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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Number-two cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings Inc., the maker of Winston and Camel cigarettes, said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun a formal investigation into potential violations of securities laws related to its expense accounting, but the development didn't have a significant impact on investors, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.
RJR, the second-largest U.S. cigarette maker in terms of revenue behind the Philip Morris USA unit of Altria Group Inc., received a subpoena from the SEC on July 3 related to its practice of aggregating certain expenses. Talks to date with SEC staff have focused on whether the Winston-Salem, N.C., company should break out certain costs in its public filings or be able to lump those costs with other expenses.
RJR said a separate disclosure of these costs would harm the company. "This has nothing to do with any financial improprieties or accounting improprieties," said Seth Moskowitz, an RJR spokesman. "None of our competitors breaks out what the SEC wants us to break out."
At issue, the report said, is the category of expenses classified in public filings as "selling, general and administrative expenses." RJR reported total selling, general and administrative expenses of $381 million for the second quarter, up 6.7 percent from a year ago. The broad category includes marketing and selling costs as well as the costs of litigating product-liability lawsuits and other legal cases. It is generally shown as one figure in quarterly and annual financial results.


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I love working on new recipes and creating tasty snacks for hungry fans! From bite-sized finger foods to delicious sweets, there's no end to the creativity you can dish out on Game Day. Sometimes I stick with tried and true favorites, like nachos or pizza, but today I wanted to share a fun new recipe that you can make for the ravenous football fans at your next football watching party!
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It's like a nickname he came up with between the two of us when we were grabbing food together one night, he still has it in his phone and none of his friends call me that nickname.
I think it might help to know the back story but in general what does it mean? We were having a 'thing' I think.
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You really are acting funny today. 你今天的举动真是古怪
Keep it up, okay? 继续努力,好吗?
Can I ask you a question? 可以问你个问题吗?
Sure. 好
If for some reason you thought you didn't have a lot of time left... 若是为了某种原因 你觉得自己时间所剩无几...
You mean today? 你是指今天吗?
No, I mean in life. 不,我指生命
If you had one day left, what would you do? 如果你只剩一天可活 你会怎么做?
That's an odd question. 好怪的问题
I'd just like to know. 我只是想知道
Well, let's see... my last day on earth. 我想一下... 我在人世的最后一天
Shoe shopping. And eating ten hot fudge sundaes. 买鞋子、吃它十个软绵绵的圣代
And there's that Calvin Klein underwear model. Might be fun to get to know him better. 还有那个卡文克莱内衣模特儿 能认识他可能会更有趣
It's an easy answer. A no-brainer. 很容易答,不用想也知道
I'd spend it with you. 我要与你共度
Really? 真的?
Of course. 当然
Just being together. Like now. 就是在一起,像现在一样
Doing nothing. 什么也不做
And that's it? 就那样?
Nothing else? 没别的了吗?
A closeness. An intense closeness. 亲密,浓烈的亲密
Really sharing things with each other. 真正彼此分享事情
Silly things. Difficult things. 糗事、难事
That's what I've always wanted for us, and if we could have that... 我一直希望我们能那样 如果我们能做到那样...
nothing could hurt us. 就什么也伤害不了我们
I love you. 我爱你
Good. 很好
The rain's letting up. Do you want to go to the top of your hill? 雨停了,想去你的山顶吗?
No. 不想
I want to take you somewhere else. 我要带你去别处
Do I have to climb? 我非爬不可吗?
Maybe we should wait another minute. 也许我们该再等一会
Good idea. 好主意
Your dad was a very handsome guy. 你爸长的很帅呢
So I guess you took after your mom, right? 所以我猜你长的像你妈,对吧?
He spent a lot of time here? 他多半时候都待在这里?
Yeah, he did. 没错
After he got laid off in '93. Here all the time. 他1993年被解雇之后 就一直待在这里


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Allison Isbell, Mickey Schneider, Catherine McCrea
After the Civil War, large corporations developed. The new corporations could consolidate business and produce goods more efficiently. Stores started using advertising and mail order catalogs to get more customers.
1. What factors led to the rise of big business in the United States?
A. Entrepreneurship
B. Consolidation of Industry
C. Investment Banking
D. Rise of Immigration
E. All of the above
2. What was Andrew Carnegie known for?
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C. Oil
D. Shoelaces
3. What was John D. Rockefeller known for?
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D. A Rock Band
4. What is a monopoly?
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B. When a single company achieves control of an entire market
C. When someone gets a lot of money
D. Shoelaces
5. What is vertical integration?
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No time like the present for lawmakers to start working on "a replacement plan built on a decentralized, market-based reform program [that] can broaden insurance coverage dramatically without the massive federal power grab and mandates of Obamacare." Some conservative gurus already are.
Time to recognize Egypt is a mess. "That Egypt is encountering economic problems is no secret, but the gravity of the situation is being underestimated. . . . A new analysis by David Goldman reveals just how bad things really are, and lends credence to what I am hearing from well-informed business sources: Egypt's reserves are gone."
A timely reminder from the Cato Institute: "Legalizing the peaceful and otherwise law-abiding unauthorized immigrants here will allow law enforcement to focus on legitimate national security and crime threats. It is more costly for the government to weed out criminals and national security threats when there is such a large and relatively peaceful unauthorized immigrant population. Shrinking the size of that immigrant black market quickly and cheaply through responsible legalization, and allowing more immigration of workers in the future, will channel scarce government resources toward legitimate security and criminal screenings and away from enforcing economic protectionism."
