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[01:05] schestowitz > I went looking on the internet for law firms that might sue Kappos
[01:05] schestowitz > and/or the USPTO.
[01:05] schestowitz >
[01:05] schestowitz > The amazing thing about the USPTO is that there are very few negative
[01:05] schestowitz > articles on the internet. My opinion is that, since the USPTO controls
[01:05] schestowitz > the ability to make money on royalties, it is almost like the Federal
[01:05] schestowitz > Reserve (central bank), i.e. sacrosanct.
[01:05] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > The only really negative press I've seen is a whistleblower scandal, in
[01:06] schestowitz > which the USPTO was lackadaisical - they have so much money - and were
[01:06] schestowitz > paying fraudulent pay claims from work-from-home examiners. And, I
[01:06] schestowitz > remember seeing one article saying that the USPTO's work-from-home
[01:06] schestowitz > program had been praised as a "model" example of "how to do it," hence
[01:06] schestowitz > it came as a shock to people that it wasn't as wonderful as advertised.
[01:06] schestowitz > https://www.federaltimes.com/management/leadership/2016/08/31/oig-issues-scathing-report-on-uspto-teleworking/
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.federaltimes.com | OIG issues scathing report on USPTO teleworking
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > Beyond this, there is nothing.
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > Apparently, if you sue the USPTO, you have to pay their lawyers.
[01:06] schestowitz > https://www.fitcheven.com/?t=40&an=67156&anc=180&format=xml&p=5486
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fitcheven.com | IP Alert: Sue the USPTO? You're on the Hook for Their Attorneys Fees | Intellectual Property Law | Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery
[01:06] schestowitz > https://www.law360.com/articles/1206911/justices-question-uspto-s-bold-pursuit-of-atty-fees
[01:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.law360.com | Justices Question USPTO's Bold Pursuit Of Atty Fees - Law360
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > And, the USPTO retaliates against "political opponents." I guess that
[01:06] schestowitz > might include me.
[01:06] schestowitz > https://www.law360.com/articles/1202204
[01:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.law360.com | USPTO Accused Of Retaliating Against 'Political Opponents' - Law360
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > But, I did find one recent lawsuit - 9 August 2021 - against Michelle
[01:06] schestowitz > Lee and others at the USPTO. Of course, I know you've written about
[01:06] schestowitz > people suing Michelle Lee.
[01:06] schestowitz > https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/patent-office-ex-chief-judges-face-suit-over-rigged-ip-system
[01:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.bloomberglaw.com | NO TITLE
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > https://www.ipwatchdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021.08.09_Doc-1_Complaint.pdf
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > I sent my material to the law firm that is suing Michelle Lee today, on
[01:06] schestowitz > the theory that they might be willing to sue Kappos and others at the
[01:06] schestowitz > USPTO. It would have to be a class-action lawsuit, since I can't pay
[01:06] schestowitz > them, so they would have to figure out where they get their money from,
[01:06] schestowitz > which might be a problem, since it might be difficult to contact
[01:06] schestowitz > inventors, since they are such a small percentage of the population.
[01:06] schestowitz >
[01:06] schestowitz > But, they look like a small, dedicated law firm - honest and distinctly
[01:06] schestowitz > non-flashy website - so maybe I might have some luck.
[01:06] schestowitz > https://www.pollockcohen.com/investigations
[01:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.pollockcohen.com | Class Actions &Investigations Pollock | Cohen LLP
[01:07] schestowitz >
[01:07] schestowitz >
[01:07] schestowitz > If I get a positive response from them, I might suggest to them that
[01:07] schestowitz > they contact you, since you are an expert on the proprietary software
[01:07] schestowitz > and Linux issues, and could maybe help them in some way. Knowing the
[01:07] schestowitz > number of people who might participate in a class action lawsuit, and
[01:07] schestowitz > who they are, would be useful.
[01:07] schestowitz >
[01:07] schestowitz > I'll let you know what happens.
[01:07] schestowitz Thanks for the update!
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[07:53] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/esdaniel/status/1438028519817293825
[07:53] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.eu | (@esdaniel): "This! The economics of parasite niche markets that Microsoft has exploited keeps everyone on the hook; no wonder people use the Blue Pill / Red Pill metaphor when describing this ecosystem. Ignorance is bliss for Microsoft :-( @schestowitz knows this all too well." | nitter
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[08:25] schestowitz-TR I got the latest build of lagrange last night, it's definitely getting better and the most potent client I've seen so far
[08:27] schestowitz-TR I reckon (as with EPO), instead of moaning about "the media" not covering Gemini we can try to play an active role in changing that. Another EPO series coming soon.
[08:28] schestowitz-TR media vacuums or media blackouts leave a void, and that in turns can mean 'monopoly' on the coverage in these area, which is what EPO for example loathes (most EPO staff reads the site regularly for updates on the workplace)
[08:30] Techrights-sec Yes, the best option is to be publishing about the EPO. However, the EPO is
[08:30] Techrights-sec not covered b ythe media because it touches on technology (ICT) and
[08:30] Techrights-sec that is in general ignored except for warmed-over press releases
[08:30] Techrights-sec Yes the void can be exploited well.
