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Michael T. Renaud
Member / Chair, Intellectual Property Division
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Michael is recognized as one of the World's Leading IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset Magazine, appearing in its 2021 inaugural edition of the Strategy 300 Global Leaders guide and repeatedly appearing in its annual IAM Strategy 300 publication. He is an experienced litigator and the central tactician in developing and implementing multinational enforcement, licensing, and litigation strategies for global corporations. Michael and his teams help clients realize significant value by identifying patent assets which can be enforced to protect clients' competitive positions and generate licensing revenue. He also represents clients accused of infringement, and his success in these matters is informed by his full understanding of how plaintiff cases are developed and, in turn, how to strategically attack them.
As firmwide Chair of the Intellectual Property Division, Michael leads an international team of IP prosecutors, litigators, and transaction specialists. As an engineer with 20 years' experience in intellectual property, Michael achieves success both in and out of the courtroom stemming from his uncommon combination of sound legal judgment, strong business acumen, and experience with and sensitivity to changing market conditions. Michael is driven to help his clients attain their business objectives and has years of experience evaluating and valuing diverse patent portfolios. His cutting edge work on SEP valuation and enforcement is supported by his unmatched ability to identify untapped assets and value drivers.
Clients rely on Michael to develop multinational strategies tailored to their specific needs. He is known for his experience with developing comprehensive monetization strategies; conducting IP due diligence; counseling investment firms on implementing strategies for leveraging patent value; negotiating deals and generating revenue through strategic partnerships; and prosecuting coordinated international enforcement actions.
Most successful enforcement and licensing efforts today require an attorney like Michael who can manage parallel litigations in U.S. Federal District Courts, in front of the U.S. International Trade Commission, and in global jurisdictions including China, Europe, and the UK. Recent successful Mintz-coordinated global efforts have involved regional IP courts in Shanghai, China, and in Dusseldorf and Mannheim, Germany, in addition to multiple U.S. venues.
Michael also advises clients on patent portfolio assessment and conducts IP due diligence in connection with transactions. He counsels private equity firms and venture capital funds on IP assets and patent value. He also helps patent owners develop and implement strategies for identifying and leveraging untapped assets in their patent portfolios.
According to a client interviewed by IAM Patent 1000 editors, "Mike is extremely good at developing cases, budgeting appropriately and assessing the scope and shape of the risk confronting his clients. Plenty of lawyers have the technical ability to handle complex patent matters, but Mike has a special understanding of and sensitivity to business issues that sets him apart."
University of Connecticut (JD)
Duke University (BS, Mechanical Engineering)
Certain Digital Video-Capable Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-1224) – Representing Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Philips North America LLC as Complainants before the ITC, and in District of Delaware and Central District of California actions. The asserted patents claim foundational content-protection technology widely implemented in, for example, ultra-high definition digital video-capable devices using the HDCP 2.2. standard, such as computers, displays, and televisions. ITC evidentiary hearing was held in July 2021.
Certain Flocked Swabs, Products Containing Flocked Swabs, And Methods of Using Same (337-TA-1279) - Representing Copan Italia and Copan Industries as complainants in the International Trade Commission, asserting patent infringement claims against global competitors in a case involving the use of flocking technology (common in the textile industry) in the production of biological specimen collection swabs.
Certain Video Processing Devices, Components Thereof, and Digital Smart Televisions Containing the Same (337-TA-1222) – Representing DivX, a video codec company headquartered in San Diego, in enforcing patents before the ITC, in the District of Delaware and Eastern District of Texas, and in German and Brazilian courts. The asserted patents involve innovations relating to internet video and streaming media. LG and Samsung settled prior to the ITC evidentiary hearing which was held with remaining respondents in July 2021.
Certain Semiconductor Devices, Products Containing the Same, and Components Thereof (II) (337-TA-1177) - Represented GlobalFoundries as lead counsel at the International Trade Commission and in multiple Western District of Texas actions, involving the direct and indirect infringement of four patents related to semiconductor devices, integrated circuits, and products containing the same. Additional defendants in these actions included Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, nVidia, Arista, Asus, and Lenovo. Within 2.5 months of filing at the ITC, the cases settled on favorable terms.
Certain Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Methods of Producing the Same (337-TA-1120) – Represented Glycosyn LLC as complainant before the ITC against respondent Jennewein Biotechnologies GmbH, a large global competitor. The complaint alleged unlawful and unauthorized importation and production and/or manufacture of 2'-fucosyllactose oligosaccharides that directly infringe one or more claims of Glycosyn's U.S. Patent No. 9,453,230. Following oral hearing in May 2019, the Administrative Law Judge issued an Initial Determination finding that Jennewein had infringed claims of Glycosyn's patent and recommended that a limited exclusion order issue, including a certification provision with heightened requirement.
Certain Semiconductor Devices, Integrated Circuits, and Consumer Products Containing the Same (337-TA-1149) – Mintz represented Innovative Foundry Technologies as part of a global enforcement strategy to protect 5 asserted patents relating to semiconductor fabrication and packaging. Respondents for the ITC matter included Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Qualcomm Incorporated, MediaTek, and Vizio. Cases were simultaneously filed in U.S. District Court and internationally in Germany and China. The investigation was instituted in March of 2019 and resolved favorably prior to the conclusion of discovery in August of 2019.
Certain Graphics Systems, Components Thereof, and Consumer Products Containing the Same (337-TA-1044) – Represented Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as complainant in the ITC asserting patents covering graphics processing technology employed by smart devices such as televisions and handsets. Respondents include LG Electronics, VIZIO, MediaTek, and Sigma Designs, Inc. (SDI). Achieved settlement with LG prior to the conclusion of expert discovery. Following the evidentiary hearing, the presiding ALJ issued an initial determination finding a violation of Section 337 and recommending the imposition of an exclusion order against the remaining Respondents' accused products. The ITC affirmed the ALJ's finding of a violation on August 22, 2018. As a result, the Commission issued orders banning the importation of products made by VIZIO, MediaTek, and SDI and cease and desist orders against VIZIO and SDI.
Certain Computing or Graphics Systems, Components Thereof, and Vehicles Containing Same (337-TA-984) – Represented owner of portfolio of graphics processing and microprocessor patents, Advanced Silicon Technologies, LLC, as Complainant in an ITC investigation adverse to a number of automotive manufacturers, and infotainment system and chip suppliers. Respondents include Honda, Toyota, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, Renesas, Harman International, and Fujitsu-Ten. The investigation instituted in January of 2016 and resolved favorably prior to the conclusion of expert discovery in August of 2016.
Certain Communications or Computing Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-925) – Represented owner of portfolio of communications and computing patents from former enterprise communications business unit of large multinational innovation company, Enterprise System Technologies, S.A.R.L. An ITC investigation was instituted in August 2014 as to respondent entities Apple, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and HTC Corporation. Google participated as an intervenor. The investigation resolved prior to evidentiary hearing in June of 2015.
Certain Consumer Electronics with Display and Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884) - Represented owners of the patent portfolio of the original Silicon Graphics, now known as Graphics Properties Holdings, as complainant in the ITC. Investigation was instituted in June 2013 and among the respondent entities were Panasonic, Toshiba, Vizio, and ZTE. Most respondents settled. After an evidentiary hearing held over several days in May 2014, on August 29, 2014 Mintz successfully obtained a recommendation for a Limited Exclusion Order against the remaining respondent, which chose to settle while Commission review of the Administrative Law Judge's Initial Determination was pending.
Certain Consumer Electronics and Display Devices and Products Containing Same (337-TA-836) - Represented owners of the patent portfolio of the original Silicon Graphics, now known as Graphics Properties Holdings, as complainant in the ITC, and as plaintiff in multiple parallel District of Delaware cases. Cases were filed between late 2011 and early 2012, and all were resolved by the end of January 2013. The technology at issue relates to LCD panels, central processor units, graphics processing units, and other microprocessor technology. Successfully licensed all respondents, including some of the largest and most recognized names in the converged device space – Apple, LG, Research in Motion, Samsung, and Sony.
Certain LED Photographic Lighting Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-804) – Represented the complainant (plaintiff) that makes LED lighting systems for use in film and TV production, at the International Trade Commission. The ITC handed down its Final Initial Determination of infringement on September 7, 2012. On January 17, 2013, the ITC issued a General Exclusion Order (GEO) against respondents based in both China and the United States. The result in this case is particularly notable because it is rare for the ITC to issue a GEO due to the rigorous criteria and careful balancing of interests that apply to requests for GEOs.
Certain Electronic Imaging Devices (337-TA-726) - Represented complainant in this three-patent ITC case. Filed in June 2010 against converged device manufacturers and focused on digital camera technology found in cell phones, laptop computers, and personal digital assistants, the matter was fully settled in April 2011. The result was successful licensing programs with three out of four respondents, among which are recognized leaders in the electronics device manufacturing space – HTC, LG, Research in Motion, and more.
Certain Portable Communication Devices (337-TA-827) - Represented complainant in the ITC and as plaintiff in multiple parallel District of Delaware cases. Successfully licensed all respondents, including some of the largest and most recognized names in the converged device space – Amazon, LG, Motorola, Pantech Wireless, Research in Motion, Sony, and more. Cases were filed in December 2011 and settled in May 2012.
Federal Circuit Appeals
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Micron Technology, Inc., SK Hynix Inc. v. Elm 3DS Innovations, LLC, 2017-2474, 2017-2475, 2017-2476, 2017-2478, 2017-2479, 2017-2480, 2017-2482, 2017-2483, 2018-1050, 2018-1079, 2018-1080, 2018-1081, 2018-1082 (Fed. Cir.) – Successfully represented Elm 3DS Innovations in defending the appeal of highly favorable final written decisions entered by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in thirteen inter partes reviews. PTAB held that petitioners did not establish the unpatentability of 105 claims across eleven patents, and the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decisions.
