If you happen to work with me, you may think I've taken out shares in belVita, as I'm always well stocked up on their breakfast biscuits. The latest addition to their range is the belVita Soft Bakes – I was sent a box of each to try.
belVita Soft Bakes are now available in this country, in three varieties; chocolate, red berries and golden grain. So what's different about these?
My breakfast involves a portion of pineapple and an apple, and I almost always follow this with a pack of belVita Honey and Nuts biscuits – the regular ones where you get four small biscuits – these keep me full until it's time for my mid-morning snack.
I was given the chance to try the belVita Soft Bakes, and was immediately surprised at how it was just the one biscuit. Having said that, it kept me just as full as the regular smaller biscuits, so I was curious how they compared dietary-wise.
One belVita Soft Bakes biscuit comes in per 100g as much less than the thinner biscuits – 380 calories vs 455. I found that I only needed one biscuit to stay full until lunch, which is good – I tend to snack easily, especially if I have something to hand. I need to stay full so I don't want to reach into my work drawers.
Flavour-wise I liked the Red Berries the best – really soft and squishy with cranberries. The Golden Grain biscuits were plain, but still good. There is also a chocolate chips variety which I wasn't sent which I'll be looking out for in the shops! With each pack of biscuits in individually wrapped portions, so I'm not tempted to have more than one each day.
belVita Soft Bakes are made with five wholegrains and are rich in cereals. They offer a great source of fibre, containing vitamins B6, magnesium and iron. I like them as they have slow release carbohydrates which help keep me full.
belVita Soft Bakes have been touring around the UK – Shaun picked up some free samples at Victoria Station, and I'm holding out hope for a visit at Clapham Junction too!
belVita Breakfast Soft Bakes Red Berries and Golden Grain are available in Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons & Tesco at the recommended retail price is £2.79. belVita Breakfast Soft Bakes Choc Chip are available exclusively at Tesco until January 2016.
I was sent the belVita Soft Bakes for the purpose of review – all opinions are my own.
Nothing But, lots of low calorie snacks!
Nothing But are a new range of snacks, with freeze-dried fruit and vegetables. We were sent a selection to try.
Nothing But are a new range of snacks to me but sound ideal (and very low calorie). Being someone who often sits at my desk wanting to eat (rather than needing to eat), reviewing these sounded a good plan. So I enthusiastically accepted their very kind offer!
A day later my samples arrived – packets of Pea & Sweetcorn, Mange Tout & Red Pepper, Strawberry and Banana and Apple & Fig. They didn't have stock of the Pineapple & Grape but I'm on the lookout for a packet.
So what exactly are Nothing But snacks? They're freeze-dried fruits and vegetables with nothing added, just the water taken away. They're very low-calorie – and they're healthy – counting towards your five a day (at just one portion). They're small enough to fit in your bag, but the biggie for me, how do they taste?
I'm a vegetable kind of girl, so started with Mange Tout & Red Pepper (26 calories per pack). They're interesting – the mange tout had a strange texture having been freeze-dried, of the two I definitely preferred the red pepper. They were kind of crunchy, without leaving crumbs – tasty too!
Apple & Fig (45 calories per pack) were my second choice – as I do like a lot of dried fruit, so would freeze-dried work too? Actually, these were delicious! I wanted more in the pack, and was scrabbling for crumbs when they finished – really tasty and the two flavours work well together. I have bought freeze-dried apple in the past, and this was exactly as you'd expect – there isn't much that changes!
Strawberry & Banana (34 calories per pack) were next. I'll often buy dried banana in snacks, and have tried dried strawberries too, so I thought I knew what to expect, but again, delicious! The freeze drying made the fruit feel a little more crumbly – definitely one I'd buy again, and possibly even as an alternative to dried bananas.
Finally, I saved what I thought would be the best until last; Pea & Sweetcorn (76 calories per pack). It did not disappoint. Dried peas and dried sweetcorn – and of the four varieties I tried, you get the most in these packs. OH they were good. The sweetcorn wasn't too dry either, as I wasn't sure whether they might end up that way – so was pleased with that. The peas were as you'd expect, and having peas and sweetcorn together is the kind of thing you'd never go wrong with.
So my overall view? I would definitely buy these Nothing But snacks again. Pea & Sweetcorn for the quantity you get, and Strawberry & Banana as a healthier alternative to what's on offer in other places.
With my current trying-to-be-healthy regime, the Nothing But snacks fit in perfectly – with each bag being low-calorie.
Their website is over here. You can find the snacks for sale at Holland & Barrett, and their website has more information – http://www.nothingbutsnack.com/ – as well as a handy snack finder to see if you have a local stockist.
I was sent a selection of the Nothing But snacks for the purpose of review, all opinions are my own.
One day I received an email offering me the chance to review from the I Heart Wines range, and being a wine-loving kind I was not about to turn it down – so enthusiastically accepted! The only downside was finding time to drink it, but drink it we did, and here's our thoughts.
I Heart Wines are a range of wines which are fruit-driven and great quality. We were sent the Pinot Grigio to try. I was saving it for our Wedding anniversary back in June, however on the day I had a funeral, so all celebrations were postponed. The following day I had my school reunion, so again, postponed. The following weekend we finally got to open the bottle, sit outside and relax, celebrate 12 years of marriage and chat, and it was a wonderful summer night.
My first thoughts, I liked the bottle and label. They get the type of wine across well, and there are suggestions of foods to eat with it which was helpful. We had already eaten so didn't match our food, and instead just had it once H had gone to bed, I do always find it helpful with meal suggestions though as I don't have the time to look it up. I Heart Wines have nice clear packaging, and I'm a sucker for the little details like the love heart on the cap.
The wine itself was a very light and crisp Pinot Grigio with hints of lemon, lime and peach, and suited our evening well. The label suggests seafood or chicken, but being vegetarian I settled with some plain crisps which were the perfect snack to drink alongside a glass. It dates back to 2013 and originates in Hungary, with an alcohol level of 11.5%.
I Heart Wines are available in many different varieties to suit all tastes, all packaged with their striking detail – you'd know one of their bottles when you see it. You can buy the wines in all good supermarkets, including Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons. I've spotted Nisa stock them too, so I'll be stocking up in our local store next time I'm there!
Not sure which wine to buy? Well never fear, as there are now miniature bottles available for six of the I Heart Wines summer range too – at 187ml that's a nice size if you fancy trying a bit of each one. I'm looking out for the Zinfandel Rose myself – although I think I may just go for the bigger bottle!
We love wine. We love everything about wine.
We love that there is always something new to try.
It might be a grape variety, a style, a country or even an unusual food match.
This range is a collection of some of our favourite wines.
We were sent a bottle of I Heart Wines Pinot Grigio for the purpose of review. All opinions are our own.
Today we were invited to the Good Housekeeping Institute in Central London for a taste of some of the dishes from the new Tesco Vegetarian Kitchen range, which will be in store in the next couple of weeks.
The Tesco Vegetarian Kitchen range from Tesco are set to launch some new dishes very soon – and we got a chance to try some today. One was a Mushroom Stroganoff dish, which I skipped – I've never been a fan of mushrooms. The other three dishes got a thumbs up from us though. First up was the spicy beanburger. I've always been a bit partial to them, and these did not disappoint. There are plenty of vegetables inside and to add the spice there's some jalapenos, fresh coriander and smoky chipotle chile, not that you'd notice – and H definitely didn't! They're well disguised, so if you have a fussy eater who isn't keen on spicy food, you may well get away with it. We enjoyed these so much we may have had many of them….
Next up which was our joint favourite was the Tesco Vegetarian Kitchen Vegetable and Cheese crispbakes. Think a bit like an escalope, but full of vegetables without the gushing garlic sauce – and gruyere cheese instead. H claimed she didn't like gruyere the last time we had it, but scoffed the crispbake in record time without noticing. She really liked this one too, and didn't spot there were bits of mushroom in there which was good – anything which hides food your child might turn their nose up at is a good thing in my world!
The final dish I tried was the Tesco Vegetarian Kitchen Vegetable Tikka Masala & Rice. H didn't like this as she found it too spicy (to that I say : hurrah – more for me!) whereas I really enjoyed it. It had a good sauce, not too drippy and just the right level of spiciness. The dish comes with each part separate, so you can serve them as you wish. This is the kind of dish I'd pick up from a Tesco Metro when I fancy a takeaway – more often than not there are very few vegetarian options available, so I'll definitely be buying this one.
One that caught my eye which I haven't tried yet is the Butternut Squash and Spinach Lasagne – I love the idea of that combination. At the end we were given a goody bag, and inside was one of these so I'll be reporting back.
There are ten new dishes in all in the Tesco Vegetarian Kitchen range, and a wide variety. I've been vegetarian for over 30 years now, and am happy to see that there's a good selection available to suit all tastes, and even better they're only £2.30 in-store.
The Tesco Vegetarian Kitchen range will be in-store and online in the next two weeks – keep an eye out! The dishes we tried today all get the thumbs up – especially the bean burgers from H!
We were invited to try out the food, and received a goody bag for attending. All opinions are our own.
Recently it was my birthday, and to celebrate, Shaun and I took the day off work. He did lots of research and booked us in for Afternoon Tea at Great Fosters, a gorgeous big house near Egham and Virginia Water.
Great Fosters was my birthday destination this year – I decided I wanted Afternoon Tea, and Shaun decided where we would go – but things didn't go quite to plan. We were about a minute from the venue and my phone went – H had fallen over at school and bumped her head, with a golf ball sized bump on it which they were applying a cold pack to – and could we come and pick her up please?
So we had to turn around. We went somewhere else locally (and eventually ended up in A&E – poor H!), but as we were so close when we got the call, I popped into the venue to tell them we couldn't make it, and managed to reschedule so we all went two days later.
You turn up the drive into the car park, entering the grounds and straight in front of you is the building – a grade 1 listed building at that – and oh, how gorgeous. To enter the house is a door which you need to duck down to get through – not ideal for tall people! Once inside the smell of burning log fires greeted us.
We were early for our Afternoon Tea, so had a wander around the grounds – pathways and streams, beautiful topiary, plants and flowers. Ducks, swans and even little baby chicks – they were all there. I had the worst shoes imaginable for walking around the grounds – but did it. H ran, ran, ran more while I became the helicopter parent "watch out for those raised slabs!" I'd call, as I ended up being the one who tripped over. Silly me.
And then – the Afternoon Tea. Great Fosters treated us amazingly – I felt so special! The most delicious sandwiches, followed by warm scones, cream cakes, more cream cakes and even more cream cakes. We took a box home. We were then told our portion size was for two people – not three!! Delicious though, with divine Jing teas to accompany them – I had Blackcurrant and Hibiscus, followed by a pot of Rooibos.
Afterwards, completely stuffed we wandered around the grounds again, this time H and Shaun went all the way to the auditorium at the end of the grounds – with the M25 just the other side! There are beehives and pigs too – we went to visit them, H was super impressed and chatted away to them for a bit.
Great Fosters website is here. Our Afternoon Tea came in at around £56 which I think is a bargain considering what you get.
We love our soups in this house – and while they always seem to fall into the very convenient vegetable stock to pad out the taste a bit, I do like to try and jazz it up. When a friend pointed out that the New Covent Garden Soup Co had an offer for their new Souper Booster I had to give it a go.
First observations – you need to put the best part of half of the Souper Booster tube into the soup. This isn't a 'delicate squeeze and it's done' – it's a proper blob it on top to really make the flavour.
There is a soup recipe on the tube, but I used our Morphy Richards Soup Maker – this may make a difference with the overall volume of water used vs flavour – I would say definitely use less water in the soup maker (fill it to the minimum rather than higher).
For my soup it was my Typical Tuesday recipe – anything left in the cupboard that needs using, as our food delivery is tomorrow – so today it was half a butternut squash, five carrots, a red pepper, some basil leaves and finally the Souper Booster on the top. I set the soup to be smooth and left the machine to work its magic.
The Souper Booster verdict? It's a nice subtle garlic taste to it – not too overbearing, and almost sweet smelling too. It has a definite italian herbs aroma to it as well – it has definitely made the soup smell and taste more interesting.
The kitchen smells pretty good too! We served it with sliced up ciabatta rolls, and it was a nice filling tea.
You can buy The Covent Garden Soup Co's Souper Boosters direct from their website – I think I'll be heading back to try the moroccan spice tube – yum!
I don't celebrate birthdays very well. However, there is one part of birthdays that I do manage to do well – and that usually involves cake. If there is cake on offer I'll eat it – though I shouldn't go too crazy with my diabetes history. It isn't my birthday just yet, but last week a day passed by in its own little way, marked with some delightful cakes from Mr Kipling – Mum Friendly turned four.
So we had a little celebration. Thanks to BritMums we were sent three different kinds of Mr Kipling's cakes – French Fancies, Cherry Bakewells and Viennese Whirls – so I loaded up the cake stand and we helped ourselves after our main meal.
Yum! French Fancies always bring back memories for me, I remember eating them when I was little, just like H does now. "Mummy, can I have another cake?" she asked, as she eyed up the lemon variety… oh, and let's not mention her licking the top of every single Cherry Bakewell. I have no idea why – she said there were crumbs.
So we chose a couple of the cakes each, so as not to go overboard in one evening (there are plenty of days after school we can eat the rest) and settled down to eat them.
The following day we sat outside in the sun, giant glasses of water with a cake to accompany it. This isn't just one birthday party, it's several celebrations until the cakes run out! Oh yes.
Easter was a bit of a washout for us in the end – I got ill, Shaun got it and finally H got it – so the cakes were perfect for the Mum Friendly birthday party – as we could all eat again – and we made the most of it.
What's even better is I popped them in the fridge, so even a week later I'm helping myself to a sneaky cake – they keep well!
So yes, Happy Birthday Mum Friendly, four years old. We had a little party with deliciously marvellous cakes!
One week we had decided we wanted a chinese meal, so I started to research my local options. There's plenty of choice, and going on the reviews at Just Eat and Hungry House, everything seemed pretty good with lots of glowing reviews.
But then I decided to have a search around at other ratings – food hygiene ones. Each food establishment is marked out of five, five being a spotless clean place, whereas 1 or 2 needs a lot of work (and I'd definitely avoid anywhere rated with a 0!). Which got me thinking – it's all well and good ordering food via the aforementioned places, but food hygiene doesn't come into it. What exactly was I ordering? How clean are the places I've been ordering from? And how often does the rating change?
The results were grim. Almost every single takeaway closest to us has a food hygene rating of 1. That's not good at all. I immediately went off the idea of ordering from them, despite the good reviews.
A few came in with a 3. I can live with that, after all, it is described as satisfactory, but I felt like if I was going to buy in food, I wanted the best!
So I decided to go for a minimum rating of 4. But nothing existed locally – and that was quite a surprise.
I tried a bit further out, and eventually one came up in Morden – not too far up the road, but still, not that close either. Plus the food arrived late and it was cold.
But regardless of this, it has got me thinking. Websites where you can order food don't go into hygiene. Maybe they should? Maybe people who occasionally think too much like me would appreciate this information to hand.
Have you ever checked the hygiene rating before ordering a takeaway? I have to say, I was surprised with the results, and it's definitely made me think about what I'm eating. If anything, it's made me think about buying meals from supermarkets rather than put my business their way, if we really want someone else to do the food prep for us (and thankfully we have a Cook store in Banstead which isn't too far out of the way.
You can search here at the Food Standards Agency website. It makes interesting reading, anyway.
Alphabites – Create Your Own Monsterbet!
We're big fans in this house of Bear's Alphabites cereal, they're regularly bought as H's breakfast option – having letters in her cereal as well as it being healthy is ideal for us! Alphabites have got a great goody or four in packs at the moment – read on to find out about the Monsterbet – and why not try making one too!
Monsterbet? What's that then? You're probably wondering. Or you may have worked it out – a different monster with a letter from the alphabet making up his name is the easy answer – and you can find four monsterbet magnets inside all packs of Bear's Alphabites cereal at the moment.
Here's the advert – we spotted it on tv tonight!
We were really happy to get a box of both types of Alphabites cereals, as well as some crafty bits to make our own monsterbet. H being as particular as she is, decided her monster would begin with H – and was called Herrumph – except I asked her to spell it, so we now have Hiuimghi which is pronounced the same way (never argue with a five year old). We had lots of fun making the monster – and this isn't just a bloggers thing – you can do it too – head over here to the Monsterbet page – two winners are announced every month, and there's lots of goodies to try to win!
Add to that the Monsterbet magnets (and each monster also has a little speech bubble type magnet that goes with it which is pretty cute), and Bear have definitely put the fun back into breakfast again – with added spelling and plenty of creativity if you choose! Of course, there's plenty of Monster facts on the back of each pack as well!
Alphabites can be found in all good stores, including Waitrose, Ocado, Wholefoods, Holland and Barrett, Planet Organic and many more.
We were sent two boxes of Bear Alphabites and some crafty bits, as well as the Monster poster for our Monsterbet entry – all opinions are our own!
Sorry, terrible pun. If you're a regular reader here, you'll see we've done a few bits with Higgidy pies, the latest being to let you know about their latest competition, to design a pie for them, as part of the Higgidy Recipe Hunt. Obviously we don't get out of it, and lucky for us we were sent a Lakeland pie dish and blackbird, as well as a personalised rolling pin. So I can now officially reveal, our pie is a conker pie!
"A conker pie?!" said most people, as we all know conkers are poisonous. So my disclaimer is, this pie does not contain conkers anywhere AT ALL. But H liked the name, and I'm sticking with it and it's meant to look a bit like a pie which resembles a conker rather than actually being one.
Shaun is currently doing things dairy free, so you can adapt the Conker Pie recipe accordingly.
Put the flour and salt in a bowl, and add the Trex (or butter) to the mixture, getting it into a breadcrumb-like consistency. Once you've achieved this, add the water to bind it all together, roll into a ball and wrap with clingfilm. Place in the fridge for 20 minutes to allow it to rest.
one bag of chestnuts – I got Gefen whole chestnuts which come roasted and peeled.
Roll out the pastry. I found it was quite crumbly, possibly due to using Trex instead of butter. Paul Hollywood would not be happy. Actually, we found ourselves saying many times "what would they do on Bake Off?" and remembering. I rolled it to around 0.5cm thickness, with a lot of patching together as it was fairly dry and crumbly.
The filling is ready, but don't forget the blackbird – put it in the middle of the pie dish to let steam out while cooking, and add the filling around it. Place the rolled out pastry on top, and carefully trim the sides to fit the dish. We also did the fork pattern around the edges for extra conker pie prettiness.
Finally, brush the top with milk (we used soya milk) and for the conker-like appearance, lightly fry some pine nuts in the frying pan used for mixing the vegetables until they're slightly toasted, and put them onto the top of the pastry. Some stuck up and some fell over, but they had the spiky conker-like effect we were looking for.
Pop into the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees.
The Conker Pie should be a nice mixture of flavours and crunch without being too overbearing. The only thing I'd say went wrong with ours was the pastry – next time I'll buy ready made which should make things a bit simpler. But overall it was a delicious pie, dairy free, and full of vegetables! Oh and it made for a nice Sunday dinner too… and there's enough left for more tomorrow.
We received some goodies from Higgidy for taking part in this challenge.


