Sep 07, 5:37 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 08/10/17 AT 7:34 AM The sight of a stingray devouring an oval squid at a Japanese aquarium left visitors at the amusement park stunned. The incident was recorded by a visitor and uploaded on social media on Aug.7.A Twitter user with the handle “@Eternalshm” uploaded the video which has since received 154,000 likes and has been retweeted 92,000 times.WATCH: Python vs. Man: Police Find Body In Stomach Of Giant SnakeThe video, recorded at the Yokohama Yakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium, shows a stingray chomping on a helpless squid which tries its best to fend off the attacker by spouting ink. However, the squid's efforts to free itself go in vain as the stingray swallows its body along with the ink. In the video, the tentacles of the squid can be seen for a few moments as it makes an attempt to grab the glass window, after which … [Read more...] about WATCH: Stingray Feasts On Oval Squid At Japanese Aquarium, Stuns Visitors
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The Thorny Problem of Patentable Eligible Subject Matter: Part 10 of a 10-Part Series: Japan
Patentable Subject Matter in Japan The Japanese Patent Act (Act) contains two provisions regarding patent eligible subject matter. The first provision is found in Article 2(1) of the Act which states that an “invention” must be a “highly advanced creation of technical ideas utilizing the laws of nature”. Specifically, an invention must be a “statutory” invention to be patentable. A list of “non-statutory” inventions is provided in section 1.1 of the Examination Guidelines of the Japanese Patent Office (Guidelines). Section 1.1 of the Guidelines states:Since it is not a ‘creation of a technical idea utilizing a law of nature,’ any one of the following is not considered to be a statutory invention.1. A law of nature as such.Since statutory inventions shall utilize a law of nature, a law of nature as such, like a law of preservation of energy or a law of universal gravitation, is not considered as a statutory … [Read more...] about The Thorny Problem of Patentable Eligible Subject Matter: Part 10 of a 10-Part Series: Japan
Energy and Environmental Law Update – March 10, 2014
ENERGY AND CLIMATE DEBATEThough we shared with you our analysis of the energy and environment portions of President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget request last week, we wanted to highlight a few additional sections in this week’s report as well. Most proposals in the budget request, released March 4, are holdovers from last year, though the administration included several new energy provisions. The budget request cuts $48.8 billion in fossil fuel tax breaks, and offers new incentives for alternative fuel and energy efficiency projects. The president’s budget request calls for a $1 billion climate resilience fund, which the president announced last month to help coastal areas prepare for severe weather events. The funding, spread across multiple agencies, would increase research and planning efforts on a wide variety of climate impacts. Congressional committees will continue reviewing the president’s budget requests this week, though sections pertaining to … [Read more...] about Energy and Environmental Law Update – March 10, 2014
Energy and Environmental Law Update – February 10, 2013
Energy and Climate DebateWith Congress in full swing, the White House preparing for the State of the Union address, and new legislative and executive leaders taking their places in Washington, energy issues continue to garner significant national attention.Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released a broad, 121-page, energy blueprint February 4 that she hopes will provide the foundation for bipartisan energy legislation this Congress.The document, Energy 20/20: A Vision for America’s Energy Future, makes roughly 200 policy recommendations that address nearly all of the major energy issues that have eluded consensus for years. Some of her main areas of focus include increasing North American oil production by 2020 to replace the 4.6 million barrels per day of crude oil currently imported from OPEC, or about half of all domestic oil imports; addressing climate change by expanding clean energy technologies that … [Read more...] about Energy and Environmental Law Update – February 10, 2013
Form 10-Q Koans
Many companies have filed or are about to file their Form 10-Qs for their first quarter. Thus, it seems an opportune time to present the following koans:Part IV, Item 15 of Form 10-K instructs the registrant to “List the following documents filed as a part of the report . . . Those exhibits required by Item 601 . . .” while Part II, Item 6 of Form 10-Q adjures “Furnish the exhibits required by Item 601″, is there any significance of filing versus furnishing in this context?General Instruction F(2) of Form 10-Q intones “Information presented in satisfaction of the requirements of this form other than those of Items 1, 2 and 3 of Part I shall be deemed filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the [Securities Exchange] Act . . .”. Does this mean information furnished pursuant to Part II, Item 6 is deemed filed? If so, why not simply say so?Item 601(b)(2) requires the filing of any “material plan of … [Read more...] about Form 10-Q Koans