Contra the rhetoric of Secretary of State John Kerry, this is no time to restart the "peace process." Jonathan Schnazer observes: " Put plainly, there is little political freedom in the West Bank these days. The Palestinian president has no political challengers. He has no vice president. He has no heir apparent. And he does not allow for a healthy exchange of political ideas in the public space. With the imminent exit of [Salam] Fayyad, his domination of Palestinian politics in the West Bank appears complete. . . .Thus, with Fayyad's departure, after more than two decades of fits and starts of political progress, Palestinian politics is right back to where it started. One man — this time in a suit, instead of a keffiyeh and fatigues — presides over a people not only desperate for independence, but desperate for change."
It's time to stop kidding ourselves that the problem can be defined purely as "al-Qaeda." David Remnick: "The digital era allows no asylum from extremism, let alone from the toxic combination of high-minded zealotry and the curdled disappointments of young men."
About time for the "have it all" and "lean in" set to get real. "Making compromises is a healthy approach to living. For a woman to say she is searching for a 'good enough' life is not failure — it is maturity and self-knowledge." By the way, that's true for men too.
Time for the recriminations against the White House. "[I]n the immediate aftermath of the defeat, critics have begun to second-guess Obama's strategy and question whether he was fully prepared for what promised from the beginning to be a bruising battle with gun rights supporters. . . . Asked about the White House strategy on the gun push, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told BuzzFeed it 'couldn't have been any worse.' 'It's tone deaf,' Graham said. 'He's been a political cheerleader on this, and he's poisoned the well. There's some solutions out there, but he picked three things that really wouldn't fix the system.'" Read the whole thing.


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Using a Bucket Conveyor to Convey Mixes and BlendsJuly 14, 2016
When conveying mixes and blends, the major challenge is to move the material without any separation or loss of consistency in the ingredients which make up the mix. Should ingredient separation or loss of consistency occurs when a mix is transported through a conveyor, product quality is degraded,...comment
Hapman Partners with MavindJuly 13, 2016
Hapman, a designer and manufacturer of tailored conveyors, bulk material handling equipment, and fully integrated systems for more than 70 years, announces a licensee partnership with Mavind Industria Mecanica LTDA, Belo Horizonte/MG, Brazil. Mavind has built strong business relationships in...comment
New Technology Generates Power Using Conveyor Belt Kinetic EnergyJuly 12, 2016
Martin Engineering has introduced a technology that uses the kinetic energy from a moving conveyor belt to generate enough power to run a wide variety of electronic systems. The Martin Roll Gen System was designed to create a self-contained mini power station that allows operators to run...comment
Conveyor Equipment Orders SoarJuly 8, 2016
The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association reported that its May 2016 booked orders increased 9.8% when compared to May 2015 orders and 36.9% when compared to April 2016. May booked orders were down 9.4% for Bulk Handling Equipment and up 65.3% for Unit Handling Equipment when compared...comment
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KWS Manufacturing Co. announces that Jacob Rider has received his Professional Engineer License (PE) in the state of Texas. Rider's accomplishment is the culmination of his hard work beginning in college and extending through his career. In order to receive a professional license in...comment
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Van Beek developed the Liner Filler for fast loading of bulk goods into 20-ft containers. This screw conveyor, also called a container filling screw, is fast: a container liner is 85% full in less than half an hour! Ideal for bulk transport Fitted with a liner (a sort of big bag that lines...comment
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Eric Jaschke has taken over the position of chief financial officer (CFO) in the Schenck Process Group. Jaschke will preside over the Schenck Process Group's global financial organization, working closely with Andreas Evertz, president and chief executive officer (CEO). Jaschke has...comment
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Key Technology introduces the reengineered Iso-Flo with monobeam construction. This new family of vibratory conveyors features a frame made of a single structural member. The monobeam conveyor's frame and spring arms can be tucked completely under the conveyor bed. The narrow frame offers...comment
Hapman Partners with Eunori Ltd in ChinaJune 21, 2016
Hapman, a global manufacturer of conveyors and bulk material handling equipment serving industries ranging from chemical and food to nutraceutical, minerals processing, wastewater, and power generation, has partnered with Eunori Ltd in Beijing, China to exclusively handle and support all in-country...comment
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The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reported that its April 2016 booked orders decreased 10.5% when compared to April 2015 orders. When compared to March 2016, April 2016 booked orders were down 19.3%. April booked orders were down 6.6% for Bulk Handling Equipment and down...comment


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Comparative Patent Remedies
A Blog Devoted to the Comparative Law and Economics of Patent Remedies
Friday, August 11, 2017
Blogging Break
I'll be taking a break from blogging for the next two weeks, resuming the week of August 28.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Federal Circuit: No Right to a Jury Trial on Awards of Attorneys' Fees Under § 285
This morning the Federal Circuit handed down an opinion, AIA America, Inc. v. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, holding that there is no right to a jury trial on awards of attorneys' fees under § 285 of the Patent Act. The underlying case was an action for infringement relating to two patents "directed to research technologies stemming from the discovery of the 'Swedish mutation,' a genetic mutation that is associated with early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease" (p.2). The district court held a jury trial on the issue of whether AIA had standing to assert its claims, which resulted in a judgment that it did not. The Federal Circuit summarily affirmed this judgment in 2014, and the litigation then moved to the issue of whether the defendants were entitled to an award of fees under § 285 ("The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party"). The district court awarded fees in the amount of almost $4 million, and AIA appealed, arguing that it was entitled to a jury determination. Not surprisingly, in my view, the Federal Circuit thinks not:
We first address AIA's argument that the Seventh Amendment requires a jury trial to decide the facts forming the basis to award attorney's fees under § 285 of the Patent Act. Specifically, AIA argues that when an award of attorney's fees is based in part or in whole on a party's state of mind, intent, or culpability, only a jury may decide those issues. . . .
