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China Service Industries Grow at Faster Pace as Economy Rebounds
China's services industries expanded at the fastest pace in four months, adding to manufacturing gains that may help sustain an economic rebound this year.
The non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index was at 56.1 in December after a 55.6 reading the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing said in Beijing today. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
The report highlights the importance of industries including retail and lodging as the Communist Party's new leadership headed by Xi Jinping seek to boost domestic demand and consumption to make expansion more sustainable in the world's second-largest economy. China's exports rose less than forecast in November from a year earlier.
"The Chinese economy and its asset markets will remain in a sweet spot in the first half of 2013," Lu Ting, chief Greater China economist at Bank of America Corp. in Hong Kong, said before the data. "The Chinese government will continue its pro- growth policy stance at the moment to withstand weak external demand."
A separate services index will be released tomorrow by HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) and Markit Economics.
China's official manufacturing PMI was 50.6 in December, the third month of expansion and equal to November's level. The final reading of a manufacturing PMI released by HSBC and Markit was 51.5, the highest in 19 months.
The nation's economic growth probably accelerated to 7.8 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, up from a three-year low of 7.4 percent in the previous period, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 34 analysts. The government will release its report Jan. 18.
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In this pretty little village on a rocky outcrop on the Costa Verde, typical Asturian drying sheds known as "hórreos" stand alongside villas. At the end of a vast bay, there is a cluster of beaches separated by rocks, one of which forms the islet which gave the town its name.
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DNA collection, usually done with a cotton swab, could be added to Pennsylvania's booking process for individuals charged with felonies and certain misdemeanors.
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Collecting DNA from people who are arrested may seem like a panacea for crime. Police can build and tap into an expanding database to find out if a person has committed a previous offense, which he has eluded, and increase conviction rates. But Pennsylvania State Police say such a proposal would increase the state's DNA lab's caseload nearly five times over. And then there are the groups who say pre-conviction DNA collection could violate people's Fourth Amendment rights. The state House this fall could take up a Senate Bill 775 that would require DNA samples from individuals upon arrest for certain crimes. The bill is tentatively scheduled for a hearing on Sept. 25, according to House …
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In addition to serving as San Francisco's butcher-in-residence -- dismembering carcasses at half the city's splashy meat-themed galas and supplying countless restaurants with his high-quality products -- Ryan Farr runs a food stand at the Ferry Building Farmers' Market twice a week. Among other preparations, he sells a stellar burger, uncured hot dogs, and chicharrones (fried pork skins).
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Flosstradamus is a Chicago DJ Duo consisting of J2K (Josh Young) and DJ Autobot (Curt Cameruci). They gained popularity building mashups out of well known songs, while maintaining a consistent dance flow, making them dance hall masters and quick local favorites. But they don't start nor do they stop with the mashup. They are cunning tricksters of the booty shake, playing whatever will make people get off the seat and step to the beat.
After frothing local enthusiasm like a Starbucks barrista, they started touring and have played Pitchfork, Rothbury, SXSW, and even the hallowed recesses of Philly's B clubs.
After making URB's "Next 100" list they took off like one of those 2-liter bottle rockets, building a larger audience and booking more shows. About this time, J2K's sister, Kid Sister (ironic name, eh?) started making it big (this was just before Kanye spit a few lines on one of her tracks, making her well known).
They've played with Chromeo, Cool Kids, and A-Trak as well as a lot of other, lesser-well-knowns but equally talented folk.
After mixing for years, in 2008 Big Bills came out, marking the first home-brewed production for the Floss. The polished and happy-beated dance song features Caroline Polachek and has fans repeating it like a romantic repeats a Jane Austen movie (ie. till your roommate deletes the MP3).
Riff Raff is a rapper who got his start on MTV's From G's To Gents, ranked #1 sleep walking booty grabber in Sweden, Grammy Award Winning Gynecologist, House Party Expert, has a $3 million deal with Diplo. Shout out to Marc Jacobs. Riff Raff is currently signed with Diplo's Mad Decent.
