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UNBREAKABLE / NEZLAMNI
Education against war
How Ukrainian female teachers raised 125,000 hryvnias for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one seminar
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For 9 hours straight, Ukrainian teachers shared experience, skills and knowledge with their colleagues from all around the world in a live stream.
Yevheniia Tatarova, Director of the Kyiv Office of Advanced Training School for English Teachers, became a displaced person for the second time in the beginning of the war. To bring our victory closer, she held a nine-hour long seminar with English teachers, raising $4,000. The raised funds were transferred to the Serhiy Prytula Foundation for the Ukrainian military. In the "Unbreakable" special project, Yevheniia shares how to find new meanings during the war and how the English language is helping the army.
Twice the displaced person
My son is my entire family in Ukraine. In 2014, we had to leave our home in the East of Ukraine. My son was almost 7 then; he placed his hand in mine, and we left our home with a small suitcase, fleeing the war. As it turned out, we left our home to never come back. He looked at me with those sincere eyes and kept me from stopping. When I cried at night, he would wake up, asking: "Something hurts?" I couldn't explain to him then that a soul could ache too.
We had to move more, as I was working hard on my professional growth as a teacher, an expert. I counted the minutes to the time when I could lie down and rest a bit. At one of the conferences in Baku, I was offered a position of the director of the Kyiv office of a school that is a Cambridge-certified training center and an advanced training school for English teachers. I was always on the move, working in different cities. My son often accompanied me, acting as a student for teachers from 15 countries they could use to practice their skills.
© Євгенія Татарова | Jewhenija Tatarowa | Yevheniia Tatarova
On February 25, we still held an online workshop, according to our schedule. After that, we spent three days with my son hiding in our bathroom due to constant air raid alerts. When the authorities announced that the Red Line of the Kyiv Metro would be shut down, I realised that it was our last chance to get out, because I didn't own a car. We got to the railway station and got on the first train to Lviv. We have a rather big teacher community, and one of them offered help. We spent three days in Lviv. Naturally, nobody thought about business then. I wove camouflage nets together with Lviv residents. It was a way to be useful and thank Lviv for its hospitality. Then we moved to Mukachevo, once again to stay with a colleague. Unfortunately, I don't have family or even one relative who would have given us shelter. Through other colleagues I learned about an opportunity to seek shelter in Sweden. That's how we reached safety: an absolute stranger gave me a home, and also unconditional support. I was finally able to gather my thoughts and decide what I could do for our victory.
At first, I worked as a logistician for volunteers who were evacuating people from Bucha: I remotely filled out documents, created lists. My son watched the news about Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Mariupol, and kept repeating: "Mom, we were lucky..." My heart is breaking, because "lucky" for our children means "lucky to be alive".
My volunteering was not enough. Since the operation of our Kyiv school for English teachers was suspended, I thought that it would be worth using the experience of holding big online events to raise funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And the idea of a nine-hour marathon with teachers from more than 20 countries participating was born. Teachers had an opportunity to hold short master classes, act as speakers live or pre-recorded. Our marathon was entirely free, but we urged the participants to make donations, any amount.
Yevheniia Tatarova, Kyiv, Stockholm
Mariia Vorobets, Uzhhorod
Olha Bondarenko, Warsaw
Olha Zhdan, Lviv
Oksana Vakhil, Chernihiv
Maryna Yarova, Kyiv
Nataliia Zachynska, Khmelnytskyi
Maryna Myroniuk, Kyiv
For 9 hours straight, Ukrainian teachers shared experience, skills and knowledge with their colleagues from all around the world in a live stream. The following countries made donations at the level of educational institutions: Ukraine, Slovenia, Georgia, Brazil and Poland. I had stressed that the number of donations and their amounts would depend on how well each speaker communicates the vibe, and we all know there is a vibe only when you speak about something that you know and love , something you are passionate about. The results speak for themselves. We raised UAH 125,000, and it was more than we had hoped for. We counted a total of more than 800 participants. The donations continued for two more days after the marathon ended. At first, we wanted to donate the money to the accounts of the Defense Ministry, but then went with the Serhiy Prytula Foundation, because he provides targeted assistance and reports.
As I was announcing the event planned for March 27 to my colleagues, I wrote:
Together, we can do more than we can imagine. I am confident that we are all of the same mind and that we understand that every speech now is not a separate speech. We are not on our own. We are a team and every one of us is responsible for the overall result.
About now and the future
These kinds of marathons are quite stressful, especially when you prepare them in force majeure conditions, but there is a demand for such events and we will try to move forward in this direction.
Rymma Buchok, Chernivtsi
Yana Kozachenko, Kyiv
Nataliia Diachuk, Lviv
Liudmyla Karmazina, Mukachevo
Liliia Domashovets, Lviv
Yevheniia Kostenko, Poltava
Inna Piankovska, Netishyn
Victoriia Besarab, Krakow
Khrystyna Honcharenko, Kyiv
Right now, my business, the Kyiv school, is 'on pause'. Clearly, we cannot work for free all the time, but it also does not seem appropriate to take pre-war money from our people. Therefore, in order to continue the operation of our school, I plan to focus on assisting our colleagues who fled abroad and wish to work there to obtain international ELT certificates. International certificates are recognised everywhere in the world. You can easily find a job with an international certificate no matter where you are. I am working now on organising the processes in this respect.
Together with our Ukrainian community, we've also noticed that our colleagues and students from other countries are interested in the information about the events in Ukraine that we publish on our pages. There is a demand for unbiased information, because Russian propaganda leaves a lot of questions for intelligent people. Therefore, we are planning a form of enlightening work, preparing thematic lessons about Ukraine that the English teachers around the world could use. My colleague Yevheniia Kostenko developed the first trial lesson and it was a great success. Therefore, we plan to continue to work on this together.
The circle of like-minded people is a true saviour in emergency situations, when stress is over the top. It may not be a big circle, but these are the people that accept and support you. You need to avoid toxic people and even cut the communication with them, because it is a matter of survival now, and also of preserving your psychological resources that we will need very soon, after our victory!
This article was prepared by the editorial office of Ukrainian women´s magazine WoMo as a part of the "Unbreakable" author´s special project in cooperation with Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom in Ukraine supported by the Federal Foreign Office.
"War is another case I need to win," Inga Kordynovska on the humanitarian centre in Odesa
Inga Kordynovska is the owner of a law firm, who despite the threat of occupation of Odesa at the beginning of the war stayed in the city and established the Humanitarian Volunteer Centre in Odesa and then two more projects to help internally displaced people, mothers in particular. In the "Unbreakable" project, Inga shares how legal practice helped her during the war and why humanitarian aid is not her main goal in helping those affected by the war.
"Nobody slept in the first several months"
Olga Kudinenko is the founder of Tabletochki, a charity foundation for children with cancer, a fundraiser and a Member of the National Children's Hospital's OKHMATDYT Board of Trustees. In the "UNBREAKABLE" project, she shared how the foundation helped evacuate children with cancer from dangerous territories, and spoke about establishing a foundation in the U.S. and helping Ukrainians, while she's staying abroad.
Ola Rondiak: "Today Ukraine reclaims its identity"
Ola Rondiak, a U.S. artist of Ukrainian origin, was born and raised in emigration. After Ukraine gained independence, she decided to return to her homeland. The artist is now witnessing how Ukrainians are once again fighting for their identity. And that is what she shows in her works. In an interview for WoMo, Ola shares what she felt when the war started, where she finds strength to fight and how she creates art to help the army. This article was prepared by the editorial office of Ukrainian women´s magazine WoMo as a part of the author´s special project "Unbreakable" in cooperation with Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom in Ukraine.
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We discussed potential ways that cavnessHR and nucamp could assist each other in the future. To include the possibility of setting up some sort of internship pipeline from nucamp to cavnessHR and cavnessHR providing some job search training.
This event has hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of attendees each year. This will be a great way to learn about the construction industry and make some great connections.
We attended the BunkerLabs Seattle and We Work Veteran's in Residence breakfast.https://bunkerbrewsveteransinresidence.splashthat.com/ The Veterans in Residence program is a national effort in partnership with Bunker Labs and We Works. Whether you're starting your next project and building a business or expanding your network and finding your next career, it offers the community and services you need to find your tribe and create your life's work. Accepted applicants earn six months of fully sponsored workspace. Veterans and military spouses are eligible to apply. This was a great event and some great information was put out.
The course is going to cover the following topics.
This will be a great learning experience and a way to connect with other Veteran entrepreneurs.
We had a great meeting with Gavin Thomas. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinthomas1192/ about cavnessHR and our vision for the company. Gavin is looking for a full-time position that will best use his skills. Until then he will be helping out with cavnessHR. Here is the link to his portfolio. https://gthomas.me If you believe Gavin will be an asset to your team, feel free to reach out to him.
Crystal has a BS in Computer Science and is looking to start her own company. To gain some startup experience and to have us help to build up her network. She is going to help out with cavnessHR while she builds the foundation for her future business.
With the addition of Gavin and Crystal and the three students from Green River College and the guidance and mentorship of our CTO, Jeff. We believe we will be able to build out the tech for cavnessHR and have a working MVP sooner than later. We will then test this MVP on the construction companies that we are able to target market.
As you know we have been going after tech talent for about a year and a half. It has been something we have invested a lot of time and energy. We have had discussions with numerous people. Telling them about our vision for cavnessHR and learning about them. To have six great developers is very exciting for us.
As a founder, you have your up and down weeks. This is without a doubt one of the up weeks.
We continue to push out the cavnesHR podcast and make great relationships while doing this.
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When I'm not eating or writing, I'm likely to be reading. Recently, I decided to read not just about food but about cooking and eating. I started with Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential and so enjoyed it that I soon after read the sequel, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. Essentially, they form the first and second part of an autobiography but they are very different books. Much has happened to Bourdain in the time between the first was published and he started writing the second.
There's about ten years between the end of Kitchen Confidential and Medium Raw. In that time Bourdain's life has changed dramatically: he's stopped cooking, stopped drugs, divorced and remarried, had a child, worked in television, written another couple of books, travelled the world and eaten it. The fire that made Kitchen Confidential blaze has calmed down to a gentle smoulder.
Eating in N.Y: I couldn't afford Les Halles.
Kitchen Confidential introduces us to restaurants in the US and New York in particular. Bourdain's hard-guy speak is entertaining, forthright and fast. He speaks with the voice of a N.Y. hard guy, someone who has been around. (Get the audio book, which Bourdain himself narrates, and listen to it while cooking. He's got a really good voice.) Bourdain takes us to restaurants seedy and spectacular and shares industry secrets. He shares his own secrets too, both from Les Halles where he works and his life of drugs and drink. We find out a lot about how kitchens work. They are not places I'd want to work: they're too macho, too strident. It's fun finding out about them, though. And I enjoyed the conceit that this was a book the restaurant world wouldn't want me to read and certainly didn't want Bourdain to write.
The first book was the work of an angry young man. A man Bourdain describes in the second book as digging himself into a hole, with no security and nowhere to go. The second book is written by a man who built a ladder and got himself out of that hole, out to a position of security where he's having just as much fun, but different fun. The angry young man grew up.
Medium Raw could be a comment on the content of book. If Kitchen Confidential was blue, Medium Raw is, well, just that. The more grown-up, less irate Bourdain is a less entertaining read, to me, but I am kind of pleased that he sorted himself out and that he's now in a good place. This book taught me something about how food television works and something about publishing. It told me a lot about Bourdain himself. He's a good guy, don't get me wrong, still a tough-talking, walk-walking guy. He's not a chef anymore, though. That's a young man's game and young he is no longer. Now he eats.
And so do I. I was more thoroughly entertained when we were on different sides of the table. As a historical document and an entertaining read for people who want to stay out of the kitchen, I'd recommend Kitchen Confidential. For anyone who wants to know what could happen when you're too old for the kitchen, a chef's Cinderella story, if you like, Medium Raw is not a bad read. They are both entertaining enough for enjoying in front of a real or imagined roaring fire, with a whisky and gingerbread this Christmas.