A litigant has a right to a jury trial if provided by statute, or if required by the Seventh Amendment. . . .
The Seventh Amendment preserves the right to a jury trial for "[s]uits at common law." U.S. Const. amend. VII. The phrase "suits at common law" refers to suits in which only legal rights and remedies were at issue, as opposed to equitable rights and remedies. . . . A legal remedy requires a jury trial on demand, while an equitable remedy does not implicate the right to a jury trial. . . . A two-step inquiry determines whether a modern statutory cause of action involves only legal rights and remedies. Tull v. United States, 481 U.S. 412, 417–18 (1987). First, we must "compare the statutory action to 18th-century actions brought in the courts of England prior to the merger of the courts of law and equity." Id. at 417. "Second, we examine the remedy sought and determine whether it is legal or equitable in nature." Id. at 417–18. The Supreme Court has stressed the second step of this test is the more important of the two. . . .
Turning to the first step, the nature of the claim, English courts for centuries have allowed claims for attorney's fees in both the courts of law and equity. . . .
As to the second step, the nature of the remedy, the fact that the relief sought is monetary does not necessarily make the remedy "legal." . . . In the context of attorney's fees, when attorney's fees are themselves part of the merits of an action, they are regarded as a "legal" remedy. For example, a lawyer's fee claim against a client is a question for the jury, Simler v. Conner, 372 U.S. 221, 223 (1963) (per curiam), and a claim for attorney's fees under a contractual indemnification provision is a contractual "legal right" that is also a question for the jury, McGuire v. Russell Miller, Inc., 1 F.3d 1306, 1315–16 (2d Cir. 1993). By contrast, when attorney's fees are awarded pursuant to a statutory prevailing party provision, they are regarded as an "equitable" remedy because they raise "issues collateral to and separate from the decision on the merits." . . .
Despite the foregoing, AIA argues that if a decision on attorney's fees involves considerations of a party's state of mind, intent, and culpability, then those questions must be presented to a jury under the Seventh Amendment. AIA, however, has pointed to no cases finding that once an issue is deemed equitable, a Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial may still attach to certain underlying determinations. . . .
The court also rejects AIA's arguments that the district judge was precluded from "making factual findings on issues that were not considered by the jury," and that AIA was denied its right to due process of law. Opinion by Judge Hughes, joined by Judges Newman and Lourie.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Federal Circuit: Standard for Awarding Attorney's Fees Is the Same in Patent and Trademark Cases
This morning the court issued an opinion in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., vacating a district court judgment granting attorneys' fees under § 285 of the Patent Act and denying fees under § 1117(a) of the Lanham Act. (The district court also awarded fees under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practice Act (CUTPA), the propriety of which does not appear to be discussed in the Federal Circuit opinions.) The author of the principal opinion is Judge Dyk, joined by Judge Hughes; Judge Newman concurs in part and dissents in part.
This is the third time this case has come up on appeal. In 2016, the Federal Circuit approved a reduction in damages due to laches (Romag's delay in filing suit until the eve of the Christmas shopping season in 2010), see discussion here. Earlier this year the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded this aspect of the opinion in light of the Supreme Court's opinion in SCA Hygiene that laches is no longer a defense to a claim for damages incurred within the statute of limitations. This third appeal is all about attorneys' fees. Following a jury trial, the district court entered judgment for Romag on its claims for patent infringement, trademark infringement, and violation of CUTPA, relating to Fossil's sales of handbags bearing allegedly infringing magnetic snap fasteners. The court awarded fees in connection with the patent claim, finding the case to be "exceptional" under the Octane Fitness standard, but not for trademark infringement, based on the Second Circuit's understanding that Lanham Act § 1117(a) permits awards of attorneys' fees only for bad faith or fraudulent conduct. (In a case like this one, the courts are supposed to apply regional circuit law to the non-patent issues, and here the case was litigated in the District of Connecticut, which is within the Second Circuit.) The Federal Circuit, however, holds that after Octane Fitness the standard for awarding fees under the two statutes is identical:
Before Octane, the Second Circuit allowed recovery of attorney's fees under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a) only if there was bad faith or willful infringement on the part of the defendants. . . . The question is whether this standard survives after Octane. There have been no Second Circuit decisions on this issue since Octane. . . . [H]owever, there is intervening relevant Supreme Court authority which, we think, would lead the Second Circuit to follow other circuits which have held that the Octane standard applies to the Lanham Act. . . .
