A French pilot aboard a Mirage jet fighter in Corsica prior to taking off for a mission to Libya. A flotilla of warships has begun patrolling the Mediterranean under Nato command to block attempts by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to replenish his combat forces with arms and mercenaries. But the attempt at a Nato show of unity in policing a UN arms embargo was undermined by a third day of squabbling at alliance headquarters in Brussels over who should be in charge of the air campaign. Amid arguments over the scope and command of the air campaign against Tripoli, Turkey both blocked Nato planning on the no-fly zone and insisted that Nato be put in control of it, in order to be granted a veto over its operations, senior Nato officials said "Turkey blocked further planning while the coalition [of the willing] continues," said a senior official. Ankara wants the broad coalition involved in the air campaign to cede control to Nato in order to limit its operations, the official ad...
By Peter Leung, Bloomberg BNA The nation’s patent appeals court reopened a dispute about whether patent filers who contest rejections in district court must pay the Patent and Trademark Office’s lawyer fees. A majority of a three-judge panel in June said that appealing patent filers must pay the lawyer fees, because a statute requires the filer to pay the PTO’s “expenses,” which include lawyers’ salaries. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Aug. 31, without request from the parties, to rehear the case before the full court. NantKwest Inc. sued in district court after the PTO rejected its patent application for a cancer treatment. After winning, the PTO moved for its expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The district court rejected the request for those fees, and the PTO appealed. If the Federal Circuit sides with NantKwest, it would create a split between patent and trademark law. Trademark law has a provision with largely identical wording, and the U.S. C...
Has the United Kingdom lost a generation? Do you feel the culture of fear on the streets of London as if you are in a dangerous African country? The younger generation must have causes to react in this way, is it lack of education, care or part of social reforms? The London Police at fear of being the Police? Burning of garbage and looting, is it how these youth are taught to react without intellect? These are images found in many dangerous African countries.
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