Preservation Wellness Technologies LLC v. NextGen Healthcare Information Systems LLC, et al, 2016-2193, 2016-2194, 2016-2195 (Fed. Cir.) - Successfully argued at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to affirm an Eastern District of Texas ruling from May 2016 that held unpatentable a medical records patent asserted by Preservation Wellness against long-time client NextGen Healthcare. Mintz also argued on behalf of co-appellees Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. and Epic Systems Corp. NextGen Healthcare provides electronic health record, financial, and health information exchange solutions for myriad healthcare organizations and the infringement allegations threatened "Patient Portal," a key component of the company's service.
Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sipnet EU S.R.O, 2015-1212, (Fed. Cir.) - Represented Straight Path IP in successfully appealing to the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit (CAFC) the adverse result of an inter partes review handled by another firm. The IPR decision canceled all challenged claims of Straight Path's US Patent No. 6,108,704. In the Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sipnet EU SRO appeal, the CAFC for the first time completely reversed an adverse IPR decision, remanding the matter for further proceedings under the correct construction advocated by Mintz and Straight Path.
Federal District Court
Copan Italia SpA et al v. Puritan Medical Products Company LLC et al, 1:18-cv-00218 (D. Me) - Representing Copan Italia in asserting patent infringement and unfair competition claims against our client's largest competitor, in a case involving the use of flocking technology (common in the textile industry) in the production of swabs to be used for the collection of biological specimen.
Preservation Wellness Technologies, LLC v. NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, 2:15-cv-01562 (E.D. Tex) – U.S. Federal Circuit Judge William Bryson presided over the case, granting Mintz client NextGen's motion to dismiss after oral argument in April 2017. Judge Bryson held that Preservation Wellness' patent at issue covers nothing more than the basic concept of a medical records system, which he said is not patent-eligible under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice decision. Mintz represented NextGen on the appeal at the CAFC and the decision was upheld.
Vtrax Technologies Licensing, Inc. v. Siemens Communications, Inc., et al (S.D. Fl.- 9:10-cv-80369) – Successfully defended our client, the US division of a Germany-based global manufacturing concern, an insurance carrier and a large national bank, in a patent infringement action relating to unified communications and related technologies. Case filed in March 2010 against various enterprise systems, obtained dismissal of case for our clients in June 2011.
Inter Partes Reviews
Represented GE Video Compression in defense of the '710 patent which claims improved techniques for using "binary arithmetic coding" to compress data and has been incorporated into leading video compression standards. (HEVC standard essential patent). PTAB denied institution of the petition in August 2019 which was filed in June by Unified Patents. IPR2019-00726
Successful Defense of 12 IPRs – Three dimensional structure memory - Mintz represented Elm 3DS Innovations in a series of 14 IPRs filed by leading technology companies, including SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung. We were hired as replacement counsel following institution of the IPRs which had been filed in late 2015 and early 2016. Final Written decisions in 13 of the proceedings were received in June and August 2017 and confirmed validity of all but two challenged claims. PTAB's determination was upheld on appeal to the Federal Circuit.
Defense of Multiple IPRs – Point-to-Point Communication Over Computer Networks – Currently representing Straight Path IP Group in the defense of seventeen inter partes reviews filed against three U.S. patents concerning technology for facilitating point-to-point communications over computer networks. Petitioners include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Avaya Inc.; LG Electronics, Inc.; Toshiba Corp.; VIZIO, Inc.; Verizon Communications, Inc.; and Hulu, LLC.
Trade Secrets Litigation
New England Biolabs, et al. v. Enzymatics, Inc., 1:12-cv-12125 (D.Mass) – Defended Enzymatics against claims of trade secrets theft and patent infringement brought by three plaintiffs in a case involving nucleic acid ligands. Resulted in favorable settlement for our client.
L3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. v. Reveal Imaging Technologies, Inc., 1:04-cv-11884 (D. Mass) – Represented Reveal, a start- up technology company in parallel trade secret and patent infringement cases concerning methods and apparatus for scanning explosives in baggage. Following extensive discovery and summary judgment hearings in the proceedings, the cases settled favorably to Reveal.
Included by Intellectual Asset Management in its inaugural edition of the Strategy 300 Global Leaders guide in 2021 and in IAM Global Leaders 2022.
Selected for the 2015 – 2021 editions of IAM Strategy 300 – The World's Leading IP Strategists
Named a finalist for Managing Intellectual Property's "Practitioner of the Year (Litigation) - Massachusetts" award (2021) and identified as a "Patent Star - Patent Contentious - Massachusetts" (2018 – 2021)
Identified in the IAM Patent 1000, a listing of the "World's Leading Patent Practitioners," as a "go-to attorney for technology patent litigation" (2015 – 2021)
Recognized in Chambers USA: Nationwide – International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337) (2021)
Recognized in Chambers USA: Massachusetts – Intellectual Property (2015 - 2017, 2021)
Recognized among the most active International Trade Commission Section 337 practitioners (2021) and Inter Partes Review practitioners (2018 - 2020) by Patexia in its annual surveys
Included on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers – Intellectual Property Litigation list (2007, 2011 - 2021)
Recognized by The Legal 500 United States for Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation - International Trade Commission (2017 - 2018, 2021)
Included on the Super Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys in Massachusetts list (2016)
International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association, Standards Setting Committee
Strategic IP Monetization & Licensing
Patent Litigation
IPRs & Other Post-Grant Proceedings
IP Due Diligence
PayTech & eCommerce
Patent Owner Tips for Surviving an Instituted IPR: From Depositions to Sur-Replies
January 14, 2022 |Blog
Uncertain Seas for SEP Sailing In the US – New Guidance May Cause Stormy SEP Future
Apple Backs Down: Commits to Take Global FRAND License to Avoid Exile from UK Market
November 5, 2021 |Blog
Patent Cases To Watch In 2022
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by Law360 detailing high-profile patent cases to watch in 2022. Specifically, Mr. Renaud commented on American Axle v. Neapco, a "monster" Federal Circuit decision involving patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act, which the U.S. Supreme Court is considering taking up.
The Road Less Travelled: Why Arbitration is Increasingly Attractive for Resolving IP Disputes
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Matthew Hurley, Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, and Associate Oliver Ennis co-authored an article published in the November/December 2021 issue of IP Litigator exploring why arbitration has become an increasingly attractive alternative for resolving IP disputes. The authors wrote that while arbitration isn't the right fit (or even available) in all situations, IP rights holders should consider adding it to their enforcement strategies.
New Draft Policy Will Create Obstacles For SEP Owners
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted extensively in an article published by Law360 examining the potential impact for standard-essential patent (SEP) owners of the U.S. Department of Justice's and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's draft policy statement concerning licensing negotiations and remedies for SEPs subject to voluntary F/RAND commitments.
8th Annual IP Dealmakers
Mintz Member, Mike Renaud will be moderating a panel entitled, "Key Considerations in Global Licensing & Litigation." The panelists will share:
Impact of Recent SEP Decisions in the UK, Germany, US and China
Determining Global FRAND Royalty Rates
ITC, Injunctions & Anti-Suit Injunctions
Evolution of Global Monetization Strategies
2021 IPBC Global
Mintz Member Mike Renaud will be speaking on a panel entitled, "Disputing FRAND: the global challenge." Panelists will discuss how SEP licensing is dominating the IP headlines while courts in various countries hear major FRAND suits that could have huge implications. The panel will also cover:
The key cases and decisions identified.
Anti-suit injunctions – temporary phenomena or a permanent part of the landscape?
Will the policy makers get involved?
Dealmakers Disruptions Series: ITC Strategy Part Two
The Dealmakers Disruptions Series provides an interactive virtual event, with expert insights, audience stage time, and opportunities for networking. Mintz Member Mike Renaud will be moderating a discussion entitled, "Driving Outcomes with SEP Litigation at the ITC."
January 14, 2022 | Blog | By William Meunier, Michael Renaud, Brad M Scheller
As a Patent Owner in an instituted Inter Partes Review (IPR), there are dozens of considerations to bear in mind – from strategically approaching depositions and maximizing expert testimony, to drafting the final say in your sur-reply. We provide a summary of key takeaways from throughout the series and invite you to access all of our tips for more detail on Surviving an Instituted IPR.
December 9, 2021 | | By Michael Renaud, Daniel Weinger, Bruce Sokler, James Thomson
The DOJ is requesting public comment on a new draft policy concerning licensing negotiations and remedies for standards-essential patents (SEPs) subject to voluntary F/RAND commitments recently jointly issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (DOJ)(collectively, "the Agencies"). The Agencies have requested comment on eleven questions until the comment period closes January 5, 2021.
November 5, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, James Wodarski, Matthew Galica
Optis Puts Apple's Feet to the UK Fire: Commit to FRAND or Be Snuffed Out
October 4, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Daniel Weinger, James Thomson
Recent developments indicate that the UK is a favorable jurisdiction that owners of standard essential patents ("SEP") can leverage to obtain appropriate SEP rates from what would otherwise be unwilling licensees. Demonstrating the point, a recent order from Justice Meade of the High Court in the sprawling Pan Optis/Unwired Planet SEP dispute with Apple provides an outline to the UK's approach to handling SEP implementers who are unwilling to commit to court-determined FRAND licenses.
The Road Less Travelled: Why Arbitration is an Increasingly Attractive Alternative for Resolving IP Disputes
September 26, 2021 | Blog | By Matthew Hurley, Michael Renaud, Oliver Ennis
When It Isn't Better Late Than Never: ALJ Reins in on Redesigns First Disclosed in the Last Week of Fact Discovery
September 21, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Adam Rizk, Matthew Karambelas, Tianyi Tan
In a recent IAM article, Levelling the playing field in ITC patent cases by identifying redesigns to a set deadline, we commented on best practices for ITC complainants to protect their interests against the nascent uptick of redesign submissions at the tail end of fact discovery. Although reasonable minds can differ as to whether the uptick in motion practice is coincidence or a more troubling sign that some respondents are using late redesign disclosures as a vehicle to put complainants at a disadvantage in fast-paced Section 337 proceedings, such late disclosures undoubtedly prejudice complainants' ability to fully review and assess such disclosures for possible infringement.