Since Octane was decided, the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits have all held that the Octane "Court was sending a clear message that it was defining 'exceptional' not just for the fee provision in the Patent Act, but for the fee provision in the Lanham Act as well." Fair Wind Sailing, Inc. v. Dempster, 764 F.3d 303, 315 (3d Cir. 2014) . . . .Indeed, no circuit has specifically considered Octane and then declined to apply it to the Lanham Act.
This is unsurprising, as the language of the Patent Act and the Lanham Act for attorney's fees is identical. Both statutes provide that "[t]he court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party." 35 U.S.C. § 285; 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). "[W]hen Congress uses the same language in two statutes having similar purposes, . . . it is appropriate to presume that Congress intended that text to have the same meaning in both statutes." Smith v. City of Jackson, 544 U.S. 228, 233 (2005).
The court therefore remands for the district court to reconsider the award of fees for trademark infringement. Judge Newman joins in this aspect of the majority opinion.
On the question of fees for patent infringement, however, the majority (Judge Newman dissenting) also vacates and remands, holding that the district court erred in concluding (1) that Fossil had not withdrawn its anticipation and obviousness challenges until after judgment was entered; (2) that the district judge who presided over an earlier part of the litigation had found Fossil's indefiniteness argument to be "woefully inadequate," words that the panel majority believes were taken out of context; and (3) that the impact of Romag's own conduct in delaying suit until shortly before the 2010 holiday season had been adequately addressed by the court's refusal to award fees in connection with Romag's motion for a TRO. However, while the majority agrees with Romag that the district court's denial of a plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of infringement doesn't preclude a finding that the defendant's position was frivolous, the court finds that the district judge properly evaluated the strength of Fossil's position and sees "no error in the district court's refusal to consider this issue as an adverse factor in the totality of circumstances" (p.19). Finally, the court sets aside an award of expert witness fees incurred in connection with Fossil's motion for summary judgment on indefiniteness.
Monday, August 7, 2017
IP Chat Channel Webinar: Asian FRAND and SEP Update
Apologies for the short notice, but the IPO IP Chat Channel will be presenting a webinar titled FRAND and SEP Update: Asia at 2 pm Eastern time tomorrow, August 8. Here is a link, for those who might be interested in registering, and here is a description:
Standard essential patents (SEPs) are a key part of global commerce. For instance, an Internet of Things or 5G mobile networks can only be built using standards that are licensed at rates that are fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND). Yet traditional jurisprudence has shown itself ill-suited for disputes involving SEPs.
This webinar will consider the impact of recent developments in involving SEPs in China, Korea, Japan, and India. Our panel, which includes a senior competition lawyer at a SEP owner, an attorney who represents implementers, and a leading academic authority, will discuss topics including:
- The April release of the Beijing High People's Court Guidelines for Patent Infringement Determination;
- The decision of the Beijing IP Court in March finding Sony infringed a SEP and was an unwilling licensee, resulting in the first injunction in favor of an SEP holder in China;
- The decision of the Korean Fair Trade Commission, now being appealed, to impose a $853 million fine on Qualcomm for FRAND violations; and
- The ongoing assertion campaign by Japanese sovereign patent fund IP Bridge;
- Ericsson's campaign to win licensing royalties from local and Chinese phone makers in India.
- Jorge Contreras, University of Utah School of Law
- James Harlan, InterDigital Holdings, Inc.
- Paul Zeineddin, Zeineddin PLLC
Friday, August 4, 2017
Learned Hand's Cincinnati Car Opinion: When Everything Old Is New Again
I would venture to guess that the saying "There is nothing new under the sun" itself wasn't very new when some scribe long ago penned the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes. Some version of or variation on the saying probably has existed in many cultures over the ages, including the 1974 song by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager to which I allude in the title to today's blog post (memorably performed in the classic 1979 film All That Jazz). Anyway, I was thinking about the saying and the song yesterday as I read Judge Learned Hand's opinion in Cincinnati Car Co. v. New York Rapid Transit Corp., 66 F.2d 592 (2d Cir. 1933) (hat tip to Professor John Golden, for calling this case to my attention). The technology at issue, which relates to railway cars, seems rather dated, as does Judge Hand's indulgence in the occasional use of Latin adages (U.S. courts generally don't do that anymore.) But the opinion is surprisingly prescient in its discussion of issues that continue to bedevil the law of patent remedies, to the extent that it almost seems it could have been written yesterday (if only we had judges of the caliber of Learned Hand to write them). To wit:
1. Should courts ever stay an injunction to provide the infringer with a period of time to design around? Yes:
The plaintiff sued the defendant for infringement of patent No. 1,501,325, issued on July 15, 1924, to Thomas Elliott, and included two others in the bill. We held the patent just mentioned, and one of the others infringed; the third, not infringed. Cincinnati Car Co. v. New York Rapid Transit Co., 35 F.(2d) 679. Later we suspended the injunction to allow the defendant to substitute another device. 37 F.(2d) 100. It did so, and when the new structure came before us, we held that it escaped the claims of the patent. 52 F.(2d) 44.
