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☆ Queen Latifah Redefined Being a Multihyphenate — and Made It Look Easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Emily Lordi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

© Miramax/courtesy of Everett Collection Latifah and LL Cool J in “Last Holiday” (2006). © Paramount/courtesy of Everett Collection Latifah in “Bessie” (2015). David Lee/© Fox Searchlight Pictures, via Everett Collection Latifah on “The Equalizer” in 2023. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. © TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999).

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Nevelson, Frank Stella, Mark Bradford —, Hauser, Wirth —, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida Organizations: Burger, Swatch, Irvington High School, Black Arts, Hit Factory, Ramada, Hollywood, Flavor Unit Entertainment, CBS, WHO, Factory, Irvington, Tommy Boy Records, Unit, Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, AMC, Play Studios, Music Resource Center, “ Chicago ”, HBO, Jazz, Mo’Nique, Sugar Hill Records, Winki, ”, NBCU, Warner Brothers, Fox, Miramax, Paramount, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Everett, Bank, BET, Hawks, Mori, Digital, Fondazione Prada, New, Galleria Vittorio, Prada, Prada Group, Olympic, Harvard, Gucci, University of Milan, Union of Italian, Communist Party, ABC, Suzanne Koller Journalists, Yorker, Milano Prada Arte, Fondazione, tote, New York, Guggenheim, OMA, Next Management, Oui Management, Ford Models, Lumien, Management Paris, IMG Models, America, Bryant Artists, Key West, Liverpool ”, SAG, Telluride Film, Variety, Broadway, Miami, Writers Guild of America, Orion Pictures, 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☆ These seven U.S. regions will receive $7 billion in federal funding to produce hydrogen
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

California Hydrogen Hub: The California Hydrogen Hub spans from Southern California to Northern California and encompasses three ports: Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland. Gulf State Hydrogen Hub: The Gulf State Hydrogen Hub will be centered in Houston, Texas, and will cover most of the Gulf Coast and southeast Texas. Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub: The Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub spans parts of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey and will take advantage of repurposed infrastructure along the Delaware River. Midwest Hydrogen Hub: The Midwest Hydrogen Hub is in Illinois, northwestern Indiana and southwestern Michigan and will produce hydrogen from, among other sources, nuclear power. Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub: The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub encompasses eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon and some parts of Montana and will produce hydrogen for making fertilizer.

Persons: Joe Biden, U.S . Department of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Biden, It's Organizations: U.S . Department of Energy, White, Infrastructure Law, Hydrogen Locations: United States, West Virginia, Southeast Ohio, Pennsylvania, It's, California, Southern California, Northern California, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Ports, Houston , Texas, Gulf, Texas . Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Pacific, Washington, Oregon, Montana

☆ Texas farmers are getting hammered by volatile weather events, making it harder for many to make a living
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Texas' citrus farmers have a nickname for a deep freeze that struck in February 2021: the Valentine's Day Massacre. The deep freeze was the second disaster in two years to hit Southeast Texas. As for the deep freeze, any temperature below 28 degrees Fahrenheit is devastating for citrus trees, Murden said. That was nearly cut in half during the 2020-21 season, according to data compiled by the Texas Valley Citrus Committee. A hurricane followed by a deep freeze ruined portions of Murden's grapefruit orchard.

Persons: Dale Murden, Hurricane Hanna, Murden, Jason Garza, Hanna, There's, there'll, it'll Organizations: Hurricane, NOAA, The Texas Tribune, Texas, Citrus Committee, M, Amistad Locations: Texas, Rio Grande Valley, Southeast Texas, Harlingen , Texas, Rio Grande, Rio, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico

Decade to decade, costly extreme weather events are increasing in both frequency and intensity as greenhouse gases build up in our atmosphere. The true cost of extreme heatLois Nigrin grew up on a farm and loved getting outdoors. Her ordeal points to the rising cost of extreme heat, the leading weather-related killer in the US. The true cost of floodingBarb Grant has built her life's work around helping others. The true cost of inactionThere is more to this story than a set of ruinous tragedies.