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Martin Bader
Martin Bader is a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's San Diego (Del Mar) office.
Martin is an intellectual property litigator. He has obtained numerous high-profile victories for high technology clients at trial and on summary judgment in the District Courts throughout the U.S. He is also experienced in conducting post-grant proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including as lead counsel in inter partes reviews (IPRs) and ex parte reexaminations, and was named as one of the "Top Attorneys in the PTAB" for his IPR filings.
Martin has served in key roles in high-profile trials, including as one of the lead trial lawyers in the TCL v. Ericsson case in which he obtained a major victory on behalf of TCL. In that case, TCL sought a FRAND license to Ericsson's 2G/3G/4G SEP portfolio and the Court ultimately set rates between four to 12 times less than Ericsson was demanding. This case was named a "Milestone Case of the Year" by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, as it was the first case to ever value a large SEP portfolio. He has also litigated over a dozen other cases relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), including a complete defense jury verdict in the Eastern District of Texas.
Martin has an Electrical Engineering degree and litigates patents and conducts post-grant proceedings before the USPTO involving many diverse technologies, including the 2G, 3G and 4G wireless standards and LTE, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, UMTS, WiMAX, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, CDMA2000, Bluetooth, GPS, USB modems, Video and Audio compression, wireless modems, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), internet systems, web-browsers for wireless devices, software, Android OS, liquid crystal displays (LCD) and televisions. He has litigated many cases relating to SEPs and/or FRAND commitments made to standard setting bodies.
Martin is also a registered patent attorney, counseling clients on intellectual property protection strategies and prosecuting patent applications and trademark registrations before the USPTO. He represents clients in IPRs, patent reexamination proceedings and trademarks oppositions before the USPTO, and conducts IP due diligence for corporate transactions and acquisitions. He has filed dozens of petitions for IPR in connection with concurrent patent infringement actions related to cellular technology, including 3G and 4G technology, location based services, the Android operating system and others.
Further, Martin manages the filing and prosecution of patent applications for companies ranging from startups to those that are well-known Fortune 100 companies in a wide variety of technology areas, including biometrics, medical devices, telecommunications, modems, video compression, LCD, analog and digital electronics, communications systems, network systems, GPS, computer software, internet, radar systems, semiconductor, electro mechanical systems, mechanical systems, signal processing and software.
Representative Patent Litigation Experience
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. v. Avanci, LLC (N.D. Tex.). Represents Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. in a lawsuit seeking declaratory relief for determination and imposition of FRAND licensing terms in action challenging refusal to license alleged standard essential patents relevant to cellular standards on FRAND terms and conditions.
Galas v. Alere Inc. (California, Superior Court, San Diego, Central Div.). Represented shareholder representative in merger contract dispute concerning patented and FDA-approved molecular diagnostics and point-of-care technologies and related know-how.
In Re Certain LTE and 3G Compliant Cellular Communication Devices (International Trade Commission). Represents HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. in a five-patent investigation, relating to LTE- and 3G-compliant cellular communications devices.
Lenovo (United States) Inc. et al v. IPCom GmbH & Co., KG (N.D. Cal.). Represents Lenovo (United States) Inc. and Motorola Mobility, LLC in a breach of contract lawsuit, involving the failure by defendant to license standard-essential patents on FRAND terms and conditions.
American Patents LLC v. MediaTek, Inc. et al (W.D. Tex.). Represented Lenovo (Shanghai) Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. and Lenovo Group Ltd. in a four-patent lawsuit, relating to on-chip service capabilities used in integrated circuits.
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Motorola Mobility, LLC (Delaware). Represents Motorola Mobility, LLC in a five-patent lawsuit, relating to certain wireless network technologies.
Progressive Fastening Systems, Inc. v. VeloBond, Inc. et al, (C.D. Cal.). Represents Progressive Fastening Systems, Inc. in a case involving misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, unfair competition, conversion, intentional interference with an economic advantage, intentional interference with contractual relations, and civil conspiracy.
San Diego County Credit Union v. Citizens Equity First Credit Union (S.D. Cal.). Represents San Diego County Credit Union in a trademark lawsuit, seeking a declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of the federally registered mark CEFCU. NOT A BANK. BETTER. and the asserted common-law mark NOT A BANK. BETTER, as well as for false registration and unfair competition.
American Patents LLC v. TCL Corp. et al, (E.D. Tex.). Represented TCL entities in a seven-patent lawsuit, involving various technologies used in "smart" devices.
u-blox AG et al v. Interdigital, Inc. et al (S.D. Cal.). Represented u-blox AG, u-blox San Diego, Inc., and u-blox America, Inc. in breach of contract and declaratory judgment action relating to FRAND and the IPR policies of ETSI and 3GPP relating to alleged standard-essential patents for 2G, 3G and 4G mobile cellular technologies.
u-blox AG et al v. Sisvel International S.A. et al (S.D. Cal.). Represents u-blox AG, u-blox San Diego, Inc., and u-blox America, Inc. in breach of contract and declaratory judgment action relating to FRAND and the IPR policies of ETSI and 3GPP relating to alleged standard-essential patents for 2G, 3G and 4G mobile cellular technologies.
Evolved Wireless v. HTC (Delaware). Represents HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., in a five-patent lawsuit relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) alleged to cover the LTE standard. HTC has also asserted a counter-claim for breach of contract alleging that Evolved Wireless has failed to license its patents on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
Rosetta Wireless v. HTC (N.D. of Illinois). Represents HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., in a patent lawsuit relating to storage of data files in mobile wireless devices.
Intellect Wireless v. HTC (N.D. Ill.). Represents HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., in a two-patent lawsuit relating to sending pictures to a paging receiver. The accused technology is multimedia messaging service (MMS). After a four-day bench trial, the court found the patents were unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed. Subsequently, we obtained an award of $4.1 million for reimbursement of HTC's attorneys' fees and costs against both the Plaintiff and its attorneys.
Wi-LAN v. Alcatel (E.D. Tex.). Represented HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., in a multi-patent lawsuit relating to 3G cellular technology, including HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA. After a six-day jury trial, obtained a complete defense verdict that HTC did not infringe the asserted patents and all of the asserted claims were invalid as anticipated and/or obvious.
Parallel Networks, LLC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (E.D. Tex.). Represented Sony Corporation of America and Sony Electronics Inc. as lead counsel in a patent lawsuit relating to executable online applets downloaded over the internet. We obtained summary judgment of non-infringement on behalf of Sony and the case was dismissed with prejudice.
TCL Communication Technology Holdings v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Ericsson Inc. (C.D. Cal.). Represents TCL Communication in breach of contract and declaratory judgment action relating to FRAND and the IPR policies of ETSI and 3GPP relating to alleged SEPs for 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G UMTS and 4G LTE technology.
Ericsson Inc. and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings, et al. (E.D. Tex.). Represents TCL Communication and TCT Mobile in a five-patent infringement action relating to patents Ericsson's has alleged cover aspects of cellular phone hardware and the Android OS.
Gehegan v. Union Bank (S.D. of Cal.). Represented Union Bank as lead counsel in an infringement action copyright infringement for alleged use of training materials. The case was resolved during mediation on very favorable terms.
Private Label Nutraceuticals v. Vox Nutrition (District of Utah). Represented Plaintiff Private Label Nutraceuticals as lead counsel in an action for trademark infringement and cybersquatting. The case was resolved after the Defendant Vox Nutrition agreed to transfer certain websites at issue in the case to my client.
Intellect Wireless v. HP/Palm (N.D. Ill.). Represents Hewlett-Packard and Palm in a two-patent lawsuit relating to sending pictures to a paging receiver. The accused technology is multimedia messaging service (MMS). Obtained summary judgment of no direct infringement and an award for reimbursement of our clients' attorneys' fees and costs.
Ivera Medical Corporation v. Excelsior Medical Corporation (S.D. of Cal.). Represented defendant in patent infringement litigation related to needleless access valves. Court granted summary judgment of invalidity in favor of defendant Excelsior Medical Corporation.
Internet Patents Corp. v. Active Network, Inc., the General Automobile Insurance Services, Inc., Permanent General Assurance Corp. of Ohio, QuinStreet, Inc., and Tree.com (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit & California, Northern Dist.). Represented Tree.com in successfully invalidating asserted patent on internet-browser functionality on an early motion to dismiss and sustaining favorable judgment on appeal.
Honeywell v. Samsung SDI and Samsung Mobile Display (D. Del.). Represented Samsung SDI and Samsung Mobile Display. On summary judgment, we invalidated the asserted patent relating to LCD modules based upon the on-sale bar after most of the industry licensed the patent-in-suit. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed. We are currently seeking reimbursement of Samsung's attorneys' fees and costs.
Freeny, et al. v. HTC America, Inc. (E.D. Tex.). Represented HTC America, Inc., in a four-patent infringement lawsuit involving a multiple integrated machine system performing multiple digital functions from a single operating system. Favorable settlement reached.
LendingTree v. Zillow, et al. (N.D. N.C.). Represents LendingTree in an antitrust and patent infringement lawsuit involving a method and computer network for coordinating a loan over the internet. Successfully defeated antitrust claims brought against LendingTree. The case is currently on appeal.
Smartphone Technologies v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings and TCT Mobile (E.D. Tex.). Represented TCL Communication and TCT Mobile in a four-patent lawsuit relating to PDA processors and operating system interfacing and URL transmission and decoding.
MLR, LLC v. TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (E.D. Va.). Represents TCL Communication in a four-patent infringement lawsuit involving Wi-Fi enabled and broadband-capable portable handsets.
NovelPoint Tracking LLC vs. Hyundai Motor America (E.D. Tex.). Represented Hyundai Motor America in a patent lawsuit relating to GPS-based multimedia navigation systems. Negotiated favorable settlement for client in early stages of litigation.
Wi-LAN v. HTC (E.D. Tex.). Represented HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., in a multi-patent lawsuit relating to Wi-Fi, LTE, Wi-MAX and CDMA2000 (EVDO Rev. A) technologies. Obtained favorable settlement.