2. Calculating damages for the infringement of one patent or a handful of patents in a complex device (say, a smartphone) is very difficult. But are the core issues we're facing today anything new and different? Maybe not:
The situation was . . . one so common in patent accountings, in which the invention is not of the article as a whole, but of a small detail. The difficulty of allocating profits in such cases has plagued the court from the outset, and will continue to do so, unless some formal and conventional rule is laid down, which is not likely. Properly, the question is in its nature unanswerable. It is of course possible to imagine an invention for a machine, or composition, or process which is a complete innovation, emerging, full grown, like Athene, from its parent's head. It would then be easy to say that profits were to be attributed wholly to the invention. Such inventions are however mythological. All have a background in the past, and are additions to the existing stock of knowledge which infringing articles embody along with the invention. It is generally impossible to allocate quantitatively the shares of the old and the new . . . .
Of course, Judge Hand liked to say that various other issues in IP law were unanswerable too, before proceeding to attempt an answer.
3. Patent infringement is a strict liability offense, arguably for good reasons; but in the typical case, is it also a moral offense akin to stealing someone else's property? I don't think so, and neither did Judge Hand:
3. Patent infringement is a strict liability offense, arguably for good reasons; but in the typical case, is it also a moral offense akin to stealing someone else's property? I don't think so, and neither did Judge Hand:
Before Westinghouse Co. v. Wagner Co., 225 U.S. 604, it was generally assumed that the burden lay with the patentee, though there were exceptions even then. That case has at times been thought to lay down a different rule, treating the infringer in all cases as a trustee ex maleficio, and therefore subject to the severe standard imposed upon malversators. A rigid insistence upon this would cast him for full profits in all cases except those in which by artificial and unreal distinctions courts should come to satisfy themselves that they could dissect the contribution of the prior art from that of the invention. This would be as unsatisfactory a result as that which imposed upon the patentee the same duty, and, while it might be answered that he is a victim, and the infringer a tort-feasor, the character of the tort ought not really to have such sanguinary results. Patent infringement often involves nice and casuistical questions which it is mere artifice to treat as involving moral delinquency.
4. The calculation of reasonable royalties is hardly an exact science:
In Dowagiac Manufacturing Co. v. Minnesota Moline Plow Co., 235 U.S. 641, the situation was reversed, the invention being itself for an avowed improvement upon an earlier reaper, and the new parts structurally distinguishable. There the court refused to impose the burden upon the infringer, though he had indubitably created the confusion by his wrong, and might, if he was caput lupinum, be held for the whole consequences. The patentee was required to make the division, and because he could not, was relegated to a reasonable royalty, the only satisfactory solution; perhaps because it abandons the appearance of rationalizing the irrational.
Again, the last phrase is the kicker. Judge Hand goes on to say:
The whole notion of a reasonable royalty is a device in aid of justice, by which that which is really incalculable shall be approximated, rather than that the patentee, who has suffered an indubitable wrong, shall be dismissed with empty hands. It is no more impossible to estimate than the damages in many other torts, as for example, personal injuries with their accompanying pain and mutilation.
5. Can expert witnesses at least help us to sort things out? Well . . .
Though the testimony of experts was recognized as competent in Dowagiac Mfg. Co. v. Minnesota Plow Co., it is generally of small help.
But then Hand had been saying that at least ever since the Parke-Davis case in 1911.
6. Finally, towards the end of the opinion, Judge Hand relies on comparables and doubles the award the special master had recommended. Along the way, he notes the disagreement between the parties about what the appropriate royalty base should be (entire market value rule, anyone?), and whether licenses entered into in settlement are competent evidence (an issue the Federal Circuit recently addressed, see here). On this last point, Judge Hand grasped the idea that the risk of incurring further attorneys' fees in the absence of settlement is symmetric and therefore (all else being equal) irrelevant:
Here it is true that the witnesses agreed within limits as to the percentage upon cost which might be taken, though some spoke in terms of a percentage on profits. But the base used was widely different, the plaintiff's witnesses taking the whole cost of the cars; the defendant's the cost of the articulations alone. We are thrown back therefore upon very little that is tangible, and while any conclusion must inevitably be somewhat speculative, we must find some basis in the evidence; we cannot conjure figures from our own minds. Though the payments were not established royalties, we need not disregard them, any more than the master did. It is true that they were settlements for infringements, but both parties may have been influenced by a wish to be done with litigation; that consideration is a sword with two edges.
By the way, if you're ever looking for a good biography of a famous judge, I'd recommend Gerald Gunther's classic Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, which I remember reading shortly after it came out, right before I started work as a law professor in 1994. I believe there's a second edition with a foreword by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that came out in 2010.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Some Recent Articles, Posts on Damages Multipliers and Attorneys' Fees in the E.U.