US Open for FRAND Business: The Fifth Circuit Vindicates Ericsson, Finding that Ericsson's Offers were FRAND
September 3, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Daniel Weinger, Meena Seralathan
The United States FRAND jurisprudence had a recent watershed moment in a decision that is sure to reverberate through the standard essential patent (SEP) world, and specifically SEP litigation in the United States. Earlier this week, a Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a jury verdict that found licensing offers made by Ericsson to HTC for Ericsson's 4G SEPs complied with Ericsson's FRAND obligations, the first jury verdict of its kind in the United States.
Supreme Court Hammers Final Nail in the IP Bridge v. TCL Coffin
July 2, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Daniel Weinger, Kara E. Grogan
On Monday, the Supreme Court denied TCL Communication's certiorari petition, without comment, appealing the Federal Circuit's ruling that the essentiality of a patent claim is a question for the jury rather than judges to resolve during claim construction. The denial of cert by the Supreme Court cements the Federal Circuit ruling which made proving infringement of standard essential patents easier by allowing reliance on the standard to show such infringement.
Fast Track to Justice for Trade Secret Theft at the ITC: New Senate Bill Would Expand ITC Authority to Curtail Trade Secret Theft by Foreign Governments
June 23, 2021 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Rich Gervase, Nicholas Armington, Allen Loayza
Amid the continuing threat to U.S. intellectual property rights posed by foreign actors, the International Trade Commission (ITC) is poised to become the latest federal agency to bolster protections for U.S. IP owners. The ITC's broad power to exclude the importation into the U.S. of products that infringe American intellectual property now has the potential to be made even more robust through a new bill introduced by Senators John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.) on June 15, 2021, that would provide expedited relief for trade secret theft victims.
Is This Seat Taken? A Chinese IP Court Proclaims Its Authority to Declare Global FRAND Terms
December 7, 2020 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, James Wodarski, Matthew Galica
A Chinese Court recently decided that it has the willingness, and jurisdiction, to set a global licensing rate that is fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory ("FRAND") for standard essential patents ("SEP").
DOJ SEP Policy Would Impede or Speed up Negotiations
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by Managing IP examining whether the U.S. Department of Justice's and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's new standard-essential patent draft policy would speed up or stall licensing negotiations if finalized.
Mintz Adds ITC Pro From Adduci Mastriani
Law360 featured the arrival of seasoned U.S. International Trade Commission attorney Jonathan Engler as a Member of Mintz's Intellectual Property Practice in Washington, D.C. The article included commentary from Mr. Engler on what attracted him to Mintz and areas of focus within his practice, and also included a quote from Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud.
Fifty-Five Mintz Attorneys Recognized as 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Stakeholders Speak: Leahy Bill to 'Restore the AIA' is Too Unbalanced to Pass
Mintz Member and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Associate James Thomson were quoted in an article published by IPWatchdog discussing the recently released text of the "Restoring America Invents Act", which would essentially end discretionary denial practice under precedential Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cases and limit denial to petitions where "the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments previously were presented to the Office," among other changes.
Levelling the Playing Field in ITC Patent Cases by Identifying Redesigns to a Set Deadline
Mintz Member and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Member Adam Rizk, and Associate Matthew Karambelas co-authored an article published by IAM on adjudicating redesigns at the International Trade Commission including best practices for complainants managing discovery of redesigns.
Fed. Circ. Upholds ITC Infringement Finding On Milk Patent
Law360 reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the International Trade Commission's finding that a pair of bacteria strains used by German-based Jennewein infringed a Glycosyn milk patent. The article included a quote from Mintz Intellectual Property Member Michael Newman, noting that, in addition to Mr. Newman, Glycosyn was represented by Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Members Thomas Wintner and James Wodarski, and Associates Courtney Herndon and Matthew Karambelas.
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Victory for Glycosyn
Ericsson Fifth Circuit Win Further Fortifies SEP Owner Stance in U.S.
Mintz Member and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by Managing IP on a recent judgment issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in HTC v Ericsson. In the article, Mr. Renaud commented on how the ruling indicates an emerging trend of U.S. courts rejecting the Smallest Saleable Patent Practicing Unit (SSPPU) argument made in the context of a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) dispute governed under European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)'s Intellectual Property rules.
International Comparative Legal Guide to Patent Laws and Regulations 2022: United States
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Associate Matthew Karambelas co-authored the United States chapter of the twelfth edition of International Comparative Legal Guide's Patent Laws and Regulations 2022. The chapter examined common issues in patent laws and regulations, including patent enforcement, patent amendment, licensing, and more, and provided a look ahead at how patent law is expected to evolve in the coming year.
Fifth Circuit FRAND Ruling Could Attract SEP Owners Back to US Courts
Mintz Member and Chair of the Firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by IAM on a recent judgment issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a breach-of-fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) litigation between HTC and Ericsson, and how the decision could attract standard essential patent (SEP) owners back to U.S. courts.
Three Mintz Attorneys Recognized as World-Class IP Strategists by IAM Strategy 300
Samsung, LG Settle DivX Patent Fights Over Smart TVs
Law360 reported that Mintz client American video codec company DivX, an early innovator in the digital streaming video and digital rights management scene, has reached confidential settlements with LG and Samsung, resolving international litigation claiming they infringe DivX's streaming patents with their smart televisions. The Mintz team representing DivX is led by Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Member Adam Rizk and includes Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Matthew Hurley, Members Keith Carroll, Marguerite McConihe, Michael McNamara, Samuel Davenport, and Daniel Weinger, and Associates Matthew Karambelas, Jessica Perry, and Nana Liu.
Mintz Lauded as a Leading Firm for Patent Litigation and Prosecution, Ten Practitioners Recognized in Latest Edition of IAM Patent 1000
Apple Trial Spotlights U.K. Ban Potential in Global Patent Fights
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by Bloomberg Law on an upcoming trial before a U.K. court in a patent battle between Apple Inc. and Optis Cellular Technology LLC involving iPhones and other devices and its implications for global standard-essential patent disputes.
Mintz Intellectual Property Attorneys Recognized as 2021 IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property
Legal 500 United States 2021 Recognizes 14 Practices and 50 Attorneys at Mintz
Sixty-Nine Mintz Attorneys and 19 Practices Recognized by Chambers USA 2021
Mintz Nationally Ranked for Life Sciences IP and ITC Patent Litigation by Managing Intellectual Property 2021 IP Stars
Mintz Ranked Among Most Active Law Firms by Patexia's 2021 ITC Intelligence Report
Mintz's Michael Renaud Shortlisted for Practitioner of the Year (Litigation) – Massachusetts by Managing IP Awards 2021
Mintz's Michael Renaud and James Wodarski Selected to Inaugural IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders Guide
The Few Patent Jury Trials In 2020 Led To Enormous Verdicts
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by Law360 on the largest patent jury trial verdicts of 2020, specifically regarding the $1.9 billion bench trial judgment against Cisco Systems, Inc.
The Big SEP Victories Of Patent Owners In 2020
In this Law360 expert analysis article, Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Members James Wodarski and Daniel Weinger reflected on the biggest standard essential patent (SEP) victories of patent owners in 2020.
The 10 Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2020
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in Law360 on the biggest patent rulings of 2020, specifically Germany's top court's ruling in Sisvel v. Haier and Unwired Planet v. Huawei.
A Critique of Glory Days and How Reports of Anticompetitive Risks of Pools Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Members James Wodarski and Daniel Weinger, and Associate Kara Grogan co-authored an article published by IPWatchdog that critiques an article recently published in the University of San Diego Law titled "Glory Days: Do the Anticompetitive Risks of Standards-Essential Patent Pools Outweigh Their Procompetitive Benefits?," which criticized patent pools, alleging inefficiencies and anticompetitive risks of pools for standard essential patents.
The Patent Pool Explained: An Effective Mechanism When the Burden is Shared
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Members James Wodarski and Daniel Weinger, and Associate Kara Grogan co-authored an article published by IPWatchdog examining patent pools, an elective market mechanism designed to provide benefits to both innovators and implementers.
Patent Stakeholders Weigh in on High Court Decision to Hear Arthrex
In IP Watchdog, Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Member William Meunier weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in three cases involving Arthrex, Inc. focusing on the question of whether the administrative patent judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board were constitutionally appointed.
Fifty-Four Mintz Attorneys Recognized by 2020 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
DOJ Support Of SEP Injunctions Should Stabilize Licensing
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud, Member and Co-chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice Joseph Miller, and Member Daniel Weinger co-authored a Law360 expert analysis article that examined an updated business review letter issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)'s Antitrust Division to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., which clarified the DOJ's views on licensing and enforcement practices related to standard essential patent (SEP)s.
Mintz Attorneys Recognized as World-Class IP Strategists by IAM Strategy 300
Michael Renaud, James Wodarski, and Mark Pino have been recognized in the 2020 edition of IAM Strategy 300: The World's Leading IP Strategists.
Jury's Role in Standard Patent Fights Gets Federal Circuit Boost
Mintz Member and Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud was quoted in an article published by Bloomberg Law on the Federal Circuit's recent decision in Godo Kaisha IP Bridge I v. TCL Commc'n Tech. Holdings Ltd. and its potential impact on owners of standard essential patents
3 Takeaways From Landmark German FRAND Decision
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Q: Не получается решить задачу на тему "игра Баше" Добрый день еще раз! Попробовал решить задачу на тему "игра Баше" как сразу столкнулся с проблемой при тестировании.
Вот здесь можно прочитать условие задачи: http://www.e-olimp.com/problems/1005