NovelPoint Tracking v. TCT Mobile (E.D. Tex.). Represented TCT Mobile in a patent lawsuit relating to GPS technology. Obtained favorable settlement.
Millennium Labs v. Ameritox (S.D. Cal.). Represented Millennium Labs in a Lanham Act action for Trade Dress infringement.
Wi-LAN v. Apple (E.D. Tex.). Represented HTC America, Inc.. in a multi-patent lawsuit relating to Wi-Fi, HSPA, LTE and CDMA2000 (EVDO Rev. A) technologies.
Novatel Wireless v. Franklin Wireless (S.D. Cal.). Represented Franklin Wireless, Inc., in a four-patent lawsuit relating to wireless modems, USB modems and Wi-Fi.
Golden Bridge v. HTC (D. Del.). Represented HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc., in a two-patent lawsuit relating to WCDMA 3G technology. Case was dismissed after summary judgment and trial victories in related cases.
Wi-LAN v. PCD (E.D. Tex.). Represented Personal Communication Devices, LLC, (PCD) in a two-patent lawsuit relating to Wi-Fi and CDMA2000 technologies. Obtained an extremely favorable settlement for PCD after filing three motions for summary judgment on PCD's behalf.
UO! IP of Delaware v. HTC (D. Del.). Represented HTC Corporation in a two-patent lawsuit relating to language translation devices. Successfully negotiated an early license on extremely favorable terms.
Datascape, Inc. v. Kyocera Wireless (N.D. Ga.). Represented Kyocera Wireless in a six-patent infringement action. The accused technology relates to data communications and Internet access in wireless devices.
Mediatek v. Sanyo (E.D. Tex.). Represented Mediatek in a three-patent lawsuit and obtained a favorable settlement valued at over $200 million by our client. The asserted patents related to integrated chipset solutions for conversion of television display signals, audio encoding and compression of video and audio data in video cameras, DVD recorders and cellular phones.
Datascape, Inc. v. Sony Ericsson (N.D. Ga.). Represented Sony Ericsson in a six-patent infringement action. The accused technology relates to data communications and internet access in wireless devices.
Apcon v. MRV Communications (C.D. Cal.). Represented MRV Communications, a leading provider of telecommunications equipment. After Apcon threatened MRV's customers and sued MRV for patent infringement, we countersued with claims of patent misuse, inequitable conduct and unfair competition. Within 10 months, Apcon surrendered its patent suit by agreeing to a no payment walk-away settlement and agreed to issue a press release stating that MRV's products do not infringe any Apcon patent and that MRV's customers can conduct business without fear of reprisal from Apcon.
Representative Post-Grant Proceeding Experience Before the USPTO
Inter Partes Review
Motorola Mobility LLC v. Uniloc 2017 LLC, IPR2020-00038, Representing Motorola Mobility LLC in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent 6,868,079. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds.
HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. et al v. INVT SPE LLC, IPR2018-01472, Representing HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent 6,466,563. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. et al v. INVT SPE LLC, No. IPR2018-01476, Representing HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent 7,764,711. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1583. Lead counsel representing Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,418,310, a patent directed to the control programs for wireless communication devices. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1584. Represents Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,029,052, a patent directed to multimode direct conversion receiver circuitry. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1602. Represents Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. RE43,931, a patent directed to contact-sensitive transducers for controlling a GUI on a mobile phone. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1605. Lead counsel representing Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 7,149,510, a patent directed to access control for application software. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1628. Lead counsel representing Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of US Patent No. 7,149,510, a patent directed to access control for application software. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1650. Lead counsel representing Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,535,815, a patent directed to using quality-of-service parameters in A-GPS for mobile terminals. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
TCL Corporation et al. v. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, No. IPR2015-1806. Lead counsel representing Petitioner TCL in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. RE43,931, a patent directed to contact-sensitive transducers for controlling a GUI on a mobile phone. Petition was instituted on all asserted grounds and all challenged claims were invalidated.
HTC Corporation, and HTC America, Inc. et al. v. Evolved Wireless LLC No. IPR2016-00758. Representing Petitioner HTC in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 8,218,481 was instituted on all asserted grounds.
HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc et al. v. Evolved Wireless LLC No. IPR2016-01310. Representing Petitioner HTC in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 7,768,965 was instituted on all asserted grounds.
Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexamination
Inter Partes Request No. 95/001,814. Represented Third-Party Requester in challenging the validity of U.S.Patent No. 7,310,416, a patent relating to sending pictures to a paging receiver. All claims cancelled by the PTO.
Ex Parte Request No. 90/012,899. Represented Third-Party Requester in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. RE37,802, a patent directed to a MultiCode Sequence Spread Spectrum for cellular technology.
Ex Parte Request No. 90/012,072. Represented Third-Party Requester in challenging the validity of U.S. Patent No. 7,266,186. All asserted claims asserted in litigation cancelled by the PTO.
Number 1 ranked IPR attorney in the country, Patexia IPR Intelligence Report, 2020
Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2017-2021
The World's Leading Patent Professionals, IAM Patent 1000, 2020
San Diego Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers, 2018-2020
Milestone Case of the Year, TCL v. Ericsson, Managing IP Americas Awards, 2018
Best Lawyers in America (Litigation - Intellectual Property), Best Lawyers, 2018-2021
Best Lawyers in America (Litigation - Patent), Best Lawyers, 2017, 2021
Best of the Bar 2015, San Diego Business Journal
"Top Attorneys in the PTAB" 2015 for Inter Partes Reviews
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Two Cases That Could Potentially Deter Non-Practicing Entities from Filing Frivolous Suits, The IP Litigator, Vol. 19, No. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2013)
Section 315 Estoppel in Inter Partes Reexaminations, Bettcher Industries, Inc. v. Bunzl USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir., Oct. 3, 2011)
Strategic Use of Reexamination During Patent Litigation, BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal (October 23, 2009)
Intellectual Property Law Blog Posts
"Patent Trial & Appeal Board Institutes 17 Inter Partes Reviews for TCL Communication Technology Holdings, LTD.," March 30, 2016
"Federal Circuit Limits Estoppel Provision of the AIA," March 29, 2016
"Versata Software, Inc. v. Callidus Software, Inc.: Guidance on Stays Pending Post-Issuance Proceedings," November 24, 2014
"Federal Circuit Affirms Inequitable Conduct Determination Under Therasense "But For" Exception and Reaffirms Significance of Rohm & Haas," October 9, 2013
"Belkin International, Inc. v. Kappos - A Cautionary Tale in the Intricate Arena of Inter Partes Reexamination," October 10, 2012
"Federal Circuit Avoids Central Joint Infringement Question and Articulates New Standard For Inducement," September 20, 2012
"Federal Circuit Declines to Adopt Test for Patent Eligibility Set Forth in CLS Bank," August 17, 2012
"Calcar and Thorner: Attempting to Reconcile the Federal Circuit's Claim Construction Jurisprudence," July 23, 2012
"CLS Bank: The patent eligibility of computerized trading platforms for exchanging obligations," July 18, 2012
"Courts to play greater role moderating enhanced damages for willful patent infringement," July 3, 2012
"Federal Circuit Extends ResQNet and Allows Discovery of Settlement Negotiations," April 20, 2012
The Intellectual Property Handbook: A Practical Guide for Franchise, Business, and IP Counsel, Second Edition: Patents (Chapter 5)
Sheppard Strikes Again on Connected-Car Patents
The Recorder, 05.10.2019
InterDigital Accused Of Unfair Terms For Telecom Patents
Law360, 01.03.2019
A Landmark FRAND Ruling in TCL v Ericsson
Managing IP, 02.2018
Shout-Out: Sheppard Mullin and Morgan Lewis Dial Up Pressure in IP Battle
The Litigation Daily, 03.24.2016
Niro Haller, Client Ordered To Pay HTC $4.1M In Patent Suit
Recent Victories by Sheppard Mullin's Intellectual Property Group
Legal Times (Korea), 03.05.2015
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False Advertising, Lanham Act and Unfair Competition
Patent Prosecution and Counseling
Trademark Applications and Prosecution
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J.D., University of San Diego, 2002, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, San Diego Law Review
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
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Apple reportedly begins to transition me.com email addresses to icloud.com
What began life as mac.com email address and became me.com with iPhone OS 2 will now be transitioning again, this to time to icloud.com, and reportedly Apple is starting with the just-released iOS 6 beta 3. This according to information obtained by MacRumors. The notice, supplied to developers by Apple, reads in part:
icloud.com email addresses are now available for iCloud mail users. Users signing up for new Apple IDs, or enabling Mail on their iCloud account for the first time, will automatically receive an @icloud.com email address instead of a me.com email address.
Apple released mac.com email as part of iTools in 2000, which became .Mac in 2002, and switched to MobileMe and me.com in 2008. Apple announced iCloud in 2011, but until now had left email addresses set to me.com. Although only developers seem to be getting transitioned, it seems likely that Apple will transition the rest of the user base when iOS 6 goes into general release this fall.
Like the mac.com to me.com transition, previous email address should continue working as aliases -- so anything sent to youruser@me.com will just go to youruser@icloud.com instead.
Personally, I'm looking forward to this. Even though my own .Mac account switched to me.com back in 2008, any time I enter it on my iPhone, Apple automysteriously switches it back to mac.com. So, with any luck, come October when I enter my shiny new icloud.com email address, Apple will finally let me use me.com...
I kid. I jest.
What it will do is make things more uniform and less confusing for mainstream users who right now probably wonder why, when they sign up for iCloud, get an email at me.com. Consistency is a feature when you're talking hundreds of thousands, and eventually hundreds of millions of users.
Having iCloud.com as the persistent name, place, and address iOS users use for online activities keeps everything nice and simple.
For more, see our Ultimate Guide to iCloud or jump into our iCloud forum, and let us know how you feel -- ready to embrace the iCloud.com future, or will you miss the shorter, more personal sounding me.com days?
Source: MacRumors
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Tag: London Film Festival
Cinema Festivals London Film Festival
LFF 2013: Captain Phillips
Director Paul Greengrass returns to the tensions of the post 9/11 era, with a gripping account of the 2009 hijacking of a US cargo ship.
Based on the real life account of Richard Phillips, it depicts how he and his crew came across a gang of pirates whilst travelling the dangerous shipping lanes of East Africa.