In July 2016, the CJEU handed down its judgment in UnitedVideo Properties, Inc v Telenet NV, C-57/15, on the recovery of attorneys' and advisors' fees in IP cases (see my blog post here), and in January of this year it handed down its judgment in Stowarzyszenie 'Oławska Telewizja Kablowa' v. StowarzyszenieFilmowców Polskich, Case C-367/15, on whether E.U. member states can award double damages for copyright infringement (see my blog post here). Here are some recent articles and blog posts:
1. Thibault Gisclard has published an article titled La nature des "dommages et intérêts" sanctionnant la contrefaçon: À propos de l'arrêt de la CJEU, 25 janv. 2017, aff. C-367/15, Stowarzyszenie Olawska Telewizja Kablowa c/ Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich ("The nature of "damages and interest" for infringement: Regarding the Judgment of the CJEU, Jan. 25, Case No. C-367/15," etc.) in the May 2017 issue of Propriété Industrielle. (pp. 23-27). Here is the abstract (my translation):
Directive 2004/48/CE of April 29, 2004 permits an award of lump-sum damages unconnected with just the harm effectively suffered and proven by the victim of the infringement. The Court of Justice of the European Union indicates in its judgment of January 25, 2017 that such an award may correspond to double the royalty based on a hypothetical license, which does not consequently constitute punitive damages and interest. The court, however, does not specify if the latter are compatible with the Directive. In French law, if the laws of 2007 and 2014 permit an extension of the notion of damages and interest beyond injury in the tort-law sense, the award of a fictive license has more of a quasicontractual nature, and the disgorgement of the gain realized by the infringer, which is no way punitive, is just a form of restitution of the fruits of the illicit exploitation of the intellectual property.
2. Magdalena Kogut-Czarkwoska and Dr. Birgit Clark have published an article titled "Copyright and Punishment": CJEU Rules that the IP Enforcement Directive Does Not Prevent "Lump Sum" Damages in IP Cases, 39 E.I.P.R. 315 (2017). Here is the abstract:
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has held that art.13 of the IP Enforcement Directive 2004/48 (the Directive) does not preclude an EU Member State from enacting national legislation which offers a method of establishing damages as a "lump sum" equivalent to double the hypothetical royalty rate. The decision confirms that the Directive merely aims to introduce "minimum" standard of protection, but does not prevent the Member States from introducing a higher level of protection: Stowarzyszenie Oławska Telewizja Kablowa v Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich (C-367/15).
3. Peter R. Slowinski has published an article titled Case Note on: "United Video Properties" , 48 IIC 373 (2017). Mr. Slowinski argues that the CJEU has left open "a number of important practical questions," among them how to determine what "reasonable" costs are, given that "[a]s of today, all information on legal fees in Europe is based on more or less structured surveys, which must be categorized as anecdotal."
4. Jan-Diederick Linemans has published two posts on the Kluwer Patent Blog, one titled First Belgian Ruling on Costs in Patent Proceedings Post United Video Properties/Telnet (May 4, 2017), and Recovering Lawyers' Fees in Belgium: Antwerp Court Beats Mons Court to First Substantive Ruling (May 24, 2017). According to Mr. Lindemans, in two recent cases Belgian courts have awarded fees for technical advisors, on the ground that "the 'direct and close link' required by the CJEU had . . . been proven." In the case before the Antwerp court, however, the court concluded that "an individual can only invoke his rights under the directive against a Member state . . . and not against another individual," although "the prevailing party could have a claim . . . against the Belgian government for not having implemented article 14 of the Enforcement Directive correctly or in a timely fashion."
Monday, July 31, 2017
Pedigo, Cox Square Off on the Analytical Approach
Although courts in the United States most frequently apply the willing licensor-willing licensee approach to calculating reasonable royalties, there is a less frequently used alternative known as the analytical approach. The Federal Circuit has described this approach as
focus[ing] on the infringer's projections of profit for the infringing product. See TWM Mfg. Co. v. Dura Corp., 789 F.2d 895, 899 (Fed.Cir.1986) (describing the analytical method as "subtract[ing] the infringer's usual or acceptable net profit from its anticipated net profit realized from sales of infringing devices"); see also John Skenyon et al., Patent Damages Law & Practice § 3:4, at 3–9 to 3–10 (2008) (describing the analytical method as "calculating damages based on the infringer's own internal profit projections for the infringing item at the time the infringement began, and then apportioning the projected profits between the patent owner and the infringer").
Lucent Techs., Inc. v. Gateway, Inc. 580 F.3d 1301, 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2008).
In March, Mark Pedigo published on Law360 a short article titled Determining Reasonable Royalties with Analytical Approach, advocating greater use of the analytical approach in calculating reasonable royalties. Mr. Pedigo argues, among other things, that although "the analytical approach may not be appropriate for every case," it can help to "isolate the value of the benefit (i.e., profitability) provided by the infringed features by comparing the infringing product profitability to noninfringing alternatives . . . (or other measures of normal profit)." He also states that "In the cases where the analytical approach has been used, expected profit was used at times and actual profit was used at times (typically when expected profit or pre-infringement profit was not available). Normal profit has been based on profitability from the infringer's industry or other products (other nonaccused products or noninfringing alternatives to the infringing product). An infringer's target (not specific to the infringing product) profit has also been used as a proxy for its normal profit."
More recently, Alan Cox has published a response on Law360 titled The Limited Role of Analytical Approach to Reasonable Royalty. Dr. Cox argues, among other things, that the analytical approach
arbitrarily awards the entire incremental profit to the patent owner. . . . A principal legal objection appears to be that the method does not allow for apportioning, nor does it accommodate a negotiation between a willing patent owner and a willing licensee. Instead, it awards all of the infringer's incremental profits to the patentee, rather than calculating an award based on the harm suffered by the patentee. The calculation of the incremental profit, however, is sometimes used as a cap to a reasonable royalty calculation, as is implicitly suggested in the analytical approach article.
Whatever the legal objections, the analytical approach is an economically unreliable measure of the value of a feature, and the method generally cannot be used to apportion the residual between patented and nonpatented contributions to a feature.