Children of a match is not a toy!
On the table there are N matches. They play two, take turns. A player
  may take no more than M matches, but not less than one. Took away the
  last match wins.
Who will win in the regular game - the first or second player?
Input
In the first line is the number of T - the number of test cases. In
  the following T lines are two numbers, separated by a space: N -
  number of matches in the pile and M - the maximum allowed for the
  capture of one move.
1 ≤ T ≤ 100, 1 ≤ N, M ≤ 2·109.
Output
In a single line display a sequence of ones and twos T, 1 - for the
  case if the right wins the first game and, respectively, 2 - if the
  player wins the second.

Вот код задачи:
 #include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int T; // кол-во тестов
    cin >> T;
    int n,m; // кол-во спичек в пучке; макс.кол-во спичек, разрешенное за 1 ход
    int sum; // сюда мы складываем все кол-во спичек и далее оперируем этой суммой
    for (int i = 0; i < T; ++i) // цикл для кол-ва заданых тестов
        {
            cin >> n >> m; // вводим
            int sum = n; // буду постоянно отнимать нужное кол-во спичек за ход
            int igrok = 0; // счетчик, который определяет какой игрок походил
            while ( sum > 0 ) // второй цикл - пока сумма всех спичек больше нуля игра будет продолжаться, иначе игра закончится и кто-то выйграет
                {
                    int lol = 0; // ромежуточное значение (для суммы), где хранится кол-во спичек, которые убираеются из кучи
                    if (sum % m+1 == 0) {sum -= m; igrok++; } // если кратно m+1: тогда из суммы вычитаем любое кол-во спичек (в данном случе - максимум)
                    else { lol = sum % m+1; sum -= lol; igrok++; } // иначе: находим промежут.значение и вычитаем его из общ.суммы
                    //igrok++;
                }
            if (igrok % 2 == 0) {cout << 2;} // если igrok кратно двум - выйграл второй игрок
            else {cout << 1;} // иначе: выйграл первый
        }
}