Citing names as varied as Theo Parrish, Dorothy Ashby and Stravinsky as major influences on his work, it is not hard to see that Floating Points (Samuel T. Shepherd) has musical knowledge way beyond his (25) years, and having been an accomplished pianist since the age of 16 - he is a true musician. The variety in influences is mirrored in the diversity of his productions - one week it's broken, the next a string quartet and sometimes just straight up gritty beats. Whatever the genre, the Floating Points 'sound' shines brightly from within, projecting an individual range and texture of soulful sounds that will remain forever fresh!
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Collars are a visual symbol of submission and control, and are often worn in the bedroom (or fetish club!) by submissive partners to indicate their position. Collars can also be pratical, often with hardwear to allow leads and other restraints to be attached to them.
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The Quarter Cent Transportation Infrastructure Tax will enhance the current street maintenance program. The Tax will also allow for street rehabilitation and completion of missing critical links in our existing road network. It is vital we protect the investment the city and taxpayers have made to date in our built community. If we fail to address these needs we only compound the problem and degrade our quality of life. As we address these issues we will also create a high quality, interconnected transit, bike and trails system to serve us effectively in the 21st Century.
The goal is to create an integrated transportation system that will improve air quality, reduce congestion, and maximize the ability of all our citizens to move about our community in a safe, efficient and cost effective way. Therefore, we must enhance our transit system to make it more reliable and provide a greater level of service during the mid-day, evening hours and on weekends. Ultimately our long range goal is a state-of-the-art mass transit system that serves the region.
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Religion In America Today From A Secularist Perspective
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SuzyClarkston, MIGreat Product For Fine HairI have baby fine hair and I am always looking for something to help it feel and look thicker. This product is great and it makes my hair smell good too!posted Jan 23, 2008Link to this post
RachelHouston's Humidity, TEXAS!HairCurly HairHehehee I Just Bought 5 Bottles!Talk about product fiend! I was enraged when I went to the store and couldnt find my beloved John Freida Beach Blond, but I have a feeling this is the only product out there that will come close to my first love. I have been searching for a while now and trying to compare everything to John Frieda and this is what popped up. I have horribly thick and curly hair which in Houstons humidity, is not good! This does just the trick of calming it down and both products mentioned smell great!posted Dec 17, 2007Link to this post
KarenNew YorkBody: Yes - Waves: NoI have pretty straight just below the shoulder length hair - it is fine but as Ive been told by many stylists: I have A LOT of it.That being said: this did not give me any kind of wave to speak of what it did do is give my hair a LOT of body but it wasnt really a smooth fullness: I had a lot of flyaways and a slight frizz - maybe I will try it with some kind of smoother and see what happens . . .I never had the opportunity to use the John Freida brand or any other type of sea salt spray to compare this to.posted Dec 6, 2007Link to this post
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Houston– We have landed.
We were in Houston Texas this past January to exhibit at our first ever Carpet One Winter Convention as a core supplier. I have to tell you, we had a blast. It was great to see dealers seeking new products, ordering displays and buying pallets of flooring. You could easily
(Re)Thinking Trade Shows
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Suns Strokes: Offense powers Phoenix to fourth straight win
Originally published: Dec 19, 2012 - 10:32 pm
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won't tell you everything that happened in a basketball game. So, we will give you Suns Strokes, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Suns' 121-104 win over the Bobcats on December 19.
The Good:
The Suns extend their season-best winning streak to four games -- matching their longest winning streak from all of last season -- posting season-highs in points (121) and 3-pointers made (17). Former Charlotte Bobcat Shannon Brown hit five three-point shots, including four in the third quarter when he scored 18 of his season-high 26 points. Combining his efforts from Monday, Brown has scored 32 points in his last two third quarters.
The Bad:
Alvin Gentry called three fourth quarter timeouts, including two in the first 1:53, as the Bobcats went on a 19-5 run to trim what was a 29-point Suns lead down to 15.