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High Commissioner receives warm welcome in Birmingham
London: Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria during his visit to Birmingham held meetings with British-Pakistani community including MP Khalid Mahmood, Councillors, businessmen, Lord Mayor Cllr Yvonne Mosquito, 'All Parties International Contact Committee on Kashmir', and Pakistan origin Councillors.
In his meeting with MP and the accompanying delegates, the High Commissioner briefed them on the developments in Pakistan, the smooth democratic transition, opportunities for business and investment. Matters pertaining to Pakistani Community were also discussed. Women's role in the promotional activities was also emphasised.
During the interaction with the Lord Mayor, she appreciated the active role being played by Pakistani Community in the development of Birmingham and the UK. Mr. Zakaria underlined that the Community was one of the strongest links between the two countries and could be instrumental in furthering bilateral relations in tangible terms.
British-Pakistani Councillors highlighted a number of issues faced by the Diaspora members in their meeting with the High Commissioner, who undertook to address them through measures at the High Commission level and also by suggesting policy initiatives to the Government.
The High Commissioner held a two-hour interactive session with members of Pakistani community at the Birmingham City Council which was full to the capacity.
The High Commissioner stated that Pakistan and UK enjoyed strong bilateral relations. He underscored the historic role played by the Pakistani Diaspora in further strengthening the ties between the two countries. Mr. Zakaria briefed the Community about the important developments taking place in Pakistan and conducive environment for business and investment opportunities to benefit from. He identified areas with economic benefits such as tourism related infrastructure development, Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Education Sector, Halal industrial products, Food Processing, Surgical Goods, Pharmaceutical, IT, etc.
He underlined that negative media reflection about Pakistan and Pakistani Community abroad should be discarded being malicious. Community's contributions to the British economy and society have been widely acknowledged by the British Government and people alike with deep appreciation.
Admiring the UK for an enabling environment that made scores of Pakistani Diaspora members big achievers, Mr. Zakaria underscored that they should pay back for a stronger Great Britain.
He urged the community to invest more in the next generation which is their future and a solid bridge for further strengthening the historically strong relations between the two countries. In an interactive session, he responded to a number of queries raised by the community members.
At a KPMG arranged interactive meeting, Mr. Zakaria presented a broad picture before a number of British business leaders on the trade and investment opportunities in Pakistan. He also highlighted the exploration presently going on in Pakistan in Oil & Gas sector and the incentives for the investors. Mr. Zakaria underlined present government's liberal economic and investment policy. He informed about the SEZs announced by the government, offering opportunities for investors in the development of the SEZs and for setting up of an enterprise/industry. He also touched upon the investment/business opportunities associated with 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor' (CPEC), which is the flagship project of the 'Belt & Road Initiative of China'.
The High Commissioner also highlighted prospects for investments in the higher education sector in Pakistan, particularly in setting up Universities for emerging technologies, and technology parks.
The meeting at KPMG was attended by Mr. Geoff Layer, Vice Chancellor Wolverhampton University, Mr. Andy Argyle and Mr. Mothi Sayeeram from KPMG LLP, Mr. Nasir Awan MBE, Awan Marketing, Mr. Adam Parker, Birmingham Airport, Mr. James Wong, Southside BID, Mr. Nik Hardy, Burton Chambers, Mr. Ifraz Ahmed, The Asian Today, Mr. Mahmood Ahmed, British General Council, Mr. Arsalan Sultan, Supertouch Workwear and Mr. Ashiq Ellahi, Sakhawat Commercial Brokers. The High Commissioner thanked Councillor Waseem Zaffar, for coordination and facilitation for the engagements in Birmingham.
In their meeting with the High Commissioner, representatives of 'All Parties International Contact Committee on Kashmir' highlighted the human rights violations being perpetrated by Indian occupation forces in IoK and condemned Indian atrocities.