А вот тест к задаче:
Входные данные :
2
7 3
8 3

Выходные данные:
12

А у меня выходит в ответе :
11

Прошу помочь с решением!

A: такие задачи решаются без цикла. Стратегия обычно простая. Если число нацело делиться на кол-во спичек за ход+1, тогда выиграет второй. Если нет, то первый берет остаток и выиграет. Поэтому, алгоритм решения на самом то деле очень простой - прочитать два числа (пусть это будет a и b) и вывести  a % (b +1) != 0?1:2;
Решение в лоб:
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    int n, a, b;
    std::cin >> n;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      std::cin >> a >> b;
      int r = a % (b + 1);
      std::cout << (r==0?2:1);
    }
    std::cout << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

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St Louis Restaurant Review visited Crown Valley Winery on September 17, 2014 with the company of Bob Candice, owner/mgr of Candicci's Restaurant and Bar, Ballwin, MO. Bob accompanied us while in search of quality products for his restaurant.
Crown Valley Winery is located at 23589 State Route WW, Ste. Genevieve, MO 63670. You can contact them by calling 866-207-9463 or visit their website at www.crownvalleywinery.com.
Crown Valley Winery sets in a beautiful, relaxing area of Missouri resembling the appearance and atmosphere of Napa Valley.
I have been to some of the best wineries and vineyards in Napa, Jordon and Carneros Valley. I have to admit that I was a little carried back to different times. When they created this place they did it right. It is tasteful, classy and the setting in one of the most beautiful areas, not just in Missouri, but possibly in the nation.
There is too much to say about Crown Valley in one review. Therefore, we will issue a second and maybe even a third review over the next few weeks. We are covering Crown Valley Winery because they have restaurants, but more importantly, they are local and we encourage area restaurants to do business with local suppliers and Crown Valleysupplies several restaurants in the St Louis area as well as offer their products in Schnucks, Dierbergs, Lucky's Market and Randall's Wine & Spirits.
The founders of Crown Valley Winery are Mr. Joe & Loretta Scott. The facility sets on more than 600 acres and the vineyard occupies approximately 130 acres. They have the largest crop of Norton Grapes, Missouri's State Grape, in the nation. Mr. and Mrs. Scott created Crown Valley Winery in 2000 and it has been growing successfully from the beginning.
The number of products offered by Crown Valley Winery is overwhelming. So hang on, but keep your shopping list near. Additionally, Crown Valley has Crown Valley Brewery and Crown Valley Distillery.
Blackberry – our # 1 seller.
Norton – This will compare and compete with any CA cab.
Crown Valley Winery host and cater to weddings, anniversaries, corporate events, graduation parties, retirement parties and just about anything you can imagine and they do it well.
This may sound like a sales pitch but I can assure you that this is an unbiased and independent review. We truly see this as one of Missouri's best kept secrets. It is a perfect place for St Louis residence to visit because it is a short and beautiful drive that is good for a day, weekend or an entire week. There is a lot to do around the area.
Prior to prohibition, Missouri was the second largest wine producing state in the nation and was the largest producer in 1856.
Millions of Missouri rootstocks were sent to France in early to mid 19thcentury saving the French wind industry.
Crown Valley is close to the St Louis area and supplies many local area restaurants and grocery stores.
Crown Valley believes in being green, making and producing items organically without the use of artificial flavorings and harmful fertilizers.
St Louis Restaurant Review is dedicated to help improve the public's awareness of what Missouri has to offer relating to food, wine, beer and cheese. Visit www.missourifoodwine.com.
Missouri has International Award Winning Cheese-makers. Visit our review about our cheese makers.
Some of the staff members that deserve mention is Brew Master, Jeremy Gilbert, Master Wine Maker, Alywyn J. Dippenaar and Master Distiller, Scott Eckl. We will be writing more about these guys and their contribution to theCrown Valley organization.
We could go on and on, but our point is that Missouri has a lot to offer that many of us fail to appreciate due to our lack of information. Missouri's wine industry is much smaller than it used to be, but with the proper education and increasing the dedication of local area residents; just think, Missouri could be the next California. It's all about supporting our neighbors.
In order to support our local economy give Crown Valley Products a try and if you like them ask your favorite local restaurants to carry Crown Valley Products. It is good for the St Louis area and the entire state of Missouri! SUPPORT MISSOURI!
Not only do we want to congratulate Mr. Joe & Loretta Scott, and the entire staff at Crown Valley on their success and a job well done, but more importantly, we also want to express our appreciation for the mark that their efforts, visions and financial commitments have left and will continue to leave on society as well as the local Missouri economy.
Crown Valley Winery is here to stay and we recommend that you visit and make their products part of your everyday life.
We first published this post on September 22, 2014, revised and republished on February 14, 2015 & May 5, 2015.


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Анато́лий Арсе́нтьевич Косты́ря  () — доктор исторических наук, профессор, академик Международной Кадровой Академии. Исследователь войны в Афганистане.

Биография
С 1978 по 1999 г. на государственной службе в России, Таджикистане, Узбекистане. С 1999 по 2003 гг. − помощник председателя Украинского Союза ветеранов Афганистана (воинов-интернационалистов) (УСВА), начальник отдела Государственного комитета Украины по делам ветеранов. Государственный служащий Украины 5 ранга.

Образование
 1978 — Высшая комсомольская школа (ВКШ) при ЦК ВЛКСМ по специальности «история».

Научная деятельность
С 2003 г. на научной исследовательской работе.

Автор монографий «Историография, источниковедение, библиография спецоперации СССР в Афганистане (1979 − 1989 гг.)» (К., 2008; 2-е изд. Донецк, 2009), соавтор учебника для ВУЗов «Політична исторія України ХХ століття» (К., 2006), словаря − справочника «Военно-политическая спецоперация СССР в Афганистане (25 декабря 1979 − 15 февраля 1989 гг.)» (К., 2007; 2-е К., 2007; 3-е изд. К., 2008); монографий «Историография войны в Афганистане (25 декабря 1979 − 15 февраля 1989 гг.)» (К., 2005 (на рус. яз); К., 2006 (укр. яз.); автор более 70 научных, публицистических статей по проблемам политической истории XX века, военно-политической спецоперации СССР в Афганистане, ставшей специфическим, интегрированным явлением мировой истории второй половины XX столетия, первым поединком мирового сообщества с зарождающимися международным терроризмом, исламским экстремизмом, наркотерроризмом во время кульминационного столкновения сверхдержав − СССР и США в рамках «холодной войны», которая закончилась поражением СССР, мировой социалистической системы, вызвавшим глобальные изменения на планете.

