same bin
(c) into green and grey bins
(c is deemed correct)

How could I be so stupid thinking separating waste actually was about separating recyclable materials and collecting them separately for reuse…