He Said It
"They're a tough team. They never quit," Goran Dragic, who finished with 21 points and 11 assists,said of the Bobcats. "We fell asleep for just a moment and they make a run. Then Alvin put back the starters and we tried to finish the job."
� Suns improved to 4-1 on their season-long five-game homestand
� Suns have won three straight games by double figures for the first time since February 7-11, 2011
� Suns have scored 100 or more points in consecutive regulation games for the first time since November 7-9
� Jared Dudley recorded a 20-point game for a career-high third consecutive night. "(I) got a Kobe-streak going," he said following the game.
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The Suns (11-15) visit Portland on Saturday, December 22.
- Jared Dudley, Suns forward - Tuesday June 18Jared Dudley joins Doug and Wolf to talk NBA Finals.
- Jared Dudley, Suns' Forward - Tuesday June 11JD gives us his player's perspective on the NBA Finals.
- Brian Windhorst, NBA ESPN.com Writer - Friday June 7Brian Windhorst talks about Game 1 of the NBA Finals and what to expect from the rest of the series.
- Suns GM Ryan McDonough - Friday June 7The Suns GM talks about prospects Ben McLemore of Kansas and Victor Oladipo of Indiana.
- Eddie Johnson, Suns' TV Analyst - Thursday June 6EJ previews game 1 of the NBA Finals. Plus, what are his thoughts on George Karl's firing?


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Wade Guyton OS At The Whitney Museum of American Art - A video look at the "mid-career" exhibition of Wade Guyton. I'm incredibly picky in regards to 'art commentary' so feel free to turn the sound down, however the the video is nicely shot and expertly shows the methods, hand, or lack of hand, of the artist.
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Why shape and behavior are among the best field marks for Spotted Sandpiper
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Among our sandpipers, the "Spotty" is uniquely widespread. It nests over two-thirds of North America and winters commonly in the southern tier. Between those areas, any tiny pond or creek or breakwater is a likely stopover site.
Somewhat territorial all year, it never gathers in dense flocks like some of its relatives. We'll never see thousands of Spotted Sandpipers in a day, but we'll almost always see a few, bobbing along jauntily in places where no other sandpipers occur.
The spots on a Spotted Sandpiper in breeding plumage, from mid-spring to late summer, make it instantly recognizable. The rest of the time, nearly two-thirds of the year, its identification rests on subtle points. As with all sandpipers, shape and behavior are among the best field marks. A low-slung sandpiper, the Spotted has an elongated body but short legs; a tail that extends beyond the tips of its folded wings; a fairly short neck and small, rounded head; and a bill that is straight, slightly stout at the base, and blunt at the tip.
Just as distinctive as its shape is its behavior. The Spotted Sandpiper generally forages alone, and it flies with rapid, stiff, shallow wingbeats, often low over the water. When standing, it bobs the rear part of its body up and down almost constantly. This teetering in itself would be practically enough to identify it. Along the Pacific Coast, however, the Wandering Tattler has similar body actions, and its winter plumage is similar as well, so it requires a second look.
In addition, sandpipers of the genus
such as the yellowlegs, often bob their heads and foreparts, especially when excited. Our smallest
the Solitary Sandpiper, is close to the size of Spotted Sandpiper and often confused with it. A second look at behavior should clear this up, since the Spotted holds its head more or less stationary while bobbing its hindquarters, while the Solitary bobs its head most vigorously.
One of the best plumage points for the winter Spotted Sandpiper is the white mark that notches up onto the shoulder. A narrow white wedge before the bend of the wing, it contrasts with the smooth brown wash at the sides of the chest. Be aware, though, that the white mark may disappear temporarily depending on the position of the wings and arrangement of the feathers.