Persons: Lois Nigrin, —, Yoon, Nigrin, Read, Dale Murden, who's, He's, he's, Murden, Jason Garza, Barb Grant, Grant, Miriam Alarcón Avila, She's Organizations: Center for American, Atlantic Council, The Texas Tribune, Administration, Texas, Citrus Committee, M, Pew Charitable Locations: heatstroke, Texas, Arizona, Nebraska, Harlingen , Texas, Mexico, Southeast Texas, Iowa

☆ The Texas town where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death in 1998, sparking national outrage and new federal hate crime legislation, wants to 'move on'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

People in Jasper are in many ways still dealing with the aftermath of James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 murder. Louvon Byrd Harris, Byrd's younger sister, told The Post that many people simply "want to forget what happened." A section of Huff Creek Road in Jasper, Texas, where James Byrd Jr., was dragged to his death. While Byrd's murder prompted the Texas legislature's 2001 passage of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, along with the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.

Persons: James Byrd Jr, Byrd's, Byrd, George Floyd's, haven't, Louvon Byrd Harris, Poor Jasper, David Shultz, Jasper, Anderson, Juan Lozano, Betty Lane, Matthew Shepard, Tod Lawlis Organizations: Post, Service, Washington, Lone Star State, Historical Museum, Jasper City Council, Anderson Land, AP, Congress, Byrd Foundation, Racial, Byrd Locations: Jasper, Wall, Silicon, East Texas, Minneapolis, Huff, Jasper , Texas, Texas, Austin

☆ The Making of an Ivy League President: Two Women’s Stories
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Martha Southgate | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

One Black, one white. In 1995, Ruth J. Simmons, the elder of the two, became the first Black president of Smith, one of the largest of the Seven Sisters colleges. But that wasn’t her last first; in 2001, she left Smith to take the helm at Brown University, making history again by virtue of both her race and her gender — the first Black woman to lead an Ivy League institution, which she did until 2012. In 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust was named the first woman president of Harvard University, a post she held until 2018. As the youngest of 12 children, she had a comparatively easier time because she was the baby of the family.

Persons: Drew Gilpin, Ruth J, Simmons, —, Smith, Drew Gilpin Faust, She’s, ”, Read, “, ” Simmons Organizations: Seven, Brown University, Ivy League, M University, Harvard University, American Locations: Texas, East Texas

☆ Leaked photos show a Dollar General store with rat-chewed products, a dead rodent, and fecal matter covering the stockroom floor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Photos at a Dollar General store in Texas show evidence of a rat infestation. It's the latest Dollar General store to face problems with rodents — and resulting health hazards. Rat waste is seen on the floor of the stockroom at the Dollar General store in Texas. A worker said he found this dead rat at the Dollar General store in Texas. On Tiktok, Dollar General workers and customers have also complained about products contaminated by rodents.

Persons: Timothy Organizations: Service, Dollar, Cities Health District, Employees, US Food and Drug Administration, CNN, New York Daily News Locations: Texas, Wall, Silicon, East Texas, Hutto, Austin, Williamson County, Maryland, Massachusetts, Bessemer , Alabama, West Memphis , Arkansas, New York's Queens

☆ Multiple brides and grooms say they don't know how they'll get their outfits, or if they'll get their money back after a Texas-based formal wear chain abruptly closed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Al's Formal Wear's sudden closure left many brides and grooms in the lurch just before their weddings. —🚨 Rusty Surette 🚨 (@KBTXRusty) August 8, 2023Al's Formal Wear had 26 stores in Texas and had operated in the area for over 70 years. Other than Texas-based Al's Formal Wear, sister brands Tip Top Tux, Nedrebo's Formal Wear, Savvi Formal Wear, and American Commodore have also shut down, local news outlet Atlanta News First reported. Rival Atlanta-based formal wear chain Men's Wearhouse said in a statement on Wednesday that it would offer a $100 discount for customers with unfulfilled orders from any of Dapper & Dashing's subsidiaries. Dapper & Dashing and Al's Formal Wear did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: I've, Rusty Surette Organizations: Service, CBS, Microsoft, NBC, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, The Texas

☆ Bone dry on the range: Texas cattle ranchers battle drought, extreme heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Evan Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Cattle move throughout a pasture during a heat wave, on rancher David Henderson's ranch property, in Tennessee Colony, Texas, U.S. August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Evan GarciaTENNESSEE COLONY, Texas, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The brown and black cattle of Texas, beloved symbols of the Lone Star state, walk through desiccated grass and stand in shrunken watering holes while their ranchers struggle to get them enough food. Henderson, 62, manages a herd of about 150 cows in Tennessee Colony in East Texas, and said he sold roughly 30 cows in 2022 due to the drought. Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon predicts extreme heat spurred by global warming will become the norm. And that, in addition, means that the heat extremes will be that much hotter and that much more severe."