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Chief Judge Rader: Improving Patent Litigation
September 27, 2011 PatentLicenses, VenueDennis Crouch
Today, Chief Judge Rader delivered an important speech to a joint meeting of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association. The focus was on the current and future state of patent litigation. His two word synopsis: Needs Improvement.
The Chief Judge identified what he sees as the primary, overarching problem with the US Court System: Its expense. Patent litigation is particularly expensive. Driving this is the high cost of discovery (even though fewer than 1 out of every 10,000 pages disclosed prior to trial actual result in a trial exhibit).
The Chief Judge expanded on his thoughts – listing six ways that patent litigation needs to be improved.
Discovery: Controlling costs through the management and control of the discovery process. In particular, the Chief Judge pointed to blanket production orders that lead to wasteful production and review. As discussed below, the Federal Circuit Advisory Council has also released a new model order relating to e-discovery issues.
Summary judgment. Increasing the use of summary judgment as a tool for the efficient resolution of disputes. As an alternative, summary judgment is also an efficient mechanism for narrowing disputes.
Transfer motions and Joinder. Both the bench and bar should work to "find venues that best suit the convenience of parties" and have a more logical distribution of cases across the country – and especially to the jurisdictions that have self-identified as having expertise in patent law. We should also move away from the trend of having an excess of parties involved in the litigation.
Early procedural and substantive valuation of cases. The court may want to have different procedures for billion-dollar cases as compared with thousand-dollar cases. (The UK has attempted to do this in its recent creation of a low-cost patent court designed for smaller disputes). Chief Judge Rader suggests that judges should proactively probe the parties to establish a value for the case based upon a legitimate damages model. That approach will hopefully have the beneficial effect of promoting better settlement discussions. (DDC Note: I typically begin my patent class with a discussion of remedies).
Rules and Practice. Courts should implement a dependable set of pre-announced rules that apply to patent cases so that the parties can understand the nature of the litigation well in advance.
Troll and Grasshopper Control. Chief Judge Rader's defines a problematic patent troll as someone simply seeking litigation-cost settlements, or, in other words, "any party that attempts to enforce a patent far beyond its actual value or contribution to the prior art." Chief Judge Rader also identifies problematic "Grasshoppers" who steal innovations and then "refuses to license even the strongest patent at even the most reasonable rates." The solution: Attorney Fees and Costs should be awarded in meritless cases. As the Chief Judge writes "I strongly advocate full-scale reversal of attorney fees and costs!"
Coordinated with his speech, Chief Judge Rader has worked with the Federal Circuit Advisory Council to develop a model order relating to discovery issues – with a goal of streamlining e-discovery, particularly email production, and to require litigants to focus on the proper purpose of discovery—"the gathering of material information—rather than on unlimited fishing expeditions." The core of the model rule is a cost-shifting associated with excessive production requests. General disclosures would not require e-mail disclosures unless specifically requested. And, e-mail disclosures would only be required for "specific issues" rather than general discovery associated with a product or business. The basis for the e-mail limitations comes from the FCAC's notion that:
Most discovery in patent litigation centers on what the patent states, how the accused products work, what the prior art discloses, and the proper calculation of damages. These topics are normally the most consequential in patent cases. Thus, far reaching e-discovery, such as mass email searches, is often tangential to adjudicating these issues.
The model rules are not being forced upon any court, but may well be persuasive. The potential for immediate cost shifting could certainly alter some practices.
Text of CJ Rader's Speech: Download RaderStateOfPatentLit
Model Discovery Order: Download Ediscovery Model Order
Notes: Members of the team who worked on the model order include Chief Judge Rader of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Chief Judge James Ware of the Northern District of California, Judge Virginia Kendall of the Northern District of Illinois, Magistrate Judge Chad Everingham of the Eastern District of Texas, Tina Chappell of Intel, Richard "Chip" Lutton of Apple, Joseph Re of Knobbe Martens, Edward Reines of Weil Gotshal, Steve Susman of Susman Godfrey, and John Whealan of GWU Law School.
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60 thoughts on "Chief Judge Rader: Improving Patent Litigation"
patent litigation says:
Rader certainly has a good point about making efforts to rein in the high costs involved in patent litigation. The attendant expenses make the enterprise highly inefficient for all involved — except for patent trolls, of course.
The costs of patent litigation do, indeed, create inefficiency. At least the America Invents Act, while not addressing this issue directly, may nevertheless prove helpful, at least insofar as it provides or limiting the number of defendants in patent infringement actions.
Michael R. Thomas says:
What about the no company startups they cant afford anything and the behemoths wont miss a figurative nickle from there pockets. With indegent master inventors its cant ant afford to sue now or in the future its critical to have issuance with no vampires jumping with triple damages plus intrest and a 50 50 leveling of the companies business equity or income pools. get rid of obviousness claims there a total disincentive to create valuable invention
This concept doesent sound to good. Valuable patents from brilliant indegent inventors would become discouraged from being filed because of unaffordability and length of litigation as they are now. The thing they need to do is determine what makes the cases drag for years with tons of technacalities and throw out all that red tape
Remember there is no one saying we the people cant draft a bill and present it to congress.Although what may be nessary to avoid the corruption of the incumbants is to put it on the ballot in next years election for the voters to decide with both sides of the story equally herd on the ballot. Clearly representative government that are not inventors and have alterior intrests is not the answer for integritious government or progressive patent reform.
But says:
The wheel and axle would have been invented much sooner if there were a patent system in the prehistoric times.
"The solution: Attorney Fees and Costs should be awarded in meritless cases." Depends on how the "meritless" standard is applied.
I heard a presidential candidate speak at Sullivan&Cromwell this week. He suggested something more balanced – the loser pays the loser's attorney fees/costs to the winner.
Likely more fair and reasonable when there's asymmetry between the parties (small co vs large co).
Lowest fruit on the tree to improve litigation (by reducing litigation) would be to provide a more clear declaratory judgement safe harbor for licensing transactions. Now its "sue first, negotiate later" and hence broken.
staff says:
"The court may want to have different procedures for billion-dollar cases as compared with thousand-dollar cases."
Inventors agree and have proposed such.
link to truereform.piausa.org
In kind, inventors ask that courts, Congress, and the President consider our suggestions. Thus far they have largely turned a deaf ear to us. Tinkering with patent law while gagging inventors is like a surgeon operating before examining the patient.
one thing thats going to really help would be predictable outcomes in standardized situations like correcting and soiidifying previous decisions where no new arguments are presented
Austin Hicks (@austinjhicks) says:
I think the U.S. system of not making the losing party pay fees and costs leads to injustice more often than not.
The Shilling Shall Continue says:
"The way I see it, there is a world-wide effort to redress the balance between cunning patent owner legal teams and hard-working honest competitor businesses."
The way I see it,… cunning patent owner… hard-working honest competitor…
Nope no bias evident here (eye roll). Why don't you just be more blatent and say you want to follow the Infringers' Rights Handbook?
Paul Cole says:
England is a very patent-friendly jurisdiction if there is an invention, otherwise not. It all depends on the witness testimony.
Is nobody going to comment on my suggestion of decent pleadings and discovery on the pleaded issue only?
DC says:
Rader could be a bit more creative.
I think many cases would be short-circuited if the Plaintiff were required to submit a claim chart with the complaint. The plaintiffs that I have faced depend on their ability to hide the fact of non-infringement until after they have imposed major legal fees on the defendent. If they settle before they get caught, they win. The Courts need a mechanism to catch this behavior. Any plaintiff with a decent claim of infringement should have a claim chart prepared before they file suit, so there would be no additional burden on plaintiffs.
Also, at least for smaller defendents, invalidity contentions should only be required after liability is established. Current practice requires expensive concurrent invalidity searches, contentions, etc., which in my experience are wasteful given the clear lack of infringement, but dictated by the parallel track established by local rules.
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Pure_Clean_EPO_Validity? says:
"How about "vexatious" infringement?"
A rose whether called "vexatious" or "willful" would still smell like trebled damages…
It's a small world. The way I see it, there is a world-wide effort to redress the balance between cunning patent owner legal teams and hard-working honest competitor businesses. The English courts, the German courts, and the EPO Boards of Appeal are all conscientiously doing their bit to re-set the system.
Watch the German and English courts targetting their respective niche markets, with the Dutch doing what the Dutch do so well, getting into areas of business wherever their European neighbour jurisdictions are not so fast on their feet.
I'm sure your parameter claim was pukka but, you know, the EPO is faced with anabsolute plague of outrageously stinky parameter claims. The plague has to be got under control somehow short of litigating them all in London.
In DE in last 6-8 years it does appear the first instance court is finding more invalidity, but (so far) generally having this frequently reversed by the higher court.
In England, the last few appeals decisions I have read that upheld a lower finding of invalidity were literally dripping with textual malice. To be fair, I haven't actually looked for reasoned decisions upholding validity….
In the EPO, I recall one chairperson during an appeal (and yes, in the chemical arena) who told us it was his personal mission to stamp out "parameters" patents by creating a large body of TBA decisions finding against them. He may have been grandstanding to the audience, as we were being observed by a class of 60 or so foreign students. But in any event our patent was not a case where the claim was lacking in structure or the entire post-characterizing portion described in terms of results to be achieved. It simply happened to have one part of the claim described by a JIS testing standard.
Don't know what more I can say, Pure, without knowing more about your particular case. Competition between jurisdictions, each vying for the right "line", together with different methods of finding the facts, is enough in close cases to bring diversity of results, country by country. Even now, the different chemical boards at the EPO, while scrupulously adhering to the line set by the Enlarged Board of Appeal, are notorious for exhibiting different levels of friendliness to patentees. Hard cases make bad law. I guess yours was a case in which both sides had good reason to consider it their right to win. Perhaps advocacy skill, peculiar to each jurisdiction, was the tie-breaker.
