Astronaut Dan Burbank retires from NASA
NASA Astronaut Dan Burbank, who spent 188 days in space over three missions, has retiring from the agency. June 29 was his last day with NASA.
Category Archives: Science / Technology
WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical
It is an act of infringement under U.S. patent law to supply "in or from the United States" certain components of a patented invention with the intent that they "will be combined outside of the United States in a manner that would infringe the patent if such combination occurred within the United States." 35 U.S.C. 271 .
Online sales tax ruling could bring ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to California
California was already trying to wring more tax out of online retailers months before the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that gave states permission to do so. Last fall, more than 2,500 online retailers with out-of-state addresses received letters from California's Department of Tax and Fee Administration informing them that they appeared to owe sales tax here.
JPL employees criticize government for pursuing background checks
JPL employees Wednesday criticized federal authorities for seeking a U.S. Supreme Court review of an appeals court decision blocking the government from requiring mandatory background checks. The U.S. Solicitor General's Office wants the nation's highest court to review the ruling, arguing that it could affect the government's ability to conduct background checks of contract employees.
Under Republican majority, U.S. Senate votes to LEGALIZE hemp farming across the nation
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U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Requires More Out-of-State Businesses to Collect Sales Tax
On June 21, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its much-anticipated opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair , overturning its own 50 years of precedent to rule that a state may now require an out-of-state business to collect sales taxes even where the business has no physical contact with the state.
Lower Court’s Factual Finding Given Deference in “Close Case”
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court's finding that a skilled artisan would have had no reasonable expectation of success in making the claimed invention. UCB, Inc., et al., v.
Guest Editorial: Supreme Court ruling was long overdue
The U.S. Supreme Court has made an overdue break with precedent and set the stage for more fairness in the taxation of certain forms of electronic commerce.
Vanda on Rehearing: Will the Federal Circuit Defy SCOTUS?
Vanda Pharms. Inc. v. West-Ward Pharms. Int'l Ltd. , 887 F.3d 1117 offers an example of a claim on the cusp of eligibility.
Elon Musk Doesn’t Work Alone. These Are Tesla’s Other Key Leaders
There was a rare moment at Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in early June when Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk shared the spotlight. First, he acknowledged one of his biggest mistakes: Production of the Model 3, Tesla's make-or-break sedan, had faltered by trying to automate "things that are super easy for a person to do, but super hard for a robot to do."
Exposing the Russian Hacking Fraud by Publius Tacitus
You can be forgiven if you are confused about whether or not the emails from the DNC were taken by Russian hackers or lifted by an insider who in turn sold the electronic files to Wikileaks or was the work of someone else. While we do not have any clear evidence about the identity of the culprit or culprits, there are some undisputed facts that call into serious question that the DNC email debacle was a Russian Government Intel operation.
Supreme Court Decides WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.
On June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court decided WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. , No.
California’s fight for strong net neutrality isn’t over yet – CNET
California may still get its super strong net neutrality protections after all, as Democrats in the state legislature agree to head back to the negotiating table, after key provisions of the bill On Friday, the bill's author, state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, said he and fellow Democrat, Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, the chair of the committee, will begin negotiating next week to fix the bill to ensure the protections that were weeded out in the committee process are added back into the legislation. "We've agreed to make a good faith effort to make amendments to the bill in order to pass strong net neutrality," he said in an interview.
Why Yesterday’s SCOTUS Decision May Impact Franchisor Royalties
Yesterday, in South Dakota vs. WayFair, Inc., et al., the United States Supreme Court overturned long-standing precedents that required an out-of-state Seller to have a physical presence in a state to collect sales tax from consumers in that state. The South Dakota law being challenged by giant online retailers, Wayfair, Inc., Overstock.com, Inc., and Newegg, Inc. none of which had a physical presence in South Dakota requires out-of-state retailers to collect and remit sales tax "as if they had a physical presence in the state."
Supreme Court lets states force online retailers to collect sales tax
And wire reports New Hampshire online retailers could be on the hook to collect sales tax from dozens of states and thousands of locales after the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld South Dakota's online sales tax law.
Supreme Court sales tax ruling will hit your online shopping bill – CNET
The US Supreme Court on Thursday gave states the ability to require online and out-of-state retailers to collect and send them state sales taxes. The 5-4 decision overturns a 1992 Supreme Court ruling that prevented the practice.
With Billions At Stake, Supreme Court Rules States May Tax Online Retailers
Home goods seller Wayfair and other e-commerce companies had attempted to challenge a South Dakota law that levies taxes on purchases made through certain online retailers. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that states can require retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on out-of-state purchases.
NASA, White House team up on asteroid emergency plan
A ghostly radar image of asteroid 2014 JO25 during a pass by Earth in 2017 at a distance of just 1.5 million miles. Expanding the search for such near-Earth objects, improving emergency planning and exploring countermeasures for potential impacts are the focus of a new 10-year plan by the White House, NASA and FEMA.
Looking for signs of global warming? It’s all around you
This Aug. 26, 2017 photo made available by NASA shows Hurricane Harvey over Texas as seen from the International Space Station. "The collective damage done by Atlantic hurricanes in 2017 was well more than half of the entire budget of our Department of Defense," said MIT's Kerry Emanuel.
Couple uses Facebook to raise over $3.45M to reunite immigrant families – CNET
Charlotte and Dave Wilner set up a fundraiser on Facebook on Saturday to help reunite families affected by the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" approach toward undocumented immigrants, USA Today reported Monday . At time of writing, over $3.45 million has been raised in just three days, with more than 84,000 contributors.