Any EU patent is *not* enforceable in the US any more than a US patent is enforceable in the EU. You need an international or world patent to do that, which IIRC requires that you get the patent in at least 3 "member" countries as well.
In the EU and the UK software patents are awarded. However no lawyer will claim that you can enforce them. However its also true that the same lawyers will not claim you are safe from international software patents. Well not quite.
However many of the offending patents are US patents. They are not enforceable here anyway.
And thats land utility rather than "efficiency" in the normal usage. In which case I agree. Solar, wind and waves are pretty dilute once you talk real generators rather than paper numbers.
However no one is suggesting to build solar thermal on prime land. Unlike wind, the best spots are not really sort after land (desert) and taking up space is simply not a problem and they tend to use more rather than less to prevent any self shadowing etc, cus this is cheaper than a denser array of mirrors. However getting the power to where its needed is still an issue as well as energy storage.
While here in Austria, most schools start at 8am. The teenagers commit less crime in Austria, therefore the Austrians teens are happier than those whinny pimple faced Wellintonians. QED.
Its RAMD as long as everyone gets charged the same amount and is forced to play by the same rules. If the original contract includes "revisions" clause they really can. Be carfull what you sign, and that includes contracts with MPEG-LA. Dam just look at the mpeg-2 licenses.
If the inventor wanted everyone to have it. He/She would put the "patent" in the public domain. But what the inventor really wants is that everyone *pay* the licenses fees he/she decided its was worth.
The last set of tools i got where the cheap Chinese imitations of even Ryobi. But at $20NZ per hand tool or less, i can wreak a heap of em before i would have spend the same money on a high end one. The only time i went up to a Ryobi was for a miter saw.
However i used it all to cut metal. The miter saw is awesome with a cold cutting blade. Cuts Al like butter and cost a small fraction what real cold saw would cost. The blades are spinning to fast, but they are cheap too. In fact i used all of it for metal working, and hence wouldn't get warrant anyway. So i figured that the cheaper disposable items were a better option.
Thing is that after 4 years of heavy working every weekend, everything works just fine.
Last night some friends came round for dinner, after my wife and i went to different movie from them. We meet at a bar afterwards till the wee hours of the morning.
Sorry for the double post. But there is are other issues here as well. MPEG-LA can change their minds and change the license terms. These licensing terms them selfs can be at odds with "free" and require DRM be implemented etc.
Just because its "free" today does not mean its free tomorrow.
Lets not forget its more than a license fee away from being allowed to use it. There is also the contract they make you sign to get that license. And that may include DRM type thing to be honored/supported. It also includes a clause that it only covers the patents from MPEG-LA, and that any 3rd party patents that are perhaps infringed is your problem.
If habitable conditions is defined as conditions such that life can exist, then well you see the problem. Habitable conditions is not the same for all life forms either.
There is also no mention of the American Continent. Therefore Americans, Canadians etc where sent here from hell to test our faith. All of you are the spawn of the dark lord.
Most of the problems you mention and the others in the article are common popular misinterpretations of statistical results, but that doesn't mean they're common mistakes made by researchers in the studies themselves.
I work with the med school and vet school and a group of biologists. I assure you that claiming that these mistakes are common is an *understatement* of galactic proportions.
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Any EU patent is *not* enforceable in the US any more than a US patent is enforceable in the EU. You need an international or world patent to do that, which IIRC requires that you get the patent in at least 3 "member" countries as well.
And they cost about the same as filing a patent.
In the EU and the UK software patents are awarded. However no lawyer will claim that you can enforce them. However its also true that the same lawyers will not claim you are safe from international software patents. Well not quite.
However many of the offending patents are US patents. They are not enforceable here anyway.
And thats land utility rather than "efficiency" in the normal usage. In which case I agree. Solar, wind and waves are pretty dilute once you talk real generators rather than paper numbers.
However no one is suggesting to build solar thermal on prime land. Unlike wind, the best spots are not really sort after land (desert) and taking up space is simply not a problem and they tend to use more rather than less to prevent any self shadowing etc, cus this is cheaper than a denser array of mirrors. However getting the power to where its needed is still an issue as well as energy storage.
It should be noted that solar thermal clocks in at something like 2.6%..
I smell BS. Citation needed
While here in Austria, most schools start at 8am. The teenagers commit less crime in Austria, therefore the Austrians teens are happier than those whinny pimple faced Wellintonians. QED.
In Aussie, if its unrated, it can't be sold. It was used as a way of censoring without calling that.
If your boss asks you to break the law, the argument "I was just following orders!" doesn't hold up...
Unless its water boarding, or tapping phones without a warrant.
Its RAMD as long as everyone gets charged the same amount and is forced to play by the same rules. If the original contract includes "revisions" clause they really can. Be carfull what you sign, and that includes contracts with MPEG-LA. Dam just look at the mpeg-2 licenses.
3% of the wholesale value may well be about 1/2 the saw manufactures profit.
If the inventor wanted everyone to have it. He/She would put the "patent" in the public domain. But what the inventor really wants is that everyone *pay* the licenses fees he/she decided its was worth.
The last set of tools i got where the cheap Chinese imitations of even Ryobi. But at $20NZ per hand tool or less, i can wreak a heap of em before i would have spend the same money on a high end one. The only time i went up to a Ryobi was for a miter saw.
However i used it all to cut metal. The miter saw is awesome with a cold cutting blade. Cuts Al like butter and cost a small fraction what real cold saw would cost. The blades are spinning to fast, but they are cheap too. In fact i used all of it for metal working, and hence wouldn't get warrant anyway. So i figured that the cheaper disposable items were a better option.
Thing is that after 4 years of heavy working every weekend, everything works just fine.
Yes we all do have that right, we are not forced to follow any law. The consequences of breaking that law however is not something you can ignore.
With modern medicine, it can last forever....
Last night some friends came round for dinner, after my wife and i went to different movie from them. We meet at a bar afterwards till the wee hours of the morning.
How old am I?
..Though this is legally..possible
In some countries this would not be legal. I paid money to get a professional opinion on the matter.
Sorry for the double post. But there is are other issues here as well. MPEG-LA can change their minds and change the license terms. These licensing terms them selfs can be at odds with "free" and require DRM be implemented etc.
Just because its "free" today does not mean its free tomorrow.
Licenses still need to be paid for encoders and decoders. Mplayer and their ilk are illegal in the US. And when the "free" time runs out........
Lets not forget its more than a license fee away from being allowed to use it. There is also the contract they make you sign to get that license. And that may include DRM type thing to be honored/supported. It also includes a clause that it only covers the patents from MPEG-LA, and that any 3rd party patents that are perhaps infringed is your problem.
If habitable conditions is defined as conditions such that life can exist, then well you see the problem. Habitable conditions is not the same for all life forms either.
There is also no mention of the American Continent. Therefore Americans, Canadians etc where sent here from hell to test our faith. All of you are the spawn of the dark lord.
It's not his job to know..
Yes it is. Especially if he/she make some medical recommendation based on it.
Most of the problems you mention and the others in the article are common popular misinterpretations of statistical results, but that doesn't mean they're common mistakes made by researchers in the studies themselves.
I work with the med school and vet school and a group of biologists. I assure you that claiming that these mistakes are common is an *understatement* of galactic proportions.
Thats not strictly correct. There is just a lot of people with houses on the raw resources.
America is the worst offender at not playing ball on the international markets. America basically ignores all rulings not in its favor.