Early on we see the contrasting figures of Phillips (Tom Hanks), as he leaves his wife (Catherine Keener) at the airport, and the skinny Somalian pirate Muse (Barkhad Abdi) who is forced out to sea by his bosses.
In this we see a snapshot of globalisation: the well off captain of a US cargo ship and the poor fisherman with an AK-47, both conducting their own forms of business but ultimately caught up in events outside of their control.
Billy Ray's script touches upon these issues but wisely skips ponderous, explanatory dialogue, instead opting for a lean depiction of a particular event.
Within this, the film touches upon the seemingly incongruous aspects of modern piracy, ships using water hoses rather than armed security as owners won't insure them and the desperation of Somalis who face a choice between piracy and selling Khat.
Greengrass and his cinematographer Barry Ackroyd do a highly efficient job of getting us quickly into the action and ramping up the drama without resorting to sentiment or bombast.
Ackroyd's distinctive handheld style and Christopher Rouse's pacy editing gives the proceedings the necessary kick, helping to sustain the tension in the bright sunlight of the ocean or the dark bowels of the ships.
As it reaches its latter stages and the US military response cranks into life, the tensions kicks up a gear with the kind of precision you might expect from the director of the best Bourne movies.
Looking at the film overall, we see different genre elements at play: it quickly builds up steam to become a chase film, a hostage drama, a portrait of two clever but defiant individuals and ultimately a study in endurance.
Hanks is dependably solid in the title role, with one remarkable scene at the end which will surprise many and may secure him a lot of awards attention, and the rest of the cast are convincing, especially Abdi as the lead pirate.
After the relative disappointment of Green Zone (2010), this marks a return to form for Greengrass and in some ways could be seen as a companion film to United 93 (2006).
Both contain extended interior sequences and explore how people react under extreme, life-threatening situations. Whilst United 93 remains the superior work, Captain Phillips is another sturdy addition to the Greengrass CV.
It may lack the thematic weight of some of his previous films, such as Bloody Sunday (2002) and United 93, but it shows his brilliant knack in wringing out tension and emotion from real life events.
Captain Phillips opens the London Film Festival on Weds 9th October and also screens on October 10th.
(It opens wide in the UK on October 18th)
> Captain Phillips at the LFF
> Official site
> Reviews of Captain Phillips at Metacritic
Tags captain phillips, London Film Festival
London Film Festival Lineup 2013
The London Film Festival announced its 2013 lineup this week with its traditional blend of British premieres and acclaimed films from the festival circuit.
Running this year from October 7th-20th, it opens with Captain Phillips, which features Tom Hanks in the title role, and closes with Saving Mr Banks, which again stars Hanks.
One of the advantages of the festival is that it usually cherry picks the most buzzed about titles from the year's major festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
This year the lineup looks especially strong with films by Greengrass, Alfonso Cuaron, The Coen Bros, Steve McQueen, Stephen Frears and Alexander Payne.
Although most of the high profile films are showing in the gala section, since last year films have been presented in themed strands, including: Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic, Treasures, and Family.
There are also competition strands: Official, First Feature and Documentary.
Here are my picks, divided up into Must Sees, Worth Checking Out and Mildly Intrigued.
ABSOLUTE MUST SEES
Gravity: Alfonso Cuaron makes his long awaited return with this tale of two astronauts (Sandra Bullock and George Clooney) stranded in space.
Captain Phillips: Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum) returns with a true life thriller about a US ship hijacked by Somali pirates.
12 Years a Slave: Steve McQueen follows up his acclaimed first two films, Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011), with this epic account of account of slavery in pre-Civil War America.
Blue is the Warmest Colour: The winner of the Palme D'or at Cannes this year is a hugely acclaimed love story from director Abdellatif Kechiche. Starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux.
Nebraska: Director Alexander Payne's black and white road movie is a portrait of the smalltown midwest starring Bruce Dern, who scooped the Best Actor prize at Cannes earlier this year.
Philomena: Stephen Frears demonstrates his customary flair for extracting brilliant performances in this moving drama starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan.
Inside Llewyn Davis: The early 1960s folk scene is the setting for the Coen brothers' latest, which played to acclaim at Cannes earlier this year. Starring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan.
Labor Day: Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) adapts Joyce Maynard's novel about a young boy and his mother (Kate Winslet) who meet a stranger in trouble (Josh Brolin) and take him back to their house.
The Invisible Woman: Directed and starring Ralph Fiennes, this is the story of the famous author and his affair with actress Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones).
MILDLY INTRIGUED
The Epic of Everest: The official film of the famous 1924 attempt to climb the highest mountain in the world.
Night Moves: Thriller about radical environmental activists (Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Saarsgard) who find themselves in a moral maelstrom, from director Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy).
Mystery Road: An Australian thriller which sees an Aboriginal police officer returning to his home town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl. Directed by Ivan Shen and starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving and Ryan Kwanten.
We Are the Best!: Lukas Moodysson's (Lilya 4 Ever) coming of age tale is about three teenage girls in Stockholm forming a punk band.
Foosball 3D: A 3D animation about good and evil meeting on the football pitch. Directed by Juan José Campanella, this is his first feature since the Oscar-winning The Secrets in Their Eyes (2009).
I'm sure there will be other films of note and some events (which at the time of writing are still TBA).
For a PDF of the schedule just click here.
> LFF Official site, Facebook page and Twitter
> Previous coverage of the LFF
Tags London Film Festival, london film festival 2013
Vue London Film Festival Competition
Vue Cinemas are offering three people the chance to be an official reporter for this year's BFI London Film Festival.
If you are a budding critic or reporter then this could be a good opportunity to cover a film festival and get some experience of reviewing films.
The three winners will report back on the Festival as a guest Tweeter on Vue's Twitter page and the prize includes: 4 days entrance to the festival, plus travel and accommodation expenses as outlined in the terms & conditions.
To be in with a chance of winning, you have to do the following:
Explain in up to 400 words why you want to be the official London Film Festival reviewer for Vue.
Write a Twitter-style 140-character film review.
To enter just click here.
> London Film Festival
> Vue's Twitter Page
Tags London Film Festival, vue
Interviews London Film Festival Podcast
Interview: Mark Hartley on Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood is a new documentary exploring the world of Australian exploitation cinema that began in the early 1970s.
Directed by Mark Hartley it shows how a new generation of maverick filmmakers capitalised on the relaxing of censorship laws to create wilder films on smaller budgets.
Whilst more refined directors like Peter Weir achieved worldwide acclaim with films like Picnic At Hanging Rock, more maverick directors and actors created a crazier breed of exploitation movie.
This is the trailer:
Many of the titles were sloppily made, politically incorrect and outraged critcs but some also made money in their home country and abroad.
One of the pleasing aspects of the documentary is Hartley's irreverent approach, which allied to a huge amount of clips and interviews with the likes of George Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Barry Humphries and many others, makes for a thoroughly entertaining examination of Australian film culture.
I spoke with Mark recently about the film which is screening at the London Film Festvial this week.
You can listen to the interview here:
[audio:http://filmdetail.receptionmedia.com/Mark_Hartley_on_Not_Quite_Hollywood.mp3]
You can also download it as a podcast via iTunes by clicking here.
Not Quite Hollywood screens at the London Film Festival on Saturday 24th and Tuesday 28th before getting a UK release in March.
> Download this interview as an MP3 file
> Mark Hartley at the IMDb
> Official website for the film
> Buy tickets for the film at the LFF website
Tags interview, London Film Festival, mark hartley, not quite hollywood, Podcast
LFF 2008: Day 2
It was a bit of a muted day for me today as I am still trying to shake off a cold and had to catch up on some rest.
However, nothing was going to stop me from the press screening this morning of Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut Synecdoche, New York.
I've put up a more detailed post about the film here, but it really is a startling film that is going to spark off a thousand arguments about it's meaning, overall quality and what the hell is going on in Kaufman's head.
The plot involves a theatre director (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who moves his company to a warehouse where he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York as part of his new play.
Catherine Keener, Michelle Williams, Samantha Morton and Hope Davis co-star.
It gets a gala screening next week, so I'll write more about it then but I'm sure that it will be a film talked about in years to come as either a work of genius or madness – perhaps even both.
The response at the screening was respectful to begin with and there were some laughs sprinkled throughout but as it went into a third act I sensed a weary sadness taking hold.
That is part of the theme of the film, but also because it is actually dealing in some rather heavy duty subject matter towards the end despite the surreal 'Kaufmaness' of it all.
I'm very keen to see it again as it is an extremely dense and layered film – some of the concepts are truly ingenious – and will probably grow with repeated viewing.
One of the main gala screenings tonight was Rachel Getting Married, which is directed by Jonathan Demme.
It stars Anne Hathaway as an ex-model who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years, who returns home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt).
There are some interesting and accomplished things about the film, notably the raw and loose shooting style Demme has opted for as well as two fine performances from Hathaway and DeWitt.
But despite the Oscar buzz surrounding it I was disappointed at the lack of any real drama and the insufferable nature of many of the conversations in the film.
Emotions and thoughts are too easily verbalised and at it's lower moments the film plays like an unofficial sequel to Margot at the Wedding – another wedding set film from last year which explored similarly tedious forms of middle class self loathing.
There is also a scene involving a dishwasher that is so interminable that I would have actually rather washed some dishes for the duration of it.
Debra Winger is also utterly wasted in a small role which made you wonder why they bothered casting her in the first place.
That said I think Hathaway has a good shot at an Oscar nomination for her work here, even if the film itself is something of a disappointment.
If you have been to the festival or want to discuss any of the films then do leave a comment below or email me.
> My full review of Synecdoche New York
> Rachel Getting Married at the IMDb
> Gala screenings at the LFF this year
Tags London Film Festival, rachel getting married, synecdoche new york