Dr. Cox's principal economic objections are that the concept of "normal" or "target" profit is not very precise; that the approach doesn't account for various other factors that can explain a divergence from the normal rate of return, or for the fact that different products can have different profit margins; and that the approach can unfairly penalize an infringer who has a higher profit rate due to efficiencies in production.
For other critiques of the analytical approach, see William Rooklidge Infringer's Profits Redux: The Analytical Method of Determining Paten Infringement Reasonable Royalty Damages, 88 BNA Pat., Trademark & Copyright L. Daily 1 (Nov. 5, 2014), which Dr. Cox cites in his paper, and Martha Gooding Analyzing the "Analytical Method" of Calculating Reasonable Royalty Patent Damages, BNA Pat., Trademark & Copyright L. Daily 4, May 14, 2012. For what it's worth, I find the critiques more persuasive.
For other critiques of the analytical approach, see William Rooklidge Infringer's Profits Redux: The Analytical Method of Determining Paten Infringement Reasonable Royalty Damages, 88 BNA Pat., Trademark & Copyright L. Daily 1 (Nov. 5, 2014), which Dr. Cox cites in his paper, and Martha Gooding Analyzing the "Analytical Method" of Calculating Reasonable Royalty Patent Damages, BNA Pat., Trademark & Copyright L. Daily 4, May 14, 2012. For what it's worth, I find the critiques more persuasive.
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Amy Timmer and J.J. VonHoltum, together with their parents, Darwin and Darla Timmer, Ellsworth, and Jim and Lori VonHoltum, Lismore, announce their engagement.
Timmer is a 2005 graduate of Ellsworth High school, 2009 graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato, with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and middle school communication arts and literature, and 2011 graduate of Southwest Minnesota State University with a master's degree in special education. She is employed by Edgerton Public School.
VonHoltum is a 2004 graduate of Adrian High School. He studied agriculture production at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, Worthington campus, and at The World Wide College of Auctioneering in Mason City, Iowa. He owns and operates VonHoltum Auction Service and VonHoltum Cattle Company.
They plan a June 8 wedding in Luverne.


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Saturday, February 28, 2015
The pink hair is so last week
Holly's two sisters are also going through rough patches. Juliet is a single mother struggling to raise 3 kids after the death of her husband. The third sister, Cathy, has also lost her significant other: her fiance Joe Hogan was murdered, and she's now engaged to his brother Michael (who owns the private investigative agency). Unfortunately, Michael is in prison, incarcerated on questionable grounds. Cathy spends her days assembling media packets and writing letters to the governor in an attempt to get Michael released.
Holly's impulsive nature leads her to try to track down Creed herself, and results in her and Lily being "kidnapped" by him. He is on the run not from the police, but from the criminal gang he insists framed him for the murder. It turns out he may of knowledge of how to find Leonard Miller, the man responsible for Joe's death and Michael's imprisonment. Can they find the killer, get Michael released from prison and keep baby Lily safe?
I enjoyed the story, but since this book is the third in a series, it feels a little like walking in on the middle of a play! Still, the back story is pretty well explained and the pacing of the events keep you interested to find out what will happen next. The book includes some Discussion Questions at the end for further exploration of the events and themes of the novel.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of Twisted Innocence from BookLook Bloggers in exchange for this review
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Did you lock your house? Doesn't matter
Did you change your house keys when you moved in? You will definitely consider doing so after
reading A Pleasure and a Calling by Phil Hogan. William Heming is a real estate agent who prides himself on his unremarkability. People never remember him, which suits Mr. Heming just fine. He has worked his way up to owning the agency, and he's very successful. This is useful to him, not just financially, but because it allows him increased opportunities to pursue his greatest hobby. Mr. Heming keeps all the keys from the properties he sells. He watches the new homeowners to determine their habits, and when he's sure the properties are empty, he lets himself in for a leisurely snoop around. He often takes meals in some of his "favorite" properties. He never gets caught, but surely the possibility is part of the thrill.
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Monday, February 2, 2015
Superlatives abound
The book isn't really divided into categories -- one interesting page of facts simply follows the next, although there is a "Fast Fact" of fascinating information on nearly every page. My favorite of these is the fact that the Duke of Westminster offered to sell the US the land that the American Embassy is located on, if the US would return the land his family lost in the Revolutionary War. The US didn't take him up on the offer, since this mainly encompassed the state of Tennessee. It might have made for an interesting geographic feature if it had worked out!
Some of my favorite lists include "Who's Buried Where," an overview of the major cemeteries and the famous inhabitants to be found within; "Infamous Murders and their Locations," proving Jack the Ripper doesn't have a monopoly on gruesome murder sites; and "The 15 Oldest Stores" still operating in London (the oldest dates from 1676).
The book is packed full of fascinating facts and information, but there are also plenty of lists that are subjective, such as "London's Best Markets" or "The Best Fish and Chip Shops." Still, it gives you a background on the places mentioned, as well as addresses to look them up on your next visit. I also enjoyed the "first person accounts" included of such things as the plague and Victorian-era slums. It's one thing to read a modern perspective of terrible places and events, and quite another to re-live them through the eyes of those who were there.
