The Supreme Court issued a very important ruling on generic trademarks earlier this summer. United States PTO v. Booking.com B.V., 140 S. Ct. 2298 (June 30, 2020).

This post concludes our discussion on this topic.

My favorite example is the story of why human-resource people decided that they should discourage people from “using knowledge in the workplace.” Huh? I really did not understand this idea at first.

Since it’s been a while, let’s review once again and compare in more detail the differences between correctly performed manual torch brazing and a typical braze-welding process. You might even need to go back and review earlier posts.

Debbie Aliya's series on critical thinking continues.

We continue to review some of the most important materials in heat treatment and metallurgy.  

In the last post (part 2), I discussed my definition of critical thinking. Critical thinking is only one skill set in the “took kit of thinking” that I have developed over the last 25 years. In order of our natural tendencies, I usually list the six basic thinking types as follows.

The Supreme Court held in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Techs, Docket No. 18–916 (April 20, 2020), that a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) to institute an inter partes review proceeding is not reviewable in court.

David Pye's blog series on hardness testing continues ... and concludes with part 11.

David Pye's series on hardness testing continues with part 10.