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Psychology, Politics & Sociology /
Politics /
Marxism /
Maoism: A Global History
Author: Lovell, Julia
Quick overview Maoism was a crucial motor of the Cold War: it shaped the course of the Vietnam War (and the international youth rebellions that conflict triggered) and brought to power the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia;
For decades, the West has dismissed Maoism as an outdated historical and political phenomenon. Since the 1980s, China seems to have abandoned the utopian turmoil of Mao's revolution in favour of authoritarian capitalism. But Mao and his ideas remain central to the People's Republic and the legitimacy of its Communist government. With disagreements and conflicts between China and the West on the rise, the need to understand the political legacy of Mao is urgent and growing.
The power and appeal of Maoism have extended far beyond China. Maoism was a crucial motor of the Cold War: it shaped the course of the Vietnam War (and the international youth rebellions that conflict triggered) and brought to power the murderous Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; it aided, and sometimes handed victory to, anti-colonial resistance movements in Africa; it inspired terrorism in Germany and Italy, and wars and insurgencies in Peru, India and Nepal, some of which are still with us today - more than forty years after the death of Mao.
In this new history, Julia Lovell re-evaluates Maoism as both a Chinese and an international force, linking its evolution in China with its global legacy. It is a story that takes us from the tea plantations of north India to the sierras of the Andes, from Paris's fifth arrondissement to the fields of Tanzania, from the rice paddies of Cambodia to the terraces of Brixton.
Starting with the birth of Mao's revolution in northwest China in the 1930s and concluding with its violent afterlives in South Asia and resurgence in the People's Republic today, this is a landmark history of global Maoism.