One final tricky note is that the Spotted has a close relative, Common Sandpiper, common in the Old World and straying into western Alaska. It is extremely similar to Spotted Sandpiper in behavior and patterned very much like it but without the spots. At a glance it seems identical, but with a closer look it shows a longer tail, usually a duller bill and legs, and a wider white wing-stripe in flight. It gives us one more reason to study the Spotty at every opportunity, so we'll know the Common Sandpiper if we happen to see one.
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For a sandpiper, relatively short-legged, long-tailed, round-headed, and straight-billed.
Face pattern.
Pale brown face with darker eye-line and crown. Narrow, broken, white eye-ring.
In non-breeding plumages, a pale brown patch at side of chest sets off a conspicuous white mark in front of wing.
In non-breeding plumage, back and scapulars relatively plain warm brown, wing coverts with some barring (more obvious on juveniles).
Posture and behavior.
Usually fairly horizontal stance, with almost constant up-and-down bobbing of the hindquarters.
Teetering types
Among birds that walk along the water's edge, several bob their tails or "teeter" their hindquarters in a constant and conspicuous way. They include not only the sandpipers mentioned here but also birds such as waterthrushes, Palm Warbler, and American Pipit. It's hard to see the advantage of the behavior, since it makes the birds more conspicuous and presumably more vulnerable to predators. Scientists have suggested that the action evolved as a way of signaling to other members of the same species, especially close to rushing water, where sound might not carry. For solitary birds like Spotted Sandpipers and waterthrushes, silent signaling might help to avoid conflict by keeping individuals well spaced out.
Role reversal
Because male and female Spotted Sandpipers are so similar, it was not until about 1970 that researchers discovered their roles in raising young. Females are dominant, and one female may have up to four mates, laying a clutch of eggs to be incubated primarily by each of her "husbands." In some situations, females have only one mate, but even then the male does a major part of the incubation and caring for the young. This kind of role reversal has long been recognized in phalaropes. The Spotted is an extreme case among typical sandpipers, but there are several others in which the males do most of the tending of the young.
Kenn Kaufman is the author of the Kaufman Guide to Birds of North America and other books about birds.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Path of the Buttercup
I've decided to take some extra rest this weekend – Saturday and Sunday. I'm feeling burnt out from the week – between the Level 1 Cert, a late night with CF Radio, a late night with Thursday's training and a few new workouts, my body is one giant neon sign flashing, "SIT THE F*@# DOWN".
The subject of rest, recovery, overtraining and injury are hot topics on the CrossFit Boards. There are entire sections devoted to these subjects, and the debate between "should I rest or push through it?" is never ending. The Girl Power thread recently entertained this discussion, but from an interesting perspective. Emily Maissanes from Alexandria, VA wrote, "It always seems to me that pain and discomfort are inevitably handled the wrong way by most people. Either you are like most of "us", and you're really tempted to train through it, and some make the mistake of doing it. The (other) kind of people…are the kind that use pain or discomfort as an excuse to give up the program all together. So why is it that we all deal with discomfort in the wrong way? Those that NEED rest are tempted not to take it (while others) use it as an excuse to throw their hands in the air and give up."
What Emily was proposing is that both groups – the CrossFit population and less committed non-athletes – handle overtraining in the opposite fashion. "We" push through the pain, even when severe, while "they" choose to bail under only mild duress. From this, it sounds as though the motivation for both sets of actions – pushing through and bailing - are polar opposites. Upon thinking about it further, however, I propose that both groups are, in fact, doing the same damn thing.
People naturally choose the path of least resistance. For the non-athlete, a little bit of pain (usually in the form of delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS) is an easy excuse to abandon their program altogether. For those who aren't committed, aren't motivated, aren't excited about hitting the gym, skipping their workout (or a week of workouts) requires the least amount of effort, and is quickly justified to themselves and others. "Better safe than sorry" is far easier to tell yourself than, "Suck it up, buttercup", despite the fact that moving around is often helpful for general muscle soreness.
As a CrossFitter, however, I know the difference between DOMS and overtraining, being beat up and being injured. Where I go wrong is ignoring that difference, and continuing to train through more serious conditions. See, MY path of least resistance is for me to ignore the pain, weakness or illness and simply push through it. That path is easy for two reasons.