[08:30] Techrights-sec Too bad fake sites like Reddit and others (which I won't name) abound and
[08:30] Techrights-sec will not pick up discussion of the topics.
[08:30] schestowitz-TR in parallel I work with someone on challenging the USPTO on its subservients to "big business". I try to leavr redacted bits in IRC for transparency.
[08:31] Techrights-sec The EPO staff need to remove the management and replace them with
[08:31] Techrights-sec competent and ethical people, unlike what's there the last few generations.
[08:32] schestowitz-TR it is a HUGE challenge, but we've killed the UPC already (seems unrecoverable), so patience is needed
[08:34] Techrights-sec I'd still like to see some more public acknowledgment about the irrovcable
[08:34] Techrights-sec demise of the UPC. It's dead but a handful of noisy lawyers lie about it.
[08:34] Techrights-sec What killed the UPC was the assholes piggybacking too many unrelated and
[08:34] Techrights-sec undesirable riders onto it, such as software patents. If they had gone
[08:34] Techrights-sec with safe and non-problematic baseline, it would have sailed through.
[08:41] Techrights-sec The TR Gemini capsule is getting to be quite nice.
[08:42] schestowitz-TR it got some recognition in the mailing list, which I was tempted to join. If many people adopt gemini, we'll be ahead of the curve already.
[08:44] schestowitz-TR each time a high-profile project like gnu joins it helps raise awaren
[08:44] schestowitz-TR ess
[08:50] Techrights-sec Yes. Over in the WWW, there is more detail than Apache,Nginx,and Other:
[08:50] Techrights-sec https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2021/08/25/august-2021-web-server-survey.html
[08:50] Techrights-sec but Other is still huge, relatively speaking, and I am getting the idea
[08:50] Techrights-sec that it is javascript frameworks instead of actual WWW stuff. That
[08:50] Techrights-sec makes being able to disseminate material via Gemini that much more important.
[08:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.netcraft.com | August 2021 Web Server Survey | Netcraft News
[08:50] Techrights-sec However, a really bad bug is its inability to handle large files.
[08:53] schestowitz-TR due to severe space contraints on the pi (unless I attach external storage over USB), I would not serve large file over it. b/w at home is another issue
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[09:04] Techrights-sec Proprietary junk like LiteSpeed are getting listed at Netcraft, too.
[09:04] Techrights-sec And who knows what is lurking behind Cloudflare's censorship/surveillance
[09:04] Techrights-sec engine.
[09:04] Techrights-sec ack.
[09:04] Techrights-sec There might be a Compute Module 4 based board coming out on the market
[09:04] Techrights-sec this year, but I've lost the link. The board would, if it goes into
[09:04] Techrights-sec production, support SSDs.
[09:04] Techrights-sec If it becomes reality, I will get one and move many files to a local NAS built
[09:04] Techrights-sec from it. THen I can massively down scale any future laptop or desktop hardware.
[09:04] Techrights-sec But in general it is important that Gemini handles all files properly.
[09:04] Techrights-sec I hope that solderpunk or whoever is still active are able to do an improvement
[09:04] Techrights-sec there. I see it as a bug fix.
[09:19] Techrights-sec Is gemini://gemini.techrights.org/videos/
[09:19] Techrights-sec in chronological order?
[09:20] schestowitz-TR I cannot remember the order, but it wasn't anything I sorted
[09:21] schestowitz-TR some of the atuff there is old but very important because the originals are not possible to find anymore
[09:21] Techrights-sec I'm wondering the age of some of them.
[09:24] schestowitz
[09:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-citizenlab.ca | NSO Group / Q Cyber Technologies: Over One Hundred New Abuse Cases - The Citizen Lab
[09:24] schestowitz
The exploit works by exploiting an integer overflow vulnerability in Apples image rendering library (CoreGraphics). We are publishing limited technical information about CVE-2021-30860 at this time.
The exploit works by exploiting an integer overflow vulnerability in Apples image rendering library (CoreGraphics). We are publishing limited technical information about CVE-2021-30860 at this time.
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[09:39] Techrights-sec Yes, local archives are important because so much disappears from the net
[09:39] Techrights-sec at unpredictable moments.
[09:42] Techrights-sec Refactored gemini-latest-videos.sh
[09:42] Techrights-sec sed isn't the right tool, but it's ok until it breaks
[09:42] schestowitz-TR2 thanks, it was so simple and crude and merely proof of concept
[09:45] Techrights-sec Would it be useful to use XPath instead? It'd be more flexible about
[09:45] Techrights-sec the incoming HTML that way.
[09:45] schestowitz-TR2 it would make it harder for me too to maintain and I think there are more important areas for improvement
[09:46] schestowitz-TR2 bbiab, gym at home
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