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Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
Cultural criteria: i, ii, iv, vi /1990
St. Petersburg ranges among the most beautiful and integral in respect of art cities of the world. Its layout is notable for logicality of spatial composition, including strict straight streets, spacious places, as well as numerous channels, bridges (over 400), embankments, gardens and parks. It is rich in outstanding monuments of palace and church architecture, monumental statues that in most cases represent unique architectural ensembles. All that is part of the historic center of the city in the first place, but also of palace-park complexes of its suburbs.
Emergence of St. Petersburg is connected with an ambition of the Russian tsar Peter I to fortify his positions in the strategically important region on the Baltic seashore. The city was laid by order of tsar in 1703, and in 1712 here, on the Neva bank, the capital of the state was transferred.
One of the first big installations became the stone Peter and Pauls fortress. This fortress' silhouette is defined in many respects by the Petropavlovsky Cathedral, laid in June 1712 and fully completed in 1733. Its bell tower is crowned with 34 meters spire with a figure of angel holding a cross, and has a height of 88 meters. Under the arches of the Petropavlovsky Cathedral in 1725 the emperor Peter the First was buried, and since then this church became tsar's burial vault.
Other big structures of the first stage of the city formation are buildings of the Menshikov Palace, Twelve colleges and the Kunstkamera on the Big Neva embankment on the part of the Vasilyevsky Island, the Summer Palace of Peter the First in the Summer Garden, and two cathedrals of the Alexander Nevsky Cloister. The central part of the Admiralty was also raised, crowned with a tower with a gilded spire.
In the middle of the XVIII century St. Petersburg new development plan was worked out, providing for the city development along three radial mains forking from the Admiralty, of which the famous Nevsky prospect became chief. Since the 1740s grandiose, solemn by baroque aspect buildings construction began. The greatest representative of this trend became V.V.Rastrelli, who created one of the outstanding monuments of St. Petersburg baroque – the Winter Palace, served for years as a main residence of Russian tsars. By Rastrelli's projects the following was also raised: The Smolny Cloister ensemble, remarkable by riches of sculptural decoration, brilliance of various colors and gilding combinations, luxurious palace complexes for the Count M.I.Vorontsov, baron S.G.Stroganov and other buildings.
In the 1760s the next stage began in the Russian capital's layout and development, connected with the acceptance of new architectural plan and gradual transfer from baroque to classicism, opposing his strict monumentality, preciseness and lucidity of proportions to the pompousness and deliberate complexity of the baroque style.
Among civil buildings of the city representing this age, the Hermitage Museum, Academy of Sciences, Academy of Arts, General post-office, Big Gostiny Dvor, Smolny Institute, Assignation bank, Public Library are noteworthy. This period is also represented by splendid palaces of emperors' favorites – the Marble Palace, built for Grigoriy Orlov, Anichkov Palace – for Alexey Razumovsky, Taurida Palace – for Grigoriy Petemkin. At the very end of the XVIII century by order of Pavel I near the Summer Garden the Mikhailovsky (Engineering) Castle was raised, differing from other monuments of St. Petersburg architecture of the day by its severe and unapproachable appearance.
In the first third of the XIX century St. Petersburg becomes the main Russian arena of strengthening of mature or high classicism, often called the Russian Empire style. It was here that the Russia Empire attained the most brilliant success, realized in works by A.N.Voronikhin, A.D.Zakharov, V.P.Stasov, K.I.Rossi, А. A.Monferran and other architects.
At the beginning of the XIX century the city was decorated by monuments-ensembles such as the Kazan Cathedral on the Nevsky Avenue, Gorny Institute, Spit of Vasilyevsky Island with the Exchange Building and Rostral columns.
The creation of the Palace Square with 700 meters facade of General Headquarters, arch and the Alexander Column that became not only an adornment of St. Petersburg, but also one of the outstanding monuments of the world architecture is connected with the name of the greatest master of Empire Karl Ivanovich Rossi. St. Isaac Cathedral, the biggest in St. Petersburg that was built 40 years, Triumphal Gate etc. are also dated to the first half of the XIX century.
Typical of town building in the second part of the XIX century are the departure from classicism and appearance of different stylization currents – Neo-Gothic, Neo-renaissance, Neo-baroque, "Russian style". They were reflected in the aspect of Moscow station, some other church and civil buildings.
World Heritage includes not only the historic center of the modern St. Petersburg, but also palace-park ensembles of its suburbs – Peterhof, Oranienbaum, Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), Pavlovsk, Gatchina, Strelna, Ropsha, this is also a historic part of Kronstadt with its fortress and forts, the Schlisselburg Fortress, plus quite a number of historical-cultural monuments.
The most luxurious suburban palace-park ensemble – Peterhof – was laid by Peter the First at the beginning of the XVIII century, maybe, under the impression of Versailles with the Marli Cascade. Here the Palace Park was created, consisting of a Lower Park with Marli palaces-pavilions, Monplaisir and Hermitage and Upper Park with the luxurious Big Palace built by Rastrelli. The level difference of 40 meters between the palace and the Gulf of Finland bank was used for creation of the Big Cascade – magnificent combination of architecture, sculpture, fountain jets and garden art. The composition center is a giant figure of Samson, tearing up the lion's mouth, gushing from which water jets rise at 20 meters height. Around the scoop basin and above it, on ledges of cascades fountain jets spurt and gilded copies of antique sculptures rise. This palace-park ensemble occupies a space of about 1 thousand hectares and includes several parks and about 20 palaces and pavilions.
All the above mentioned objects forming the nomination "Historic Center of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments", are now protected as part of several museum-reserves, or have a status of ancient and cultural monument.