As to England and patent friendliness, I find it hard to detect any pendulum. There are so few reasoned decisions of the Court of Appeal in patent matters. Each one is a high value case, and a 50:50 case, so big conclusions on patent friendliness Y/N are drawn on the basis of a small data set. Germany has a reputation for patent friendliness. I think it is currently losing the top 20% of that reputation. I think it is getting harder to decide whether Germany or England is more patent friendly (or unfriendly).
Flippy says:
"judges should proactively probe the parties…"
Sounds like a lot of fun if you're a judge…
EG says:
""Grasshopper" might even evoke a pupil eager to learn (a positive emotional response)."
You must be thinking of the old "Kung Fu" program, Lexicographer. Am I right?
I don't know of any litigation that is not "vexatious" – frivolous is frivolous, but "vexatious"? How about "vexatious" infringement?
"Litigators handle patents written up to 20 years earlier. Prosecutors handle the cases that will litigate 20 years into the future. It gives these two groups of patent attorneys very different outlooks. Competent drafters draft according to the settled caselaw of today. Twenty years ago, it was hard to draft in the knowledge of the settled caselaw of today." [and] "Or do you maintain that the trend in Europe is to ever more uncertainty of outcome?"
Taking the last quoted above first, I only asked about the wildly contradictory results gotten (very recently) in view of your comments. And going to the first quoted part, will point out that the EPO proceedings and then the first-decided national court actions were sequential events, with the time period from EPO TBA decision to the last of the local court decisions being on the order of 5 years (Italy not having been selected as a venue!).
So it is not in this case a situation of litigating a patent first judged by the EPO as valid some 20 years agone – rather, it's essentially contemporaneous application in court of current EPC.
But I do not know myself whether the broader trend in Europe is heading toward more or less uncertainty. I will say that, despite what my UK colleagues have been promising me for 10+ years, England seems to my view to continue becoming more (not less, as they aver) generally hostile to patent rights.
"Is it the same in the USA, that judges think they do law better than any mere Patent Office."
Wasn't this one was a "given" in your premise? We already know that in the US courts some are more willing than others to give actual weight to the presumption of validity.
I don't come around too often, but I don't think that's a fair assessment of Max's usual contributions here…
There Shill. That's what you can expect from "MaxDrie"
Nice mail Pure. Many thanks.
Litigators handle patents written up to 20 years earlier. Prosecutors handle the cases that will litigate 20 years into the future. It gives these two groups of patent attorneys very different outlooks. Competent drafters draft according to the settled caselaw of today. Twenty years ago, it was hard to draft in the knowledge of the settled caselaw of today.
Trawl through my postings and you will find me reporting that just now, after a 30 year hold-out, Germany has come around to the EPO view of novelty. From where I sit, it is harder and harder for the judges in any one EPC country to maintain that their view of substantive law of validity of European patents should prevail over that of the EPO. But I grant you, there are plenty of tough cases that have been litigated over the last 30 years, where results vary, from country to country.
The EPO well knows that if it revokes, that is the end for the patent owner whereas, if it upholds, those seeking to invalidate the patent can have another go, in national courts. It inclines the EPO, in less than 100% clear situations, to uphold rather than revoke.
The English court would anyway have it that opposition at the EPO, without discovery or cross-examination, can only be a coarse filter. With those additional tools of rigorous fact-finding a claim that survives inquisition at the EPO will go down in the English court and rightly so. Take the patent on the Palmaz stent as an example. This view carries some influence at the EPO.
Is it the same in the USA, that judges think they do law better than any mere Patent Office, so that they are not likely to take their marching orders from a mere Patent Office? Well, it is like that in Europe. So, it is expecting rather a lot for national judges to bend their knees to the EPO view of things. But, increasingly, they do.
Or do you maintain that the trend in Europe is to ever more uncertainty of outcome?
What else can be expected from MaxDrie but shilling?
Responding to something MaxDrei said above ("…EPO does validity but NOT infringement. Confirm it to me will you please, that you are not here conflating (nice word that) pure clean EPO law on validity of patents with the murky and as yet not fully harmonised European law of patent infringement (in 40 different national jurisdictions of EPC-land).")
Given this comment, which appears to imply that although infringement law is unsettled, the law on validity is (at least more) settled in the EPC members, would one have expected the following?
A certain EPO patent is (i) granted, is opposed, survives Opposition Division without amendment, and then survives the TBA also unamended. So, according to the EPO/EPC, this patent is as about as valid as one can be.
Now let's litigate in EPC-land. The patent is (ii) valid in two neighboring states, despite the infringer's arguments to the contrary.
However, the same patent is (iii) novel but non-inventive in a third neighboring state, despite this ruling coming with full knowledge of the EPO proceedings and the first 2 states' decisions of validity.
Meanwhile, the two decisions in (ii) are appealed by the infringer, and validity is upheld in both appeals.
Following these decisions on appeal, the same patent is found (iv) inventive but non-novel (yes, you read that aright) in yet a 4th state.
Now swinging over to some later litigated states, and (v) the patent is invalid in a 5th state, but (vi) valid in a 6th, which 6th state had largely adopted its laws from the 5th.
Forgive me if I've incorrectly presumed you meant to imply validity was well settled in EPC-land, but that is what your statements quoted above seemed to indicate.
And "it just ain't so".
Lexicographer says:
Hmmm, "Troll" and "grasshoppers"
These labels certainly do not evoke the same emotional response.
Even substituting the more onerous "locust" still does not bring the emotional impact of the two terms on par.
A more slanderous term is required (which still "politely" avoids the slander and libel intonations – let's not forget who coined the term "Troll" and the philospohical – and legal – reasons why a difffernt term had to be coined).
>>Immediate summary judgement and crippling fines >>for anyone attempting to enforce a patent that >>should never have been issued.
Now that would be against SCOTUS precedent. Chevron deference to agency decisions. The real problem is the USPTO.
Move the beast to a place where engineers can live well off the pay they get at the USPTO.
And encourage graduate classes and people to stay for a career.
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GRASSHOPPERS – Defendants and their counsel who avoid the real issues in a patent litigation (validity and infringement) and instead concentrate on false disparaging commentary about opposing counsel and inventors. Grasshoppers label every Plaintiff a troll, regardless of circumstances. Grasshoppers needlessly run up litigation costs with excessive discovery to drive legitimate patent holders out of the Courts. Grasshoppers drain the monetary value out of system, making patent enforcement a no-win scenario. We applaud Judge Rader for calling out these scourge and giving them a name GRASSHOPPERS before these locust can eat all of the crops.
Am I saying there is NO settled law? Actually, Not, I think not.
If there was agreement the litigants would settle, you aver. In general, I agree. But how about Big Corp trying to choke upstart into bankruptcy, or troll trying to extort out of Big Corp? How long before they settle?
Certainly, each side, briefed by its own legal team, has different expectations. The greater the uncertainty of the law, the wider the difference in expectations. 95%+ of patent cases in England settle before trial, within a year of initiating proceedings. Only about a third of cases go to appeal. Is that your "no settled law"?
As follow up anon to my comment about "pulling the summary judgment trigger too fast" is the fact that the admonition that all factual inferences are to be made in favor of the non-moving party on a motion for summary judgment is too much honored in the breach rather than the observance. This phenomena appears to be driven by the Supreme Court's decision in Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) which is often cited by the Federal Circuit in rebutting inferences urged by the non-moving party. See Madey, 307 F.3d at 1363, citing Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharm. Co., 927 F.2d 1200, 1206-7 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (alleged inferences were mere speculation and thus not supportable). In fact, the Federal Circuit's particular failure to heed this admonition may have led to the very complaint made by Newman/Rader in Classen about the insufficiency of the factual record.
That district court's may "pull the trigger too fast" on summary judgment also doesn't support the Chief Judge's implication that those courts need to "pull it" more. That district courts do pull the "trigger" this fast is very likely due to the pressure on district court judges to move their case volume along, especially as it continues it grow. Let's face it, district court judges are human, and the temptation to move at least some of that case volume "mountain" along (especially in patent infringement suits which many technologically-challenged district court judges find daunting enough to begin with) through quick grants of summary judgment motions is very real.
FROGGY DADDY BABY says:
Sort of like trying to put it together before reading the Instructions. LOLOLOLOL
"OR" The instructions are in Japanese or some other language.
"OR" The instructions you received were unintelligible.
Anon anon beep beedle-eedle says:
I wonder how this kind of claim would do in litigation–I'm thinking about claims to a method of treatment but am caught between Bilski and multiple actor/lack of joint infringement considerations. What about a "system" claim for a method of treatment, to follow the lead of Centillion v Qwest–so "a system for obtaining treatment for a disease or disorder, comprising a means for obtaining a diagnosis (i.e., a visit to a doctor), a means for treating the disease (i.e., the specific therapy), wherein treatment is obtained" or something along those lines. Then the "system " is put in operation by the patient, as in Centillion. On the other hand, it's probably too much of a stretch to try to fit a method into a system format and might be seen as gaming–I think Rader has had sharp words for litigants he sees as doing this. Any (non-flaming) thoughts?
anon, you make two points.
As to the first, I agree with you, that it is a puzzle. Counter-intuitive. But see Paul Cole above. These days, there is nothing left to decide, on substantive law, at the EPO
As to your second, the EPO does validity but NOT infringement. Confirm it to me will you please, that you are not here conflating (nice word that) pure clean EPO law on validity of patents with the murky and as yet not fully harmonised European law of patent infringement (in 40 different national jurisdictions of EPC-land).
Can't wait to read the miscellanious (excuse my spelling) incoming letter. LOLOL
Not impressed says:
So, what you are saying, is that there is NO settled law. Any court can come up with any law regardless of what has come before it.
Litigation arises because each party has different opinions as to how the result will come out. If tere was agreement, that would settle on what the expected outcome would be. As you describe the situation, since there is no settled expectations, each side can have varying opinions on the law.
+1 to EG
"pulls the summary judgment trigger too fast, leaving a very sparse factual record for review on appeal"
"So be it" is not an appropriate response to a suggested answer that makes things worse.
Also, to EG's comment below, add to that once-in-process mode of that hope of winning overshadowing any sense of "water under the bridge" or sunk costs. Would a "loser-pays" make this aspect more complicated, prompting an even tougher never-give-up attitude?