First, by pushing on (even when I know I shouldn't), I can then maintain my Training Plan. The alternative is to take an unscheduled rest day, and deal with the consequences of having to abandon The Plan. So I will ignore pain in my shoulder if it's bench press and pull-up day, because, well... it's BENCH PRESS and PULL-UP DAY. And if I miss that, then when am I going to make up that workout? Because I can't skip deadlift day. Or squat day. Or met-con day. I guess I could do two workouts on Saturday, but even I know that doesn't sound very Smart. But if I miss pull-up day, then there is no way I'll hit ten dead hangs by the time I visit CrossFit Brooklyn, and that CANNOT happen. So given all of these competing, confusing, seemingly unsolvable issues… it is easier just to stick to The Plan and train through the pain.
Just as significant is the fact that unplanned rest can be even more mentally taxing than your physical training. Spontaneous and unwelcome days off can wreak havoc on a CrossFitter's constitution. As Laura Kurth from Boston, MA, puts it, "Often (extra rest) can far surpass actual physical discomfort or pain. I know I need to rest, but my brain says - you are a wuss, you should just suck it up and do the WOD, all the cool kids are doing it". Amen, sister. Successfully making it through an unplanned rest day is, for me, an exercise in mental discipline. I feel weak, lazy, chubby, slow. I feel like a quitter, a slacker... worse, I feel like a PRINCESS. And that little voice inside my head can be pretty persistent… which makes it even easier to just say, "Screw it, I'm going to the gym anyway".
But look... that course of action is no different than the other side of the coin, where the non-athlete would abandon the entire week's efforts because of one day of discomfort. Where the "difference" is often erroneously perceived is that to others, it appears as though I am so dedicated that I can will myself to train through anything. But pretending an injury or illness doesn't exist is taking the lazy way out... no different than giving up entirely.
Recovery is an active process, and requires serious effort. I have to devote time and energy to my recovery – I have to get enough sleep, eat enough quality food, drink enough water, stretch and care for my muscles. I can't just sit back and expect it to happen all by itself - yet that is what I am trying to do, every time I decide to blindly follow my Plan despite being overtrained, ill or injured. So the next time you're thinking about taking the lazy way out, remember this - your recovery deserves just as much attention as your physical training, and demands just as much mental discipline. Which means that, "Suck it up, buttercup" may just need to be the mantra for your next REST day, too.
For a great read on rest and recovery, hit the Again Faster archives.
15 comments:
- Defy Limitations! said...
Thank you for once again so eloquently stating what I've had trouble trying to communicate. I have a few people I'm gonna forward this on to!
- February 14, 2009 at 8:21 AM
- Jonathan said...
Do you realise that you included only one use of 'the f word' and that you censored even that?
You've changed, Ms Byers, you've changed. - February 14, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- Kevin Daigle said...
I've been following the girl power thread, I don't say anything though. Mainly because I'm 1) Banned (haha) and 2) A dude. Great stuff in there though, and I caught that little exchange yesterday.
I suffer from that as well, I'm sure we all do. I do make an active attempt to NEVER miss a rest day. Thats good advice, just as it is not to miss training days. After all, you only get stronger/fitter while you're resting.
I see both sides of the coin too, I tend to be the "Eh....its only a shoulder....I can do grace" guy. While my "training" partner will find any excuse to bail. Sometimes not even an excuse, just doesn't show and makes something up later haha.
Excellent topical post Melissa, and yes bring back the F-bomb :) - February 14, 2009 at 9:46 AM
- Staci said...
Amazing that the concept of rest is so difficult for us. I can't decide what is worse, though - resting because it's on the schedule so you HAVE to rest, or resting because you know that you're on the verge of over training. Either way, I always wish I weren't resting :)
- February 14, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Jay Ashman said...
this is a good blog. It makes sense what you said about being two different things, but being almost the same as far as a mental approach.