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The scheme is extending to eligible homes in Dublin 8, 10 and 22.
The Warmth & Wellbeing scheme - launched earlier this year - provides extensive energy efficiency upgrades free of charge to the homes of people over the age of 55 who are in energy poverty and living with respiratory conditions. It is currently available in Dublin 12 and 24.
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten, announced today that from next year the scheme will be expanded to include families with young children.
In addition, three more areas of Dublin - Dublin 8, 10 and 22 - will also be included under the pilot Scheme.
Why is the scheme being rolled out?
According to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Ireland has some of the highest rates of respiratory illness in the world.
Particular conditions that are prevalent include Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - which affects over 110,000 people - and asthma, which affects 470,000 people. Damp homes and air quality are key contributing factors to both conditions.
The Warmth & Wellbeing scheme retrofits homes to improve the internal air temperature and air quality in the homes of people suffering from these conditions. This should ease the symptoms of people with respiratory conditions and potentially reduce their need to access health services.
Why is it being rolled out to these specific areas?
The additional areas - Dublin 8, 10 and 22 - were selected on the basis of HSE advice, as they are in the same hospital catchment areas as the scheme currently operates.
The areas also contain a high level of social deprivation and can be covered by the existing HSE team.
The fact that the scheme has also been expanded to families with young children should give an insight into the role that having a warmer home can play in social inclusion and even school performance.
The scheme is being delivered by a dedicated HSE team who work with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).
SEAI will perform a needs-based assessment of what upgrades each home needs, then commission those upgrades.
The scheme is means-tested, and is available free of charge to households in receipt of the Fuel Allowance or One-Parent Family payment.
You can find out more on the website of the SEAI.