MaxDrei,
Please help me – "only so clean and simple because 1) 1000+ DG3 decisions per year, for 30 years now, brings with it a "survival of the fittest" weeding process and 2) no court (such as the CJEU) sits atop the 24 Technical Boards of Appeal of the EPO and tells them how to run their shop."
I would think that the two reasons you offer would actually work in the opposite direction of clean and simple.
This runs along the same tone of a pair of comments on another thread where you advertised a benefit and then had to retract that statement when someone asked you for an answer to that "clean and simple" system and you begged off giving an answer because it was too difficult with all of the various courts.
I see no difference.
+1 to SEPAM
One big "plus" I found in the Chief Judge's speech was point 4 (early procedural and substantive valuation of cases). Knowing what the case is really worth and what potential "remedies" are realistically/legally available is crucial. Knowing that information early can help not only the litigants, but also the district court in deciding whether the case is really worth going to trial one, and that perhaps early settlement (perhaps gently "pushed" by an informed district court judge) would be in everyone's interest. I wouldn't be surprised is too often the litigants get caught up in the "fever" of the lawsuit, and forget to consider what the case is really worth.
The Chief Judge's emphasis on point 2 (increased use of summary judgment) is worrisome as what I've found from reading many Federal Circuit decisions is that the district court quite often pulls the summary judgment trigger too fast, leaving a very sparse factual record for review on appeal. In fact, our Chief Judge should be reminded that this very problem happened in the recent Classen remand decision that he participated in where he and Judge Newman could only resolve the 101 issue but not the other 102, 103, and 112 issues. Both he and Judge Newman lamented that they couldn't resolve the merits of the case (i.e., the 102, 103, and 112 issues) because key components of the factual record were missing on those issues. (And what happened in the the Classen case is not an isolated instance of this problem.) That would give me pause to push increased use of summary judgment by the district courts as that causes the another problem that former Chief Judge Michel railed about, namely "piecemeal litigation."
Paul, the English courts had a powerful motive to reform their procedures, that otherwise much of the business would decamp to Duesseldorf and there would be little left for the English patent litigation community to occupy themselves with. I see no such powerful incentive biting on the patent courts of the USA, so I expect little in the way of reform along the lines you suggest.
Unless that is the CAFC gets its act together.
Of course the corpus of EPO law is only so clean and simple because 1) 1000+ DG3 decisions per year, for 30 years now, brings with it a "survival of the fittest" weeding process and 2) no court (such as the CJEU) sits atop the 24 Technical Boards of Appeal of the EPO and tells them how to run their shop.
pharma recruitment says:
US patent litigation needs to remain attractive to the corporations and banks who rule our universe or they might take their football to another country, and that would make Ronald Reagan cry.
SecretEuroPatentAgentMan says:
> they need to apply the law without a pro-patent or patent protectionist stance being taken.
Considering patents occationally are found to be not valid or not infringed, I cannot see any pro-patent or patent protectionist stance being taken. Do you?
> How is a German court going to address infringement that allegedly takes place in the US?
Companies are orten selling their goods over the whole world. Attacking their European market with 400 million potential customers, vs. 300 million US customers can be appealing. And with the financial meltdown many formerly well heeled US customers are now tragically seeing their net worth under water. Europe is also in trouble, so 50 million up and coming Koreans could very well be the most important market for some.
> Judicial systems are competing?
Of course. Patent war is business war, the US is not the only battlefield; non-western markets are quietly rising to become very important.
Better and more consistent jurisprudence would help.
It is a strange paradox that the EPO which operates a hybrid common law/civil law legal regime and in which prior decisions are persuasive rather than binding has evolved a body of law which has settled comparatively rapidly and which works. I cannot remember when I last read a decision on inventive step in a current issue of OJ EPO. In the US where precedent allegedly binds, basic principles are fundamentally reconsidered on a routine basis.
A better procedural code would be helpful. As an Englishman it is my view that the Federal Code of Civil Procedure lays down a system of rules which is very nearly as good as civil procedure in Scotland. One example: how about detailed pleadings which accurately define the fact issues between the parties? Provision for obtaining further and better particulars if the pleadings are avoidably incomplete or obscure. For example, details in the prior art of the passages relied on and the claims to which they are applied. You could then, just like we do, confine discovery to thr pleaded issues in dispute. Shed-loads of money could thereby be saved.
And why not cancel automatic stipulated discovery and have a case management hearing where the parties explain to the judge the issues on which they are going to need discovered documents, the narure and extent of the discovery needed and the rteasons why discovery is necessary.
Of course, only a Transatlantic modest proposal.
web design Landon says:
I agree with him in his two words "needs improvement". Indeed, as he notes, the appelate judges are in the mess with the rest of the courts he's talking about. Specifically I would note that they need to apply the law without a pro-patent or patent protectionist stance being taken.
Feigin, Patent Attorney NY NJ PA says:
Agreed! With proper jurisprudence and predictability, there wouldn't be so many cases making it so far, e.g. being appealed. It's worth it for the losing party to appeal because they have such a high chance of changing the verdict.
Feigin, Patent Attorney NJ NY PA says:
"1. Shakespeare
2. Polio vaccine
3. Pennicillin
4. The wheel and axel"
Got anything for us in the last 50 years?
Altruism only goes so far. As for Shakepeare, I'm sure he got paid.
Winston Smith says:
The bifurcation of litigation into high- and low-value, I don't know. Where would the line be drawn? Last I checked, there weren't many "thousand-dollar" patent litigation cases on the docket. And would claim construction from such a proceeding be binding in subsequent litigation? Lots of problems, with unclear benefits.
The highest dollar cases I've been a part of have been the simplest.
6 says:
"1. Stop issuing absurd patents.
2. Immediate summary judgement and crippling fines for anyone attempting to enforce a patent that should never have been issued.
3. No more patents on business methods or software. NONE.
4. Patents should never be assumed valid.
Of course, the best solution is to completely eliminate patents and copyrights. They do nothing but harm to the country. Before you compain that "but no one will create without patents and copyrights" you need to explain the existence of:
Well until you got to the part about completely eliminating patents for valuable technical contributions to the Useful Arts I was prepared to ask for your hand.
Also, after I had determined that you were close to, but not quite, marriage material, I took a gander at your website and noticed this quote:
""Advising clients requires knowledge, skill and good judgment," Jones says. "A clear understanding of the policy tensions within a legal regime is essential to developing the good judgment necessary to help guide a client's actions.""
Surely you must note that there are policy tensions in retiring the entire patent system along with all the technical contributions and in advancing the useful arts right?
Renee Marie Jones says:
IANAE says:
Is that why we refuse to harmonize our footballs?
"I would ask you to remember too that in the long run our US judicial system is really competing with the world."
Translation: US patent litigation needs to remain attractive to the corporations and banks who rule our universe or they might take their football to another country, and that would make Ronald Reagan cry.
"As the Chief Judge writes "I strongly advocate full-scale reversal of attorney fees and costs!" "
I like his plan he lays out.
"In colloquial terms, the court may adjust timing and procedures of the case to make sure a billion-dollar case gets a "billion dollar's worth" of process—adequate time and witnesses and confidential information protections and more—and a thousand-dollar case gets . . . well, less."
Is that even legal? Doesn't everyone deserve an equal chance at justice?
Just asking because I'm curious about that.
Those things said…
I would note two other things though. In his first little section he note responses from various actors over the last decade to IP litigation. But he leaves one segment out. The public. Maybe a response he would hear from them would have been "SHAKEDOWN RACKET".
I would also note that I agree with him in his two words "needs improvement". Indeed, as he notes, the appelate judges are in the mess with the rest of the courts he's talking about. Specifically I would note that they need to apply the law without a pro-patent or patent protectionist stance being taken.
And a few more quotes are funny.
"With the market prophesying the importance of our work,"
Lulz, or the end of it, considering the reluctance you show towards working things out reasonably Mr. Chief Judge.
"Our courts are in danger already of becoming an intolerably expensive way to protect innovation or prove freedom to operate."
Well, at least he sees the writing on the wall.
":when you are ordering drinks at a bar, you order a little more wisely when you know you are paying the tab!"
Actually not true, though it might hold true for Rader on what is his supar meager salary of 200 grand a year.
"If the US system requires a litigant to "feed the goose" ten ounces of gold only to get a golden egg of five ounces in return, obviously geese from other counties that don't require such an investment, such as Germany or Japan or China, become more appealing."
W tf Rader? How is a German court going to address infringement that allegedly takes place in the US?
Judicial systems are competing?
Rader, brosky, w t f bro?
mmm says:
1. Agreed. Difficult to implement.
2. Summary judgment is wide-spread, but the burden to survive a motion for summary judgment is so low. Only the worst of the worst fail here. Then there's also the tendency to reverse.
3. Sort of fixed in the AIA. Whether this gives rise to more MDL remains to be seen.
4. This would be helpful, but I'm sure there would be lots of gamesmanship.
5. I think this goes along with the finding patent-litigation-experienced jurisdictions.
6. Entirely agree on awarding costs, but neither the Fed. Cir. nor district courts are too keen on this and it takes a long time to get to the point of receiving fees.
Rader could start by improving patent jurisprudence to encourage predictability of outcome, which is the single biggest "cost-saver" there is, as it could possibly preclude the very filing of suit, or at the very least encourage early settlement. Also, there wouldn't be so many appeals taken from the district level, as those cases would be better-decided.
For those abusers who just want to bury the opposition with costs even in the face of a losing case, his ideas on discovery have some merit, but maybe they should be combined with enhanced penalties for frivolous and vexatious litigation.
The single most urgent need, and highest value strategy, and probably lowest cost strategy, is better jurisprudence. The court could do it TODAY, as part of its ordinary course of business. Implementation would cost nothing except for some time. I have no sympathy for the current CAFC in this regard–although they have some unfortunate USSC rulings to which to adhere, they have largely created their own mess, and it is they who should be responsible for fixing it.
Of course, that would require time, coordination, communication, cognition, and a coherent strategy and approach by the court–and that's an unacceptably big commitment for our current crop of civil servants, notwithstanding the systems in which they must function.


