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Apple Escapes Watch Ban as Court Nixes Heart-Monitor Patents (1)

2 months ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Adam Taylor |Michael Shapiro

An administrative tribunal rightly invalidated three patents covering a way to detect irregular heartbeats Apple Inc. has been accused of infringing, the Federal Circuit ruled Friday, preventing a trade panel from enforcing a ban on certain Apple Watch imports. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a precedential opinion penned by Judge Leonard P. Stark, backed decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding all claims in three AliveCor Inc.
Patent Office 'Fintiv' Return Signals Patentee-Friendly Shift

2 months ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Aruni Soni |Adam Taylor |James Arkin

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s move to make it easier for administrative judges to turn away validity challenges swings the pendulum back in favor of patent owners and away from the tech companies that are frequent targets of infringement lawsuits, attorneys said. The change, announced in a Feb. 28 bulletin, scrapped a June 2022 guidance memo issued by former director Kathi Vidal that narrowed a controversial framework set up in the precedential Apple v.
DOGE-Triggered Data Lawsuits Center on Watergate-Era Privacy Law

Feb 13, 2025 | news.bloombergtax.com | Cassandre Coyer |Adam Taylor |Kartikay Mehrotra

A series of lawsuits challenging federal agencies’ sharing of Americans’ personal data with Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting group all have something in common: a 50-year-old privacy statute with little applicable precedent.
MLK's Dream Is Trump's Nightmare

Jan 16, 2025 | sojo.net | Adam Taylor

The juxtaposition is hard to ignore: President-elect Donald Trump, who launched his political career by questioning — without evidence — the citizenship of our country’s first Black president, will take his second oath of office on the day we remember and honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., this country’s greatest champion for civil and human rights.
Jimmy Carter Applied His Faith to the Messiness of Politics. We Should Too

Jan 9, 2025 | sojo.net | Adam Taylor

I came into this world the same year Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th president of the United States. Roughly 18 years later, I had the honor of meeting Carter as a first-year college student at Emory University, where he served as a professor. Today, I said my heartfelt farewells to Carter at his state funeral, where I was moved to tears by many of the eulogies, including one written by Gerald Ford before his death and delivered today by Ford’s son.
Feeling Anxious About Trump's Nominees? Here's What To Do

Dec 5, 2024 | sojo.net | Adam Taylor

In the past few weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has made a barrage of nominations for positions across the federal government, including his controversial picks for the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Intelligence Agency, and most recently for the FBI, among others. Friends and colleagues have mentioned how the news alert ping of each new nomination can often leave them feeling frozen with dread or just wanting to unplug from the news altogether.
Surrendering Our Soul-Wrenching Emotions to God Is an Act of Faith

Nov 7, 2024 | sojo.net | Adam Taylor

I spent most of Election Day visiting polling sites across Philadelphia. Together with Rev. Alyn Waller, who helped lead Faiths United to Save Democracy’s nonpartisan, multifaith voter protection work in Pennsylvania, I tried to encourage and support the poll chaplains and other peacemakers who provided a moral presence at vulnerable polling sites. It was tiring but uplifting work.
Christian Faith Requires Us To Speak Out Against Fascist Rhetoric

Oct 24, 2024 | sojo.net | Adam Taylor

In a recent interview with The New York Times, four-star general John Kelly said that he believed former President Donald Trump met the definition of a fascist leader. I recognize that it takes courage to name and denounce fascism in our politics — and we must do so regardless of who or what party crosses this bright line.
Evangelism Without Justice Ignores the Words of Jesus

Oct 3, 2024 | sojo.net | Adam Taylor

“A church that is not faithful to the Gospel in all its dimensions inevitably becomes an instrument of the status quo.” Fifty years ago, Latin American theologian Rev. C. René Padilla shared these words at the first Lausanne Congress, a global gathering that brought together Christian leaders from nearly 150 countries to address challenges and opportunities in evangelism.
What does it mean to follow Jesus in a divided America?

Sep 26, 2024 | faithandleadership.com | Bekah McNeel |Andy Stanton-Henry |Adam Taylor |Rebecca Peters

I spend a lot of time talking about polarization and political conflict. Because I am bullishly solutions-oriented, it’s only a matter of time in the course of almost every podcast, workshop and Q&A session before the question comes up: How do I make my neighbors and my family see that their politics are cruel and immoral?