Persons: David Henderson's, Evan Garcia TENNESSEE, David Henderson, Henderson, John Nielsen, Gammon, Nielsen, Jimmy Reed, Reed, Corey Davis, Davis, Evan Garcia, Mary Milliken, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Lone Star, Texas Farm Bureau, Texas State, Tennessee Colony, Thomson Locations: Tennessee Colony , Texas, U.S, Texas, Tennessee Colony, East Texas, Tennessee

☆ Sheryl Sandberg and LeanIn.org launch Lean In Girls initiative: 'We're telling girls you can lead on your own terms'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Julia Boorstin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Sheryl Sandberg and her Lean In organization are rolling out a new program for girls ages 11-15, designed to encourage girls to set leadership goals, navigate risk, and identify and challenge bias. Sandberg says she was inspired to create this new initiative because the adult Lean In community is thriving, with 80,000 circles in 183 countries, growing faster than ever before. "Girls in high school are twice as likely as boys to think that having any leadership role will make them be called 'bossy.' "We really want girls to embrace and lean into their superpowers. We want girls to know that they're going to face stereotypes that there's going to be headwinds.

Persons: Sheryl Sandberg, Sandberg, –, Rachel Thomas, Latricia Barksdale, Mark, We've Organizations: CNBC, Public Charter Schools, Girls Inc, Girl Scouts of, Lean, VP, Meta, Hawaii — Locations: Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas, Hawaii, Airbnb

☆ Samsung sues Chinese rival over alleged patent violation on iPhone displays
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Hyunjoo Jin | Industry Insight | Corporate Attorneys Don T Want To Pay Law Firms For Chatgpt When They Could Use It Themselves | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Display has filed a lawsuit against BOE Technology (000725.SZ), accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five of its patents for displays used in mobile devices including Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone 12. Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), asked a federal jury in Texas to award damages for the infringement of patents regarding organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays supplied by BOE. Samsung also seeks an injunction from the court to halt the import and sale of the affected displays. Apple has been using OLED displays on some of its Apple Watch and iPhone models, including the latest iPhone 14. The OLED display market is dominated by Samsung Display, with BOE narrowing the gap, overtaking South Korea's LG Display (034220.KS) as the No.

Persons: BOE, Apple, OLED, Omdia, Choi Kwon, Hyunjoo Jin, Stephen Nellis, Matthew Lewis Organizations: FRANCISCO, Samsung, BOE Technology, Samsung Electronics, U.S, Apple, Apple Watch, South, LG, U.S . International Trade Commission, San, Thomson Locations: Texas, East Texas, South Korea, China, San Francisco

☆ A new Texas law will override mandated rest and water breaks for construction crews as extreme heat rises
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some construction crews in Texas are no longer guaranteed water breaks under a new law. Critics say the law will override the few protections that construction workers in Austin and Houston are guaranteed, including 10-minute breaks every four hours to drink water and rest in the shade. The agency in 2021 started collecting information to help inform a national heat standard for indoor and outdoor workers, but a final rule could be years away. Mahaleris said the law wouldn't prohibit people from taking water breaks. "Access to drinking water and bathrooms, taking breaks in the shade — and there's also an education component that's important."

Persons: Greg Abbott, Daniela Hernandez, Abbott, Andrew Mahaleris, Mahaleris, Hernandez, Lulu Flores, there's Organizations: Service, Central America, Workers Defense Project, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, Texans, Big, National Park Service, US Postal Service, Democrat, Austin, GOP Locations: Texas, Texas , Louisiana, Mexico, Central, Austin, Houston, Texas . Texas, California , Minnesota, Washington, North Texas, West Virginia, East Texas

☆ Tornado alley is widening, putting millions more people and properties at risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Diana Olick | In Dianaolick | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Much of that is because the season is starting earlier, and tornado alley is expanding due to a warmer climate. Tornadoes need four ingredients to form, explained Ashley: moisture, instability (which provides the energy necessary for the storms), wind shear and lift. When a powerful F-4 tornado plowed through Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in March, residents were largely unprepared. The only one that I can remember is 1971, and the tornado bypassed Rolling Fork. That's precisely why the widening of tornado alley is fast becoming a new focus for insurers.