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Timothy Lea jest młodym mężczyzną, który podejmuje pracę w należącej do jego szwagra małej firmie świadczącej usługi mycia okien. Szybko przekonuje się, że do usatysfakcjonowania wielu klientek nie wystarczą umiejętności związane ze sprzątaniem, gdyż oczekują one czegoś znacznie więcej... Niezależnie od swoich erotycznych ekscesów w pracy, Timothy stara się zawiązać znacznie poważniejszy związek z młodą policjantką Elizabeth.

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Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says asylum seekers must be deterred from trying to reach Australia by boat as "a matter of principle", regardless of how many immigrants Australia can take.
In an address to the Australia Day Council in Melbourne on Friday night, Mr Abbott said while he supports a strong and inclusive immigration program as Australia's population booms, an Australian government must still send a strong message to deter asylum seekers who arrive by boat.
Invoking former prime minister John Howard's famous comments before the 2001 election that "we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come", Mr Abbott said Australia could not be perceived as being a "soft touch" against border protection.
"John Howard's declaration about Australians controlling who comes to this country resonated because it struck most people as self-evidently and robustly true," he said.
"A strong border protection policy is perfectly consistent with a large and inclusive immigration policy. In fact it's probably essential if the public is to be convinced that Australia's immigration policy is run by the Government rather than people smugglers," he said.
Mr Abbott says while immigration in Australia since white settlement has been largely a success, Australians remain concerned about the issue because of boat arrivals.
"We can't be confident that the numbers would stay at the 3,000 or so who have arrived since the Rudd Government adopted what it said was a more compassionate approach, or that they would peak at the 4,000 who arrived in the year before the Howard Government imposed tough and effective border protection policies," he said.
"There is an important distinction between boat arrivals on the one hand and on the other people who arrive without putting themselves in peril, on a valid visa, and only subsequently become unauthorised over-stayers."
Mr Abbott also said that while most immigrants fit well into Australian society, they must also "obey the law", citing Muslim cleric Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali's comments that women invited sex attacks, and public perceptions of ethnic gangs and street crime.
"A corollary of our non-discriminatory immigration program is our requirement that Australians should treat other Australians with respect even where they disagree with them," Mr Abbott said.
Mr Abbott's speech comes after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spent the week giving a series of speeches across the country which warned that Australia must increase its productivity to cope with a larger and older population.
But Mr Abbott says Mr Rudd must outline plans to increase productivity.
"It's good that the Prime Minister is talking about the need for planning and for courageous decisions to meet the challenges of the mid-century. It would be even better if he would actually make some prior to the next election," he said.
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40th Anniversary Olympia 2012 est un coffret CD/DVD live d'Alan Stivell, sorti le  chez Mercury (Universal). Le support audio propose « les meilleurs moments » et la vidéo l'intégralité du concert anniversaire donné par l'artiste à l'Olympia, 40 ans après son passage historique dans le music-hall parisien.

