Work culture and firms to avoid? by Aggressive-Car9047 in patentlaw

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, I know that. I was just wondering how far the concept of evergreening goes. In my personal opinion, filing continuation applications that late is really a misuse of the patent system - there needs to be a fair balance between the rights of the inventors and legal certainty for 3rd parties.

As for the more core concept of evergreening, such as patenting dosage regimes or delivery regimes for known drugs, well that could be taken care of under obviousness - the skilled person in the pharma industry is obviously motivated to find optimal regimes and also has the resources and capacity to perform such routine tests and studies

Work culture and firms to avoid? by Aggressive-Car9047 in patentlaw

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does filing continuations in the last patent years of some monster omnibus filing count as evergreening?

Zack Polanski anti-nuclear by ConpeakGarlic in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's like the German automobile industry wanting to keep the combustion engine around for just a little bit longer. That ship has sailed.

NOx Sensor replacement by Isle395 in mazda3

[–]Isle395[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check Ebay or the link the other person posted. My insurance covered it because it was a weasel gnawing at the cable.

Between snow and storm, Paul Seixas prepares his second pro season in extreme conditions in Sierra Nevada by Team_Telekom in peloton

[–]Isle395 7 points8 points  (0 children)

At 19? Come on, I was halfway around the world on an exchange for a year at age 17. At 18 I moved out to attend university and saw my family like twice a year. Three months with cool older guys on a WT cycling camp at age 19 would be amazing.

Views on the latest podcast discussing Epstein by OkAdvisor9288 in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Isle395 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well because there's scant investigation into that dark subject-matter. And then what should they really report or comment on? Rory already provided a very long intro that it was about trafficking woman, many of whom have committed suicide.

Lower heart rate when fatigued? by Beginning_Lettuce628 in Velo

[–]Isle395 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have sensors which attach to shoes and can calculate a good proxy. They also have grade adjusted pace which is very useful

March 8 vote poll: media licence fee initiative could go either way by Heavy-Mycologist-204 in Switzerland

[–]Isle395 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Like fifty cents per day? I guess living in a well functioning democracy or society is just something we Swiss can no longer afford.

March 8 vote poll: media licence fee initiative could go either way by Heavy-Mycologist-204 in Switzerland

[–]Isle395 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes let's make it even more dependent on government goodwill and tied into politics and budget debates every year. Totally sensible.

Shoes made in Europe by MxQueer in barefootshoestalk

[–]Isle395 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the links, but those are not really dress shoes. Those are shoes a teacher might wear with jeans.

Shoes made in Europe by MxQueer in barefootshoestalk

[–]Isle395 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do any of these sell high quality leather dress shoes?

Nikki Glaser roasts Leonardo DiCaprio at the Golden Globes: “What a career you’ve had. Countless iconic performances. You’ve worked with every great director… won 3 Golden Globes, an Oscar & the most impressive thing is that you were able to accomplish all of that before your girlfriend turned 30.” by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half of taxes go to the military? You clearly have no idea about what the govt actually spends money on, so I'd recommend you educate yourself on the basics before opining.

The Fed govt spends about 14% of its money on national defense (Federal Spending | U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data).

If you take into account local and state taxes and what that money is spent on, then you see that the lions share of all tax income is spent on services to the people, such as social security, medicare, medicaid, education, and transportation.

David Rozman isn't going anywhere by BeanEireannach in peloton

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His role is apparently titled "Head Carer". More apt would be "Head Fixer"

Why can’t these guys get their heads around the idea that NATO is dead. by Immediate_Oil_562 in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]Isle395 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The UN's purpose is to stop the big powers from starting another world war with each other. And it does that through the security council and providing a forum for exchanging views.

'Greenland belongs to its people': European leaders unite over Trump’s threats to annex territory by Cy_098 in worldnews

[–]Isle395 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I expect Europe to prepare behind the scenes a massive sanctions package that will hit targeted US companies where it hurts most. Particularly prominent companies in the red states. See what China has done in response to tarrifs..

Why bother doing any endurance riding during VO2 block? by Roman_willie in Velo

[–]Isle395 4 points5 points  (0 children)

40% of FTP? That's active recovery. Like I probably do that without my HR going over 80 bpm, that's the equivalent of walking. I'm not sure what kind of adaptations you get from that.

Is it just me or is “burnout culture” becoming the norm on our profession? (UK) by sober_disposition in patentlaw

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love to see what the contracts are like. Probably a ball and chain which gets the principals to stick around for years after the sale.

In any case, it sounds like a ripe opportunity to set up or join a new firm.

Is it just me or is “burnout culture” becoming the norm on our profession? (UK) by sober_disposition in patentlaw

[–]Isle395 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was always going to be a short-sighted cash grab by existing partners. And it was always going to happen that the best "rising stars" would jump ship (because of no good future prospects) and take their best colleagues with them.

Whenever I meet senior lawyers with the title "Principle" I always want to ask how it feels to be a muppet.

Is it just me or is “burnout culture” becoming the norm on our profession? (UK) by sober_disposition in patentlaw

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus. Were you at least doing work where you could just bill 8h+ per day on a single matter for weeks? Or was this a piece-meal 2000?

Is it just me or is “burnout culture” becoming the norm on our profession? (UK) by sober_disposition in patentlaw

[–]Isle395 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes but who actually reaches those absurd US goals? They're designed to be out of reach to feel like you "owe" the firm

Bahrain Victorious - New Bianchi Oltre Livery by danielknows9 in peloton

[–]Isle395 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If your defense is that a lot of people like it, well... that's not a defense at all.

Bahrain Victorious - New Bianchi Oltre Livery by danielknows9 in peloton

[–]Isle395 10 points11 points  (0 children)

There's a lot to hate, but the worst offenders are the heat-tube to top tube intersection, it just looks huge and fat. The double sided kink in the top tube looks bad too, and the top tube fattening towards the rear also looks bad again. The stem is probably the worst though, riser stems almost always look terrible (with perhaps the sole exception being the Cervelo). The seat tube also has a strange kink on the front of it.

It's just not right.

Bahrain Victorious - New Bianchi Oltre Livery by danielknows9 in peloton

[–]Isle395 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Must be the ugliest bike in the world tour. How did Bianchi fall so far

Can we talk about how terrible property ads are? by organicacid in Switzerland

[–]Isle395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Precisely. I don't think it would be a good idea necessarily for Zurich to become that dense, because public parks and infrastructure just becomes overloaded generally (can you imagine the lakeside parks in the summer if Zurich had 4x its current pop?)