Persons: Walker Scott Ashley, Ashley, Eldridge Walker, Walker, That's, John Dickson, Dickson, Eric Andersen, Aon Organizations: Climate Central, Northern Illinois University, Tornadoes, Global, U.S ., Farm, Allstate Locations: U.S, Northeast Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Fork , Mississippi, Rolling, Kansas, Mississippi, Aon, California

☆ U.S. Midwest grid operator flags urgent need for market reforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The reforms are needed "to maintain reliability and send the right pricing signals to the market," said Clair Moeller, president and CEO at Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO). For the zone which covers most of Louisiana and southeast Texas, the clearing prices for fall and winter were $59/MW-day and $19/MW-day, respectively. Market participants who postpone the retirement of resources and import additional capacity this year may not be able to repeat those measures in the future, said Moeller. "We continue to see uncertainty and volatility in the auction results year-over-year, and managing the system in real-time is becoming more challenging," Moeller added. Reporting by Deep Vakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ How a Texas farm girl went from intern to CEO of a logistics startup with $53 million in funding before the age of 40
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the path from unpaid intern to CEO, Heather Salomon-Hoover wrote four resignation letters. And after nearly 18 years at the Texas delivery firm uShip, Salomon-Hoover officially became CEO Thursday. She's held 11 different positions at the company before CEO, including chief operating officer and interim CEO. That's a long way from uShip, which specializes in moving bulky, oddly shaped goods across town or across the country. I'm a first-time CEO, first-time board member, and for that I'm constantly looking to grow my mentorship base," she said.

☆ Comstock Act: The 150-year-old chastity law that may be the next big fight over abortion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

“Comstock is really the backdoor way to remove access to abortion across the whole country,” said Greer Donley, a University of Pittsburgh Law School professor who specializes in abortion law. Severino argued that, at least when it comes to the Comstock Act’s prohibitions on mailing abortion pills, Congress is well within its powers to regulate those shipments. Several towns, some in New Mexico and elsewhere, have passed local ordinances that cite the Comstock Act and prohibit business within those jurisdictions from shipping or receiving items used for abortions in the mail, as covered by the Comstock Act. The lawsuits in New Mexico state court that those ordinances have prompted may provide for another opportunity for courts to elaborate on what the Comstock Act means. The Supreme Court, in the emergency order it issued last week, did not say anything about the Comstock Act.

April 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google LLC (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday convinced a U.S. appeals court to cancel three anti-malware patents at the heart of a Texas jury's $20 million infringement verdict against the company. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said that Alfonso Cioffi and Allen Rozman's patents were invalid because they contained inventions that were not included in an earlier version of the patent. But the Federal Circuit said Tuesday that all of the patents were invalid. The appeals court said the new patents outlined technology specific to web browsers that the first patent did not mention. The case is Cioffi v. Google LLC, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No.

☆ What Are People Even Doing All Day?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Malia Wollan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

For Laroi, there is no clearly defined day or night. Sometimes he drives all night and sleeps all day; sometimes he sleeps all day and drives all night. One day a week, Sophie works late so she can meet with far-flung colleagues in real time. Now she has enough energy left at the end of the day to go grocery shopping and cook dinner. The time markers reflect the time of day when participants told an interviewer they would normally be doing the activity shown.

☆ Death toll from US storms rises to 29
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 2 (Reuters) - The death toll from a violent storm that whipped up tornadoes in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the United States rose to at least 29 over the weekend, according to officials and media reports. In Memphis, Tennessee, two children and an adult were found dead on Saturday after the storm's heavy winds knocked trees onto several houses, according to the Memphis Police Department. In Tennessee's McNairy County, officials reported that an additional two people had died, having reported seven deaths earlier on Saturday, according to local media. U.S. President Joe Biden declared a "major disaster" in Arkansas on Sunday, ordering federal aid to help with the recovery. loadingSimilarly severe weather, including thunderstorms, was forecast for Tuesday in much of the Midwest between Chicago and Little Rock, Arkansas, the center said.