Présentation du coffret CD/DVD
En , à l'Olympia de Paris, j'ai pu revenir dans cette salle mythique, revivre avec mon cher public, l'intensité d'un échange que (comme tous mes confrères) je rapproche du terme (occitan) amour. Ni moi, ni personne, avant le , ne pouvions imaginer cette rencontre de harpe bardique, de guitare électrique, de chant en breton, avec le grand public. C'est bien grâce à votre ouverture, grâce aux personnes qui m'ont aidé, que cette date est historique. […] Je revendique la harpe comme arme pacifique. Aucune haine dans les flèches de mon arc musical. J'ai retrouvé et ressenti, pour cet anniversaire, une même émotion (fromm), une même énergie (startijenn), qui m'ont semblé partagées. Merci encore à vous ! Trugarez vras deoc'h endro !

Ce live présente l'enregistrement du concert anniversaire à l'Olympia du , 40 ans après celui du . Le CD contient 15 titres (« les meilleurs moments de cette soirée anniversaire ») alors que le DVD présente l'intégralité du spectacle, soit un programme vidéo de 2h40. Pour ce concert événement, Mercury avait réédité l'album live À l'Olympia dans le best-of Ar Pep Gwellañ. La totalité des titres présents en 1972 sont réinterprétés lors de ce nouveau concert mais An Durzhunel n'est pas conservé pour le DVD. Selon le texte de présentation, « le barde a emmené le public sur son chemin de passerelles entre tradition et rock, musiques d'héritage et musiques improvisées, chant a cappella et électronique. Précurseur de la vague celtique, cherchant toujours à abaisser les frontières sociales, temporelles, sociologiques, culturelles ou techniques. » Il retrouve sur scène les musiciens qui ont marqué ce concert de 1972, Dan Ar Braz et René Werneer. Curieusement, Gabriel Yacoub n'y participe pas mais il était présent en 2002 au concert de célébration du .