I know, for me, if I get hurt I have always tried to push through it. When I had elbow tendinitis from BJJ I didn't rest in the gym, and made my rehab take way longer than it should've.
Once again, great blog. - February 14, 2009 at 10:25 AM
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- February 14, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- Adam Drake said...
I'm taking both days off this weekend, so I feel your pain. Rest days are something I've always struggled with because, like you said, it's easier for me to go through a WOD feeling run down than it is for me to sit around and rest.
I do SOMETHING every day, even on rest days. I might go for a walk, stretch, whatever. Just something to move around.
Good luck to us on taking our recovery days as seriously as our training days :) - February 14, 2009 at 5:03 PM
- Jason M Struck, RKC said...
i have no problem resting
- February 15, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Nice post, MB! As the Queen of Life's-Too-Short-For-Rest-Days, I've been forced to rest now for five, count'em, days due to back pain. I'm learning through my mistakes and realizing, in hindsight, the importance of not over-training and over-reaching.
- February 15, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Gant Grimes said...
>>Recovery is an active process, and requires serious effort.
I'm so proud of you for finally saying this.
Funny that I'm posting right after Christin, as y'all have been the over-training...ok, under-resting twins up to this point.
I'm not going to change any minds, but here are three points for your consideration:
1) Over-training belongs in your CrossFit Enough? post. It is not a sign of toughness, and it is not helpful. That's the nicest thing I can say about it. Sometimes a training day needs to turn into an active recovery day, e.g. scaled CF warmup, extra stretching, contrast shower, and go home.
Read K-Star's "check the box."
2) Unplanned rest days are outstanding. If you truly are CFing "for your life," then consider these "constantly varied." Do a 5/2. Do a 3/1/2. Or a 4/3. Whatever.
3) Recovery is a trainable attribute. You should take as much pride in your ability to recover as you do your ability to do a metcon.
Or maybe I'm just lazy. I rest more than anybody that reads this thing. - February 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Jenn said...
Gant, I might give you a run for your money on rest days. I like 'em.
I also count watching my kids play sports as "active rest." - February 16, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- Gant Grimes said...
I'll see your extra rest days and raise you excessive portions of fatty meats, cinnamon muffins, and dark beer. Extra rest days mitigate joint pain, adrenal fatigue, and the general malaise that comes from excessive metcon.
Keeping up with the kids is great active recovery and is part of a good active lifestyle (constantly varied, random, blah blah blah whatever). - February 16, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- Melicious said...
In a blog packed with great posts, this one is a stand-out winner. Man! What's worse on the old self-esteem than an unplanned rest day?!
One of my on-going goals is to mentally cheer just as hard for a good, solid day of rest as I do for a workout that makes me proud. But damn, it's hard to shut up that little voice.
Thanks for writing this post so I can come back and look at it when I'm being a ding-doing. - February 17, 2009 at 8:16 AM
- CPT Eddie said...
Great post. Something I needed to hear. Hope you don't mind that I linked it from my page.
- February 17, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- Evelyn said...
Thanks for the reminder about rest. When your body says, "I'm done dammit!" you better listen.
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In the smart device patent war, all eyes are on Apple's San Jose federal court trial against Samsung, in which Samsung's lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have given courtroom observers lots of opportunity for second-guessing. But another team of Quinn Emanuel lawyers, this one representing Motorola, on Friday received a summary judgment loss from U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison, Wisconsin, that could be as important for Apple as the outcome in San Jose.