Библиографический указатель исследований А. Костыря по проблематике военно-политической спецоперации СССР 1979—1989 гг. — войны в Афганистане
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 Історіографія війни в Афганістані (25 грудня 1979 − 15 лютого 1989 рр.). − К.: Міжрегіональний видавничий центр «Медінформ», 2006. − 92 с. (5,34 д. а.). − ISBN 966-8318-85-4. − (В співавторстві).
 Военно — политическая специальная операция СССР в Афганистане (25 декабря 1979 — 15 февраля 1989 гг.): словарь — справочник. — К.: МИЦ «Мединформ», 2007. — 380 с. (23,75 п. л.). − ISBN 966-409-016-6. − (В соавторстве).
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 Военно-политическая спецоперация СССР 1979 − 1989 гг. в Афганистане: основне параметры и историософия // «Афганцы» Донетчины: историко-мемориальное издание /авт.-сост. А. А. Костыря. − Донецк: ООО "ИПП «Промінь», 2009. − 560 с., 48 с. вкл. цвет. (35,34 п.л.). − ISBN 978-966-2008-23-4. − с. 59 − 129.
 Афганський пік «холодної війни» // Наукові праці МАУП. — 2008. − № 1. − С. 198 − 203.
 Воєнно — політична спецоперація СРСР в Афганістані як кульмінація «холодної війни» // Політичний менеджмент : наук. журнал / голов. ред. Ю. Ж. Шайгородський. — 2008. − № 1.− С. 144 − 157.
 Українська історіографія про воєнно — політичну спецоперацію СРСР в Афганістані (1979—1989 рр.) // Університет. — 2008. — № 1. − С. 28−39.
 Спецоперація СРСР в Афганістані 1979 − 1989 рр.: історіософська інтерпретація // Політичний менеджмент : наук. журнал / голов. ред. Ю. Ж. Шайгородський. — 2010. − № 1.− С. 180−188.
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 История повторяется. 01.11.2008. http://www.afghanistan.ru/doc/13279.html
 Уроки истории. 29.01.2009. http://www.afghanistan.ru/doc/13914.html
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Рецензии на работы А. Костыря
 Стужук П. Сторінки афганської війни / П.Стужук // Воєнна історія. − 2006. − № 1- 3. − С. 125 − 127. − Рец. на кн.: Червонописький *С. В., Костиря А. А. Історіографія війни в Афганістані (25 грудня 1979 − 15 лютого 1989 рр. / Червонописький С. В., А. А. Костиря. − К.: МВЦ «Медінформ», 2006. − 92 с.
 Ткач Б. Афганістан: історіографія «тієї» війни / Б.Ткач // Політичний менеджмент : наук. журнал / голов. ред. Ю. Ж. Шайгородський. — 2006. − № 3.− С. 178−181. − Рец. на кн.: *Червонописький С. В., Костиря А. А. Історіографія війни в Афганістані (25 грудня 1979 − 15 лютого 1989 рр. / Червонописький С. В., *А. А. Костиря. − К.: МВЦ «Медінформ», 2006. − 92 с.
 Верхотуров Д. Начался научный этап изучения Афганской войны. 2.11.2009. http://www.afghanistan.ru/doc 15911/ − Рец. на кн.: *Костыря А. А. Историография, источниковедение, библиография спецоперации СССР в Афганистане (1979 − 1989 гг.): монография / А. А. Костыря. − 2-е изд., доп. и испр. − Донецк: ООО « ИПП Промінь», 2009. − 600 с., 32 с. ил.
 Гуржій О.І., Падалка С. С. Рец. на кн.: Костыря А. А. Историография, источниковедение, библиография спецоперации СССР в Афганистане (1979 − 1989 гг.): монография / А. А. Костыря. − К.: МИЦ «Мединформ», 2008. − 596 с. // Український історичний журнал. − 2010. − № 1. − С. 220 − 223.

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Julian Bell is a Chicago native who we covered almost a year ago to the date with his single 'One And Only'. Julian has provided vocals, produced, or written for KAYTRANADA, KYLE, Rejjie Snow, Smino, Stefan Ponce, and many others over the years. He's been working on a new project A Rough Draft and this week, we were hit with his Stefan Ponce produced single 'Red Love'. The sprawling soul effort comes with a cinematic music video that really captures a moment for the song. This is flat out real music that you need in your life.
Watch the music video for 'Red Love' above.


The all-new Buccaneer Barracuda, is, quite simply, like nothing else!
The Buccaneer Cruiser boasts a superbly comfortable retractable transverse island bed, with plentiful wardrobe and storage space.
Experience the extraordinary feeling of space of the new STARCLASS. On the whole, its uncountable small details provide for a sophisticated living ambience. Highest quality materials harmonise perfectly with the exclusive upholstery design and spoil you at every one of your travel destinations.
ERIBA Touring caravans have acquired cult status. They are notable for their low dead weight, compact dimensions and low overall height, and their lifting roof and superb roadholding characteristics are positively legendary.


(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump asked Uganda to find the abductors of a U.S. tourist and her guide to reassure guests of security, even after the East African nation's leader said the incident is isolated and that the parks are safe.
"Uganda must find the kidnappers of the American tourist and guide before people feel safe in going there," Trump said Monday on Twitter.
Kimberly Sue Endicott and local guide, Jean Paul Mirenge, were abducted on April 2 in Queen Elizabeth National Park about 380 kilometers (236 miles) west of the capital, Kampala. The park is a popular tourist destination because of its tree-climbing lions, hippopotamuses, elephants, and over 500 bird species.
Trump's comments came after the vacationer and guide were rescued, and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni tried to reassure tourists that the country is safe. The state will enhance security in its national parks to deal with "isolated pockets of criminals" such as those who snatched the two last week, Museveni said Monday on Twitter.
Tourism is Uganda's biggest source of foreign currency and authorities estimate its earnings jumped by about a fifth last year to $1.7 billion following a visit by U.S. musician and fashion designer Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian West.
Endicott and Mirenge were freed Sunday in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo after five days in captivity, but their abductors escaped, Uganda government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said by phone.
Police said Sunday evening that the two were in good health. They'll be given time to partly recover before being interviewed by security officials, Opondo said, without giving further details.
A payment was made to secure their release, AFP reported Sunday, citing Mike Walker, manager of Wild Frontiers Safaris, the company that conducted the tour. The abductors had earlier demanded a $500,000 ransom using Endicott's mobile phone.
Authorities aren't "aware that a ransom was paid," Opondo said.


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Wieland Huttner studied medicine in Hamburg and Oxford and obtained his MD from Hamburg University in 1976. His CV thereafter – post-doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine and at Yale University, head of a junior research group at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, German Habilitation in physiological chemistry at Würzburg University (1985), group head at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, full professor and head of the Institute for Neurobiology Heidelberg University (1991).
He is one of the Founding Directors of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden (since 1998) and currently the Managing Director, a Honorary Professor for Neurobiology at the Technische Universität Dresden, and has been the Chair of the Scientific Council of the Max Planck Society from 2009 to 2012.
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potentially sufficient numbers of soldiers.
the financial and material resources of the massive British empire.
*Historians have speculated that American public opinion was fairly evenly divided at the beginning of the War with one-third actively committed to the patriot cause, one-third strongly bonded to Britain as loyalists , and one-third uncommitted and more concerned about their farms or shops than politics.