Plenty of statistics are also to be found, including those involving the Underground, The River Thames, and Westminster Abbey. Along with the numerous photos (all in black and white), this book is a handy and fascinating look at all aspects of London. The disclaimer by the authors at the front of the book states that they have done their best to compile the facts in the book -- even when older claims are hard to verify or sources disagree. They invite comments on their Facebook and Twitter accounts, so we can hope this means that if there is enough interest there might be an updated and expanded second edition sometime it the near future!
Final Verdict for London Book of Lists: Five Gherkins, for being a fun and useful look at some of the more unusual aspects of the capital
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Julie and Brandon beat out threats of rain to have an elegant but boisterous wedding at Columbia Country Club. These two held a "small" ceremony with their enormous families, then invited all the folks to come have dinner and dancing and plenty of laughs. Plus, there were more cousins than you can shake a stick at. Julie and Brandon:
This, folks, is the face of a man who wants to be married.
We stole off for a few photos around the grounds, with the repeated admonition not to get in the way of the golfers. Those golfers mean serious business!
The kids' table was deserted by mid-meal. I found them in the cool-people area getting into trouble.
And here's Jim and Amy! Aren't they cute?
I waited by the ice cream sundae station (yeah, you heard right) knowing full well the kids' faces were going to do something like this:
You always see high heels kicked off, but I love the addition of tiny shoes here.
Congratulations, you guys!
Julie and Brandon's vendor team:
Ceremony and reception venue: Columbia Country Club
Catering: same
Band: Raggs and the Allstars
Cake: Fancy Cakes by Leslie
Hair & Makeup: Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon, Friendship Heights
Julie's beautiful dress: BHLDN


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An internship is a short-term experience working within a "real world" organization that lines up with your intended career plans or a work environment you'd like to explore. It's a way not only to find out if the field you'd like to work in is what you imagined, but also to start accumulating experience for your first professional resume. Internships commonly (but not always) occur during the summer semesters and can range from just a few hours a week to a full-time 40+ hour week. You might be paid as an intern, but you can also construct an internship by volunteering time to learn more about working in a particular field or industry.
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You can earn one academic credit (SOC 396) per internship for relevant experiences paired with thoughtful sociological inquiry. The credit is earned not necessarily by the time spent in the internship setting, but by crafting an academic essay connecting a significant experience "in the field" to course work within the Department.
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Beware: Hydrangeas-Poisonous Plants And Flowers
Decorating By addietx Updated 28 Apr 2008 , 10:25pm by CelebrationsbyLori
Why do I see so many wedding cakes decorated with hydrangeas if they are poisonous?
My future DIL wanted them on her cake. At first I said sure it would be alright knowing I had even seen a Martha Stewart cake with hydrangeas. I did a search to be sure and they are every list of poisonous non-edible plants.
Perhaps they're on posy picks and not actually toucing the cake? or maybe they're gumpaste. I love hydrangeas - didn't know they were toxic!
Sensitive people may get a reaction from touching them. It is NOT a good idea to have the hydrangeas on any part of the cake. Below is from two different websites. What a shame, they are such a beautiful flower. I guess I will have to learn to make them from gumpaste.
⢠Hydrangea -- This flowering plant contains cyanide. Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, depression, diarrhea, increase in heartrate, and increase in body temperature.
Hydrangea Poisonous parts Leaves and buds Toxins Hydragin
Poisoning from eating the flower buds has occurred. Symptoms include vomiting, abdominal pains, diarrhea, labored breathing, lethargy and coma. Sensitive individuals may develop contact dermatitis from handling the plants.
I could almost bet.. that they are gumpaste or fake hydrangeas that you are seeing.. there already is a list somewhere on here about poisnous plants..
Here's the CC article:
Actually, since most florist-grade flowers have been treated with pesticides, or have contact with other flowers that have, it is almost never a good idea to have any flower actually touch the cake. Exceptions of course can be made if you grow your own organic, "safe" flowers (and don't have neighbors who are heavily into lawn chemicals). Crystalized violets and the like are of course delightful.
I always use separator plates, small plastic dishes, or pics, as beachcakes mentioned. But, I'd agree -- some of the cakes I've seen do seem to have the flowers right on the cake, and I wonder if they are mock-ups, or they use very thin sheets of acrylic or something. And of course, when the cake is cut, the same care has to be used (like not plopping the flowers right down on someone's plate! -- which I've seen.... )
It's ALWAYS a good idea to keep some sort of barrier between the cake and the flowers, then you really don't have to worry. Hopefully, no one will EAT the fresh flowers! Never heard of that happening....
The two most likely causes of contamination would be from the stem (sap leaking into cake or onto plates) or pollen drifting onto the cake. Some folks decorate a cake by pushing stems directly into the cake -- the sap is wicked right up into the cake! Also, after handling the flowers, of course, hands must be washed before cutting and serving the cake. Flowers are also sprayed with pesticides -- so, again, petals can transfer some quite potent chemicals.
I think most all of us cake makers and florists are aware of this -- I've only seen carelessness when well-meaning volunteers at weddings or other events are not familiar with gardening or safe food handling practices. It never hurts to be as careful as possible.
Also they are very sensitive as far as how long they can stay out without water. Silks are really a better way to go all around for safety and best look. Not to mention, most florists will not guarantee colors in hydrangeas because they vary so much throughout the year, so silks also make sure you get the color you want!


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