The Wisconsin litigation grew out of a patent infringement suit Motorola filed against Apple at the U.S. International Trade Commission in October 2010. Apple responded with antitrust, unfair competition and breach of contract counterclaims, asserting that Motorola was abusing its power as the owner of patents adopted by standard-setting bodies, which are supposed to be licensed on fair and reasonable terms. Apple's counterclaims at the ITC were removed to Crabb's federal courtroom in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin counterclaims, as Crabb's decision recounted, are just one strand in the web of litigation between Apple and Motorola (and, by extension, Google). Apple's allegations, however, go to the core of the smart device IP war. As I've previously explained, both Apple and Microsoft claim that Motorola was obliged to license standard-essential patents under its agreements with the international organizations that determine common technological standards. Motorola, they argue, shouldn't be permitted to sue them for infringing these standard-essential patents but should instead be compelled to license its essential technology on reasonable terms. The same theory underlies the European Union's reported antitrust investigation of Motorola.
Microsoft has already won crucial support for its theory that Motorola breached commitments to license its technology from U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle. In a ruling in June, Robart held that Motorola's agreements with the standard-setting bodies require it to license its IP to third parties, including Microsoft. (Robart stopped short of granting Microsoft summary judgment on its claim that Motorola's $4.5 billion licensing offer was unreasonable because he said he didn't have enough information to decide.)
In Friday's decision, Crabb agreed with Robart on the hugely important contractual point. She ruled that Motorola's agreements with the standard-setting bodies are contracts and that Apple is a third-party beneficiary of those agreements. Crabb rejected Motorola's arguments that its agreements didn't constitute contracts because neither the standard-setting bodies nor third parties have the power to enforce Motorola's promises. She said the agreements, on their face, require Motorola to license its technology on reasonable, non-discriminatory terms.
The judge did not decide whether Motorola breached its contracts, writing that Apple must still prove (among other things) that Motorola's opening offer to license its tech to Apple at a 2.25 percent royalty rate was discriminatory and unreasonable. She also granted Motorola summary judgment on Apple's antitrust and unfair competition claims, finding that because they were filed as counterclaims to Motorola's ITC suit, they're barred by the Noerr-Pennington doctrine. (In case you've forgotten, Noerr-Pennington holds that defendants who "petition the government" to seek redress are immune from antitrust claims based on that petition; a patent infringement suit counts as a petition for redress.)
But according to a leading authority on standard-setting patents, Jorge Contreras of American University's Washington College of Law, what's significant is the one-two punch of Robart's and Crabb's rulings that Microsoft and Apple are third-party beneficiaries of Motorola's commitments to the standard-setting bodies. "To say that Apple can enforce these agreements makes the whole world a third party," Contreras said. "It's twisting around traditional contract law."
Contreras said he's not arguing that Motorola should be off the hook if it refused to license standard-essential patents on fair terms, but he's concerned that in searching for a way to hold Motorola responsible -- and to counter Motorola's infringement claims -- lawyers for Microsoft and Apple devised a "strained" theory of Motorola's contract obligations. The endorsement of that theory by judges Robart and Crabb could have unintended consequences for standard-setting bodies, he said, which could affect developing technology. (Contreras argues for a sort of capped royalty system, in which the license fee for essential technology is divided among those who contributed standard-essential patents, but that spins us into the realm of theory.)
I left word for media contacts at Motorola and Apple -- which was represented by Covington & Burling; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; and Tensegrity Law Group -- but didn't hear back.
(This post has been corrected. A previous version misspelled Judge Crabb's name.)
(Reporting by Alison Frankel)
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"Contreras said … he's concerned that …lawyers for Microsoft and Apple devised a "strained" theory of Motorola's contract obligations." Looks to me that FRAND commitments originated out of backlash to 1990's-era oligopoly protection by Motorola. Certainly in my non-technical sense, standards-setting-organizations made and continue to make commitments on its members' behalf, on the assumption that good-faith negotiations would ensue under the umbrella that was more explicit than obtained when Moto blocked would-be competitors by exploiting a loophole in the then-standing rules. If the SSO beliefs were found untrue, negating all such FRAND commitments, as Prof Contreras seemingly advocates, would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater, undermining all the good-faith contracts. These decisions may indeed extend the notion of standard contracts, but standards-essential, FRAND obligations were never standard contracts in the first place, nor could they have been.
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