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The Gollop Chamber: Rise of the roguelike deck builder
By Julian Gollop 06 February 2018
From the tabletop to videogames like Slay the Spire and Dream Quest, a new subgenre has emerged.
The Gollop Chamber
Julian Gollop has been in the games industry for more than 30 years. You probably know him best as the designer of games like Chaos and X-COM: UFO Defense. His column, the Gollop Chamber, will touch on games history, design, and, probably, a lot of XCOM.
I am often fascinated by game design evolution and how different genres and mechanics get fused in interesting ways. Much of the innovation here has taken place in board games, but there are also interesting evolutionary influences on videogames, where a videogame takes a board game idea and makes it something only possible in this medium. So today I would like to introduce you to a new videogame sub-genre—the roguelike deck builder. Now there aren't many entries in this genre, but I am sure this will change.
First, to explain deck building games. When you hear "deck building" the first thing you might think of is Magic: The Gathering or Hearthstone, but these are games for which you build decks, not "deck building games". In deck building games the game revolves around building the deck as part of the gameplay. The first deck builder I played was Dominion, a card/board game released back in 2008. In Dominion, each player starts with a deck of 10 cards containing money cards and victory point cards. Each turn a player draws five cards from that deck and may buy a card using money cards from their hand, and play a card. Then the hand is discarded, so that a new hand of five cards may be drawn on the next turn. When a player doesn't have enough cards to draw from they shuffle all discarded cards, including any cards bought in preceding rounds, in order to create a fresh draw deck. The cards you buy include money cards and victory point cards of various values, and kingdom cards which can be played for various effects which are described on the card.
Popular tabletop deck builder, Dominion.
All deck building games start off simple with few choices for the player to chew on. Complexity builds up as the game progresses and the player has to devise strategies for cards to include in the deck, and cards to get rid of. Sometimes deck choices you make earlier in the game can come back to bite you. Sometimes bad cards are added to your deck, and you generally have limited ways to remove them.
There are relatively few videogame deck builders, and most of them are iOS/Android adaptations of original board games. One of the more successful is Ascension: Deckbuilding Game, which is available on Steam. It's a fairly straightforward implementation of the original card game, but didn't set the videogame world alight.
Innovative and intriguing use of deck building mechanics for videogames first appeared with Peter Whalen's Dream Quest (originally an iOS app, but now available on Steam). You have to disregard the very basic graphics, but otherwise it is a compelling blend of roguelike mechanics with deck building. The roguish aspects are fairly simplified, since the monsters don't move, but the exploration and random generation are there. The deck building is critical, because it gets difficult to mold your deck to deal with increasingly varied enemies.
People aren't kidding about Dream Quest's graphics.
Dream Quest caught the attention of none other than Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering. "It has been ages since I couldn't put down a game" he comments in a Facebook post. "I became completely hooked when I realized that you really had to build a well rounded deck. Most deck building games reward you for picking a strategy and following it to the absolute exclusion of anything else. This is one reason I am a second tier deck builder — I usually want to add a bit of variance to my deck. In my quest to win Dream Quest I narrowed my strategy as I typically have to do and found I always eventually ran into something that just demolished me. I didn't actually win until I started adding back in some of the cards that gave my deck a bit more dimension."
This is high praise indeed from the granddaddy of collectible card games. Despite this endorsement, Dream Quest has languished in obscurity. Now there is a new contender on the block.
Slay the Spire in action.
Slay the Spire is in Steam Early Access, and is doing well. It streamlines the roguelike aspects even further, with exploration being limited to a branching path containing monsters, special encounters, and rest stops. You progress steadily towards the final level boss using a combat system which is asymmetric. You will normally be able to play multiple cards in a combat round, including various attacks, blocks and special effects. However, the monsters will usually perform one action each per turn, and this action is shown to you in advance of the monster's turn. This gives you a chance to plan and react accordingly. It's a clever mechanic, because it allows you to make interesting decisions based on a known situation.
So far I have enjoyed my time with Slay the Spire and I look forward to its emergence from Early Access. I'm sure there will be more videogames that use deck building mechanics in interesting ways, but in the meanwhile, both Slay the Spire and Dream Quest will give you your money's worth.
Gollop Chamber
Dream Quest
Ascension: Deckbuilding Game


"Horse trading is not to be compared to it" was how an 1888 article in a trade journal described closing the deal on a new stove where dealers were forced to buy the old one.
Which to buy... each family member wants something different. Yearly new features and "the neighbors' stoves are brought up for comparison."
1630s thin "wafer biscuits" (left), "Fine French Wafers", "gaufres Cigarettes," Cornet (cone) or Horn Gaufres were baked in thin wafer irons and eaten flat or rolled.


On May 5th WorldMontana will be participating in the give local Helena campaign. This is a 24 hour fundraiser located in Helena, Montana trying to raise awareness of local Helena non profits. The goal is to get more support for WorldMontana so we can continue providing citizen diplomacy missions. We are trying to expand and get more delegates from different parts of the world. With continued support from members, we can provide more missions and get a more diverse range of delegates to accomplish our goals. We would like to thank our members for continued support, and we would like to encourage new members to support us as we continue providing citizen diplomatic missions.
Our very own Joseph Acosta interviewed Faiza Shafqat about her life in Pakistan, coming to America for college, and her goals and aspirations. Born in Pakistan, Faiza is coming to America for a student exchange program. Interested in what she has to say about her time at Carroll? The video is linked in the blog, come check out what she says and how she is enjoying her time here. On the Couch with Faiza Shafqat.


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Sophie Davison
Sophie Davison is a Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth. From 2012-2016, Sophie completed an MPsych in Advanced Psychology, specialising in Clinical Psychology, at the University of Plymouth and as a result has a strong interest in mental health and wellbeing. In 2018, Sophie commenced as a PhD student at the University of Exeter working as part of the EU's Horizon 2020 Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) Project (https://sophie2020.eu/). She has recently submitted her PhD thesis in Environmental Psychology, which aims to better understand European and Australian public concerns and research priorities in the field of Oceans and Human Health. In her current role in Blue Communities, Project 12, Sophie is working closely with Professor Sabine Pahl and Dr Isabel Richter examining how engaging in creative future scenarios can influence environmental attitudes. In addition to mental health and wellbeing, Sophie's research interests include understanding public attitudes of marine and coastal environments and the individual-level factors (e.g., socio-political, marine contact/experience and psychological factors) which are associated with these attitudes.
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Since there are seven speech levels in Korean, we're not going to study all of them (thankfully). Instead, we'll address the most common of all - the informal polite level known as 해요체 (Haeyoche). The formal polite level called 합쇼체 (Hapshoche) is also widely used. We chose the first one because it is the most common speech level in Seoul, South Korea and it is gaining ground across the country.
1) All verbs ending in "-하다" (하다 means "to do") use the conjugated form "-해요".
2) All verbs containing the vowels "ㅏ"(a) or "ㅗ"(o) in the last syllable of the root get the ending "ㅏ요".
3) All the other verbs get the ending "ㅓ요".
For the record, these different conjugations are the last evidence Korean kept from its past vowel harmony.
This nominal suffix acts like a verb, and more precisely like the verb "to be".
After an open syllable (ending with a vowel), "이" can be omitted.
학생 + 이다 -> 학생이다. To be a student.
남자 + 이다 -> 남자(이)다. To be a man.
The conjugations of this particle are in all ways similar to verbs. For example, the haeyoche becomes 이에요 (it can also be written 예요).
저는 한국 사람이에요. About me (I) am Korean.
김태호는 학생이에요. Regarding Kim Tae-ho, (he) is a student.
We will study this particle in detail later.
Kim Taeho: Hello. I am Kim Taeho.
John: Hello. I am John.
Kim Taeho: John is (are you) Australian ?
John: Yes, (I am) Australian. Kim Taeho is (are you) Korean?
Kim Taeho: Yes, I am Korean.


Resting just at the foot of Mount Cootha, Glenferrie Place is an immaculate cul-de-sac. It has a lovely balance of family life with young children and older living in the street.
The neighbours are awesome, often giving out fruit and veg from their gardens and stopping for a chat. Christmas and halloween are dates on the calendar where the street goes to town in its celebrations. Very safe for children to play. Great for walking and cycling routes straight from the street - so a lot of time no need for the car.
No noisy traffic and very well presented with everyone taking pride in their surroundings.