March 31 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Friday convinced a U.S. appeals court to throw out a $502 million verdict for patent licensing company VirnetX Inc (VHC.N) in a long-running fight over internet privacy technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the verdict could not stand after the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board canceled the virtual private network (VPN) patents VirnetX accused Apple of infringing. The ruling follows the Federal Circuit's Thursday decision to affirm a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal's finding that the patents were invalid. Apple and VirnetX did not immediately respond to requests for comment. An East Texas jury awarded VirnetX $502 million in 2020 after finding Apple infringed the patents at issue in the Federal Circuit cases.

March 30 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) convinced a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to uphold a patent tribunal's ruling that could imperil a $502 million verdict for patent licensing company VirnetX Inc in the companies' long-running fight over privacy-software technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that invalidated the two patents VirnetX had accused Apple of infringing. An East Texas jury awarded VirnetX $502 million in 2020 after deciding that Apple infringed the virtual private network (VPN) patents at issue in Thursday's decision. Apple has separately appealed the verdict itself, but the Federal Circuit has yet to rule in that case. "If the court upholds the [USPTO's] decision, we have a big problem," VirnetX attorney Jeff Lamken of MoloLamken said at the September hearing.

☆ Chesapeake Energy to reduce drilling amid natgas price slump
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Liz Hampton | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.O) on Wednesday said it would pull back on drilling and completing wells this year as natural gas prices have crashed to a quarter of what they were last summer. Earlier this month, Comstock Resources Inc (CRK.N) said it would cut drilling rigs to seven from nine this year. Henry Hub natural gas futures on Wednesday briefly dipped below $2 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for the first time since September 2020, and were down from last year's $8 peak. Chesapeake, which previously announced plans to sell its oil position to focus on gas production, on Tuesday said it would sell oil assets in South Texas to chemical maker INEOS for $1.4 billion. Rival shale oil producer Diamondback Energy (FANG.O) on Wednesday said it was increasing its non-core asset sale target to at least $1 billion by the end of this year, up from $500 million previously.

☆ New Mexico asks court to overturn cities' abortion bans
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Andrew Hay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The move comes after the New Mexico cities of Hobbs, Clovis and two surrounding counties bordering Texas passed ordinances in recent months to restrict abortion clinics and access to abortion pills. New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez filed an extraordinary writ in New Mexico Supreme Court to block the ordinances which he said were based on flawed interpretations of 19th century federal regulations on abortion medication. Right-to-life activists said the regulations remained valid under federal law and vowed to work on bringing such ordinances to more cities in New Mexico, the only state bordering Texas where abortion remains legal. New Mexico's largest cities of Las Cruces and Albuquerque have become regional destinations for women seeking abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court in June ended the nationwide constitutional right to the procedure. In direct response, New Mexico Democrats have drafted legislation to prevent cities from overriding state laws guaranteeing womens' rights to reproductive healthcare.

Jan 24 (Reuters) - At least one chemical plant and an oil refinery were scrambling to recover from operational upsets on Tuesday after severe weather tore through an oil and gas refining hub outside Houston. Shell (SHEL.L) said it was experiencing an incident at its Deer Park chemicals facility following severe weather, according to a company tweet. Petroleos Mexicanos also reported operational upsets due to weather at its neighboring oil refinery, according to a company alert. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the Houston area on Tuesday afternoon. Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said operations at its Baytown, Texas, plant were stable following the severe weather, with no injuries reported.

Companies Apple Inc FollowJan 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday affirmed a decision to throw out a $308.5 million jury verdict against Apple Inc (AAPL.O) for allegedly infringing a patent related to digital rights management. PMC, a patent licensing company, first sued Apple for infringing several patents in 2015. He said PMC's patent was unenforceable because the company had used a "deliberate strategy of delay" in applying for the patent, representing a "conscious and egregious misuse of the statutory patent system." The Federal Circuit affirmed Gilstrap in a 2-1 ruling, finding that PMC's "inequitable scheme to extend its patent rights" had prejudiced Apple. Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington Editing by David Bario and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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