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Q: How do references work in patterns in binding expressions? I came across below example in Rust book.
for &item in list.iter() {
    if item > largest {
        largest = item;
    }
}

I suppose it means list.iter() returns the reference to the elements in the list hence &item but while comparing it with largest number why are we not using *item? Also, when I change the &item to item in the first line I am forced to use *item in 2nd and 3rd line by the compiler.
I have seen another example online.
(0..).map(|x| x * x)
    .take_while(|&x| x <= limit)
    .filter(|x| is_even(*x))

Here the closure in take_while accepts &x but uses x directly but the closure in filter takes x without reference but passes *x to is_even.
So how does this work in Rust?

A: What you are seeing here is called destructuring. This is a feature where you can take apart a structure with a pattern.
You probably already saw something like let (a, b) = returns_a_tuple();. Here, a tuple is destructured. You can also destructure references:
// The comments at the end of the line tell you the type of the variable
let i = 3;                // : i32
let ref_i = &i;           // : &i32
let ref_ref_i = &ref_i;   // : &&i32

let &x = ref_i;       // : i32
let &y = ref_ref_i;   // : &i32
let &&z = ref_ref_i;  // : i32

// All of these error because we try to destructure more layers of references
// than there are.
let &a = i;
let &&b = ref_i;
let &&&c = ref_ref_i;

This has the counter-intuitive effect that the more & you add in the pattern, the fewer & will the type of the variable have. But it does make sense in the context of destructuring: when you already mention the structure in the pattern, the structure won't be in the bound variables anymore.
(It is worth noting that this "destructuring references away" only works with referee types that are Copy. Otherwise you will get a "cannot move out of borrowed content" error.)

Now what does that have to do with your for loop and the closures? Turns out: patterns are everywhere. The slot between for and in in the for loop is a pattern, and arguments of functions and closures are pattern as well! This works:
// Destructuring a tuple in the for loop pattern
let v = vec![3];
for (i, elem) in v.iter().enumerate() {}

// Destructuring an array in the function argument (works the same for closures)
fn foo([x, y, z]: [f32; 3]) {}

I suppose it means list.iter() returns the reference to the elements in the list

Exactly.

... hence &item

"hence" is not correct here. The author of this code didn't want to work with the reference to the item, but instead work with the real value. So they added the & in the pattern to destructure the reference away.

but while comparing it with largest number why are we not using *item?

Yes, because the reference was already removed by the destructuring pattern.

Also, when I change the &item to item in the first line I am forced to use *item in 2nd and 3rd line by the compiler.

Yes, because now the pattern doesn't destructure the reference anymore, so item is a reference again. This is the basic gist with all of this: most of the time you can either remove the reference in the pattern by adding a & or you can remove the reference when using the variable by adding a *.

Here the closure in take_while accepts &x but uses x directly but the closure in filter takes x without reference but passes *x to is_even.

It should be clear by now why that is, right? The take_while closure removes the reference via destructuring in the pattern while the filter closure does it via standard dereferencing.

You can read more about all of this in this chapter of the book.

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Kia recalls 2014 Kia Soul vehicles over potential loss of steering | Got a Class Action?
Kia Motors Corporation is recalling certain model year 2014 Kia Soul vehicles manufactured July 21, 2013, through January 17, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the plug that secures the pinion gear to the steering gear assembly may loosen due to an improper application of thread-locking adhesive during the assembly process.
As a result, the pinion gear can separate from the steering gear assembly, causing a loss of steering, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
51,641 vehicles are affected by the recall.
Kia will notify owners, and dealers will replace the pinion plug with a new pinion plug which has properly applied thread-locking adhesive, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in July 2014.
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What about the 2014 Kia Soul airbag not departure in a crash.
Yes My 2015 KIA Soul was part of the recall and my car steering broke on the freeway. I have a head injury and medical bills from the head on collision with a tree in Martinez California. Had to relocate due to be harassed by my neighbor.


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After a Judge dismissed the child abuse charges on the members of the New Mexico Terror Compound this last week, the FBI re-arrested them Friday on federal conspiracy and weapons charges. The Taos County Prosecutor says he will also start proceedings for a grand jury indictment against them for the child abuse charges involving the death of Abdul Ghani-Wahhaj.
The charges in the death of the child were dropped on Friday, in lieu of the Federal arrests, and the Taos County Prosceutor will now have time to gather the information to seek a grand jury indictment.
The FBI news release stated in part:
The FBI has arrested five residents of a compound in Amalia, in Taos County, N.M. (Amalia Compound), on a federal criminal complaint charging them with violating the federal firearms and conspiracy laws. The arrests were announced by U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Special Agent in Charge James C. Langenberg of the FBI's Albuquerque Division.
The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, and Lucas Morton, 40, are charged in a criminal complaint that was filed earlier today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The criminal complaint charges Jany Leveille with being an alien unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition in the District of New Mexico from Nov. 2017 through Aug. 2018. The criminal complaint charges the other four defendants with aiding and abetting Leveille in committing the offense, and with conspiring with Leveille to commit the offense.
According to the criminal complaint, on Aug. 3, 2018, law enforcement officers of the Taos County Sheriff's Office executed search warrants at the Amalia Compound, where the five defendants were residing, and allegedly seized at least eleven firearms and a large quantity of ammunition. The complaint alleges that the firearms were transported from Georgia and/or Alabama to New Mexico in Leveille's vehicle.
The FBI arrested the defendants without incident in Taos, N.M., this afternoon with the assistance of the Taos County Sheriff's Office. The defendants will make their initial appearances in federal court in Albuquerque on September 4, 2018.
If convicted of the charge against her, Leveille faces a statutory maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment and deportation upon completion of her sentence. If convicted of aiding and abetting Leveille, Leveille's co-defendants each face a statutory maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, the five defendants each face a statutory penalty of five years of imprisonment.
The charges have been described as "low hanging fruit" – simply means they are the easiest things to charge them with for now. Leveille's attorney stated that she is going over the charging documents to make sure that the "charges were properly filed."
The judge who dismissed the child abuse charges stated that the prosecution failed to give evidence that the children were being neglected. That information would have been part of the probable cause that had to be given within 10 days.
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The first day of Cheltenham's Open meeting features the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at 3.00 run over a distance one furlong short of four miles. Irish trainer Enda Bolger fields two in an attempt to win this for the fifth consecutive year, Spot Thedifference having won the four previous runnings. After passing the winning post in last year's renewal, the incomparable fourteen year old collapsed and many feared the worst but he just needed a little rest and was soon back on his feet! On official ratings, Garde Champetre has something to find with several of these but he has course and distance winning form and had a pleasing pipe-opener over hurdles three weeks ago at Thurles. He's prefered to L'Ami - both horses are owned by one J.P. McManus.
The Graduation Chase at 2.25 has attracted a disappointingly small field of just four runners. Nicky Henderson had intended to run Barbers Shop in this but the stable has decided to withdraw Jack The Giant from the Gold Cup on accont of the ground; Barbers Shop, owned by The Queen, has been re-routed to Saturday's feature. On paper this now looks a match between Battlecry and Ornais, with the consensus being the latter will struggle to give the former seven pounds on soft ground. I'm inclined to agree, although on official ratings there's little between the two. At the likely prices on offer, this is a race to watch rather than bet on.
In the novices' hurdle (1.50), Leo's Lucky Star has the form in the book and is a play against likely favourite American Trilogy while Razor Royale has a fighting chance in the finale. Last time out he was upsides Ring The Boss when clipping the top of the second last and coming down; I thought he would have gone on to win that and is worthy of support here against the Nicholls' trained favourite Herecomesthetruth.
The money came for Garde Champetre (13/8f) but he finished three lengths second to 28/1 longshot Dix Villez. The ensuing steward's inquiry ruled that that Davy Russell (on the outsider) had not run off course and the combination kept the race.
I was mildly surprised to see Ornais (13/8) easily keep Battlecry at bay in the Graduation Chase.
Leo's Lucky Star (7/2) weakened two out to finish a well-beaten fifth behind impressive front-running winner Golan Way (8/1).
Razor Royal (2/1) put up a disappointing show and was beaten some way out. This performance reminded me somewhat of several of his hurdle performances last year; on balance, he looks one to oppose rather than support. Even money favourite Herecomesthetruth ran out when disputing the lead at the last, leaving 8/1 shot Shining Gale to collect the spoils.


Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," released in 1992, occupies its own peculiar pocket of cultural space-time.
Portions of this are adapted from Tom Shone's "Tarantino: A Retrospective," published on October 3rd, by Insight Editions.
In following his changing enthusiasms, Tarantino has become a victim of his own taste.


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