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Jonathan Abel
BioJonathan S. Abel is a Consulting Professor at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) in the Music Department at Stanford University, working in music and audio applications of signal and array processing, parameter estimation and acoustics. He is also a co-founder of Seismic Innovations, LLC, and Seismic Services, LLC, companies specializing in microseismic signal processing. Abel was a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the GRAMMY Award winning Universal Audio, Inc. He was previously a researcher at NASA/Ames Research Center, Chief Scientist of Crystal River Engineering, Inc., and a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University. As an industry consultant, Abel has worked with Apple, Dolby, FDNY, LSI Logic, L3 Technologies, LR Baggs, Native Instruments, SAIC, Sennheiser, Sigma Cubed, Triple Ring, and the U.S. NRL on projects in professional audio, GPS, fire department siting and deployment, medical imaging, room acoustics measurement, audio effects processing, passive sonar, and microsiesmic signal processing. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University, and an S.B. from MIT, all in electrical engineering. Abel is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society for contributions to audio effects processing.
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Tom Abel
Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics and of Physics
BioWhat were the first objects that formed in the Universe? Prof. Abel's group explores the first billion years of cosmic history using ab initio supercomputer calculations. He has shown from first principles that the very first luminous objects are very massive stars and has developed novel numerical algorithms using adaptive-mesh-refinement simulations that capture over 14 orders of magnitude in length and time scales. He currently continues his work on the first stars and first galaxies and their role in chemical enrichment and cosmological reionization. His group studies any of the first objects to form in the universe: first stars, first supernovae, first HII regions, first magnetic fields, first heavy elements, and so on. Most recently he is pioneering novel numerical algorithms to study collisionless fluids such as dark matter which makes up most of the mass in the Universe as well as astrophysical and terrestrial plasmas. He was the director of the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and Division Director at SLAC 2013-2018.
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Aria Aber
Graduate, English
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Professor of Political Science, Emeritus
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Muslim Mental Health Initiative Project Coordinator, Dean for Community Engagement and Diversity
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Professor of Law and, by courtesy, of History
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Jacob Abolafia
Postdoctoral Scholar, Political Science
BioI am a political theorist who writes on the history of political thought and critical theory, broadly construed.
My dissertation (Harvard, 2019) "Penal Modernism before Modernity: Correction and Confinement in the History of Political Thought", traced the treatment of the prison in political philosophy from Plato's Athens to Jeremy Bentham's London, with an eye towards our present carceral dysfunction. In addition to finishing a related manuscript on incarceration and the history of political thought, I am also engaged in research projects on political myths and political economy, as well as contemporary theories of rationality and society.
I have published and taught on the history of political thought from classical antiquity to the present day. My ongoing research interests include social and political philosophy from early modernity through the critical theorists, Jewish and Islamic political thought, classical philosophy, and the intersection of social and political theory.
After receiving my doctorate from Harvard's Government Department, I was the 2019-2020 Harvard-Tel Aviv Post-doctoral Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Tel Aviv University. And, as of 2020, a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Van Leer Institute's Polonsky Academy in Jerusalem. I am currently a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Stanford Civics Initiative, based in the Political Science Department at Stanford University.
I hold a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy from Yale University (2010), and completed M.Phils in Political Thought and Intellectual History (2011) and Ancient Philosophy (2012) at Cambridge, where I was a Paul Mellon Fellow at Clare College until 2013.
I live in San Francisco.
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Kevin Diaz Jan. 28, 2015 Updated: Jan. 28, 2015 8:41 p.m.
WASHINGTON - U.S. attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, facing a grilling Wednesday from two high-profile Texans and other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, defended President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration, an issue that could be decisive in her confirmation.
But while Lynch was in the hot seat, it was Eric Holder, who currently holds the job, who drew much of the fire in a confirmation hearing scheduled to spill into Thursday.
"While we've stipulated that you're not Eric Holder, Mr. Holder's record is certainly on our minds," said U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who quizzed Lynch along with fellow Texas Republican Ted Cruz. "I can't think of an attorney general who so mis-evaluated the independent role of the chief law enforcement officer and taken on that aspect of the president's 'wing man.' "
Cruz added his own misgivings: "I believe the Department of Justice has behaved more like a partisan operation for the president than an impartial enforcement agency."
Like others in the Judiciary Committee's Republican majority, Cruz and Cornyn praised Lynch's record as a federal prosecutor in New York. But Lynch's confirmation has also provided a forum to air a wide range of GOP grievances with the Obama administration's Justice Department, particularly Holder's support for the president's executive order deferring deportations for millions of illegal immigrants.
Lynch, who would be the first African-American woman to hold the position, vowed to provide independent legal judgment as attorney general. But she rebutted Holder's critics, calling the Justice Department's legal framework for the president's immigration orders a "reasonable exercise."
In one of the day's sharpest exchanges, Cruz pressed Lynch repeatedly on whether she would have made the same call.
"I would note that I've twice asked you if you agree with the (Justice Department) analysis," Cruz said. "I suspect it is not an accident that twice you have not answered that question."
"Senator," Lynch shot back, "I've told you that I did find the analysis to be reasonable."
While challenged to defend the administration's policies, Lynch emphasized her commitment to upholding the law and improving relations with Congress.
"Every attorney general creates their own path," Lynch said in response to a question from Cruz. "I will be Loretta Lynch. I will be the person I've always been."
Still, at times, the 55-year-old prosecutor was almost a bystander as Democrats defended the administration and Republicans pilloried its policies on immigration, executive power, gun rights, and past Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
One of the Republican witnesses in a panel scheduled for Thursday will be Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of Houston-based True the Vote, a group that promotes more stringent voter ID laws. Engelbrecht's was among the groups reportedly subjected to additional IRS scrutiny.
Cornyn accused Holder of having "harassed" states like Texas that have tried to tighten voter ID requirements. He also called him "openly contemptuous" of congressional oversight, in part for having "stonewalled" a GOP-led investigation into a botched federal gunrunning case on the southern border known as Operation Fast and Furious. The dispute resulted in a 2012 House vote to hold Holder in contempt.
But much of the GOP criticism focused on Obama's unilateral action in November to defer deportations and grant work permits to as many as 5 million immigrants who are in the country illegally. The dispute is now at the center of a budget fight over the Department of Homeland Security, and could well turn into a new GOP court challenge.
Lynch, who had already met privately with members of the Judiciary Committee, was repeatedly pressed to explain what Cornyn called "a refusal to enforce existing law" on immigration.
Lynch disputed that characterization. "I do not view the Department of Justice in my own practice as refusing to enforce laws, but rather attempting to set priorities and then exercise discretion within those priorities," she said.
With budget constraints and an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., the Obama administration has argued that it must prioritize deportations and permit those who stay to work and contribute to the economy.
Lynch also pushed back against Cruz's long-standing argument that Obama's move amounts to illegal amnesty. "I did not see a grant of amnesty there, or a path to citizenship," she said.
Instead, she called the order a "temporary deferral" for immigrants who are a low priority for removal, chiefly those in the interior who are not involved in gangs, violent crime or terrorism.
That formulation is unlikely to sway GOP critics of Obama's immigration policies, particularly Cruz.
"It is discouraging that in the course of this hearing you have been unwilling to say that the president lacks to authority to refuse to enforce tax laws, labor laws, environmental laws, immigration laws," he said. "You have declined to say that the president cannot order a drone strike on an American citizen on U.S. soil ... You have refused to commit to a fair and impartial investigation of the IRS abuse of power by a special prosecutor. I hope that if you are confirmed, your conduct in office differs from the answers you have given at this hearing."
But Lynch won praise on both sides of the aisle for a personal narrative of success as a lawyer and a federal prosecutor.
Democrats insisted that she be judged on those merits, rather on the politics of immigration.
"That's the American way," said U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, who attended the Senate hearing. "We know how to fight against policies that we don't like. But when people put themselves forward for public service, it is worthy that they be approved or denied on their credentials."
New York Sen. Charles Schumer, who introduced Lynch, called her "law enforcement's Renaissance woman," and accused Republicans of using her to score political points against Obama.
"The president's immigration policies or IRS policies are not seeking confirmation today," Schumer added. "If we can't confirm Loretta Lynch, then I don't believe we can confirm anyone."
For her part, Lynch stayed close to the script of most every high-profile presidential nominee, offering narrow legalistic answers to controversial questions, agreeing with senators where she could, and pledging to work closely with them on their specific interests.
In her opening statement, she emphasized her roots in a family of Baptist preachers in North Carolina, where her mother was a school librarian. As the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, she has been involved in several high-profile cases, including the controversial police killing of Eric Garner, and the prosecution of Republican congressman Michael Grimm.
But the Republican assault on Holder and Obama's use of executive power remained the dominant theme.
At one point, Cornyn found it necessary to stipulate: "You're not Eric Holder, are you?"
"No, senator," Lynch responded, amid laughter. "I am not."