Déroulement du spectacle

Dès l'arrivée d'Alan Stivell dans la fosse de l'Olympia, l'émotion est perceptible dans le public et à la lecture du texte introductif (tronqué sur le DVD) lorsqu'il évoque le chemin parcouru depuis cet Olympia d'une « émotion incroyable » en précisant que ses « rêves d'enfant » ont été réalisés par le soutien du public (« d'une manière que j'aurais jamais pu imaginer ») et de son père, tout en continuant d'avancer entouré de ses nouvelles harpes, d'instruments du  et traditionnels, notamment par la venue d'une délégation du bagad Quic-en-Groigne. La soirée s'ouvre par Bleimor, the bagad, là où a commencé sa formation et son héritage, c'est-à-dire au contact des bagadoù et de la harpe celtique, Au-delà des mots comme est intitulé l'album dans lequel figure le morceau. Il enchaîne avec la première chanson entendue dans son enfance, une mélodie gaélique : EibHlin (Eileen a roon). Suit, a cappella, une composition du chantre de la chanson bretonne engagée, Glenmor : Ô Langonned poursuit cet enracinement rural au plus proche de la tradition qu'ont en commun ces deux chanteurs professionnels avec la volonté de partager leur amour pour leur terre (ici Langonnet). Dan Ar Braz, avec qui tout a commencé pour ce qui est du rock celtique, arrive sur la pointe des pieds en baskets jaunes, pour faire souffler The Wind of Keltia dans le music-hall parisien. Un tumulte agite soudainement la salle lorsque René Werneer fait, à son tour, son entrée, pour des retrouvailles riches en émotion, accentuées par les premières notes de The Trees They Grow High sous son archet. Le voyage en Celtie se poursuit avec la chanson Iroise, issue de l'album Back to Breizh que Stivell considère comme l'un de ses plus aboutis. Les spots projettent sur la scène les couleurs violentes de cette mer, à la fois dangereuse et fascinante de beauté. L'azur se mêle au vert émeraude, des entrelacs mauves ornementent les grands voiles disposées au fond de scène. « Voici une chanson parlant de paix, Brian Boru » ; Alan Stivell chante les paroles en gaéliques, breton et françaises avec ce phrasé si particulier qui rend sa voix inimitable. Il est rejoint par la douce et puissante voix de Nolwenn Leroy pour un instant d'envoûtement. Une émotion particulière pour les deux interprètes, Stivell signalant que « Nolwenn a le même âge aujourd'hui que j'avais il y a quarante ans, à l'Olympia ». Te, intime complainte figurant dans le disque Explore où Stivell montre tout son novateur savoir-faire. Petit retour en 1972, époque contestataire, avec Harpes de sang, en breton Telenn Gwad, The Foggy Dew et An Alarc'h, Le cygne en français. Cette chanson traditionnelle, issue du Barzaz Breiz, était considérée comme un chant patriotique. Toute la salle reprend en chœur : « Dinn, dinn, daoñ, d'an emgann, d'an emgann, o ! Dinn, dinn, daoñ, d'an emgann ez an ». Le Bagad de Saint-Malo, l'un des plus innovants du moment, René Werneer au fiddle, Robert Le Gall au violon se joignent à la formation de Stivell de l'époque. Le morceau monte en puissance et s'achève en apothéose sous des sunlights aux teintes sanguinolentes. Pour The King of the fairies, Robert Le Gall rejoint, une nouvelle fois, René Werneer et Raphaël Chevalier (décédé 5 ans plus tard) ; les trois violonistes transcendent ce virevoltant traditionnel irlandais. La salle se lève pour saluer la performance des musiciens. Stivell remercie d'un grand sourire ses deux invités et va saluer René Werneer en signalant qu'ils ne s'étaient pas revu depuis trente cinq ans.

Le spectacle continue après un entracte. Des rayons lasers verts s'entremêlent aux fumigènes, créent une atmosphère surnaturelle, surlignent les silhouettes des musiciens qui ne deviennent qu'ombres furtives. Avec un enchaînement de morceaux traditionnels, le musicien montre toute la maîtrise de son art, que ce soit au chant kan ha diskan (Tamm ha Tamm), à la harpe, bien sûr, mais aussi à la cornemuse électrique, à la flûte irlandaise, à la bombarde, à la cornemuse écossaise rappelant son époque de penn-soner. Le harpiste déroule ses morceaux rythmés qui ont jalonné sa carrière : Ne bado ket atao (E Langonned), Brittany's (Emerald), Miz Tu (Explore), Kimiad ar soudard yaouank (Chemins de terre et Again). Toute l'assistance aimerait mais n'ose pas danser ; ce sera donc Alan Stivell qui viendra vers elle. Il descend de la scène, prend la main d'une spectatrice, l'invite dans un An Dro formant une chaîne tout autour de la salle.
 Les invités se succèdent sur la scène pour l'accompagner ; Kévin Camus au uilleann pipes (7, 8), l'écossaise Joanne Maclver ou chant pour Tha mi sgìth et à la gaïta (9, 10) ou la flûte (2), l'échevelé Pat O'May et ses riffs de guitare nerveux dès l'intro de la Suite Sudarmoricaine. Tous les spectateurs reprennent le célèbre refrain du « Pardon de Spézet » dans sa version revigorée. 40 vloaz 'zo est une interprétation du Kost ar c'hoad de 1972 célébrant les 40 ans de sa première interprétation, rejoint ici par René Werneer au violon et Robert Le Gall à la mandoline. Dan Ar Braz revient pour un duo de virtuosité comme par le passé, son style limpide à la guitare faisant corps au doigté agile de Stivell à la harpe dans le mythique Pop Plinn. La chanson du cidre Son ar chistr met le feu à l'Olympia. Après un rappel, Ian Morrison Reel illumine à nouveau la salle avec le retour de la guitare électrique de Pat O'May qui accompagne la cornemuse d'Alan Stivell. Puis Brezhoneg 'Raok rappel l'importance de la diversité linguistique ; avec hargne, le constant défenseur de la langue bretonne lève le poing et le public brandis quelques Gwenn ha du avec fierté, face aux musiciens du bagad. Tri Martolod, l'incontournable complainte des trois matelots de Nantes, est entonnée et applaudie par tous le public. Stivell invite pour finir le public à chanter avec lui le Bro gozh ma zadoù repris, en duo, avec Nolwenn Leroy, tous deux lauréats du « prix Bro Gozh ». L'artiste conclura par ces mots : « Tout ce que je vois, ce soir, me donne du courage pour continuer ! ».

Parution et réception

Produit par Mercury Records, l'album live sort le , dans l'Hexagone et en Corse. La musique est toujours une production de son label Keltia 3 et l'enregistrement du concert est produit par Bleu Iroise, Morgane groupe et France Télévisions. Il avait été diffusé sur France 3 Bretagne le , suivi du documentaire Au-delà des frontières, Stivell, dans le cadre de l'émission Génération Breizh.

Il réalise des dédicaces dans les espaces culturels E.Leclerc, à Vannes et à Brest. Il entre dès sa sortie dans le Top Albums France, à la  et  en Belgique. Dans le Télégramme, Gérard Classe (auteur des photos de l'album), remarque que  et considère que . Anny Maurussane, du web MAGazine Culture et Celtie, écrit : « la caméra a su capter les regards, les sourires complices, les émotions des retrouvailles, puis le bonheur visible des musiciens conscients d'avoir produit un « spectacle réussi » et prodigue. »

Caractéristiques techniques

Liste des titres

CD

DVD

Crédits
Arrangements : Alan Stivell
Direction artistique : Alan Stivell
Chef d'orchestre : Robert Le Gall

Musiciens et invités

Équipe technique

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

 Pierre De Boishue, « Alan Stivell: « Je veux toujours m'étonner » », Le Figaro,  (lire en ligne)
 « Alan Stivell : « Laissons vivre la culture bretonne » », L'Express, ,
 Maiwenn Raynaudon-Kerzerho, « De retour à l'Olympia 40 ans après. Alan Stivell : « Aujourd'hui, les Bretons n'ont plus honte d'eux-mêmes » » (couverture), Bretons, , , lire en ligne.
 « Alan Stivell, le barde qui a réveillé la culture bretonne », Ouest-France,  (lire en ligne)

 Michel Troadec, « En Bretagne, que sommes-nous vraiment ? », entretien dimanche Ouest-France, ,

Liens externes

 Discographie sur le site officiel (nevez) d'Alan Stivell
 Article sur le DVD/CD, Le MAGazine Culture & Celtie
 Didier Le Goff, ALAN STIVELL - Olympia 2012 (CD + DVD), Ethnotempos
 David Raynal, « Alan Stivell, retour du barde planétaire à l'Olympia », Bretagne Actuelle

Album d'Alan Stivell
Album en concert à l'Olympia
Album musical sorti en 2013
Album publié par Mercury Records


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History
WCCR-FM debuted in 1985 under the moniker C-93, with a Top 40/CHR format.

The construction permit to build the station was issued on February 14, 1983, with the call letters WMQP first assigned on September 4, 1984. The station never used these call letters, taking its current call sign less than a month later.

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The Sunday Times reports ITV Dame Carolyn McCall wants to persuade her opposite number to part with some of the matches from his exclusive property that involve English clubs.
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