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MADRID (AP) — Getafe scored twice in three minutes midway through the second half to beat struggling Valladolid 2-0 and record only its second win in La Liga on Friday. The victory ended Getafe’s five-game winless run and lifted it into 15th place in the 20-team standings. Valladolid remained second to last. In the buildup to the match, Getafe sporting director Rubén Reyes described the game as a final but his team was lucky not to go behind as Valladolid created more of the early chances. However, the home side took control in the 69th minute when substitute Álvaro Rodríguez got the opener. Three minutes later, man of the match Allan Nyom made it 2-0. “There’s been a lot of games where we’ve run and fought but lost or drawn,” Nyom, the veteran Cameroon full back, said. “A game that reflects the effort we’ve put in in training is very welcome.” Adding to Valladolid’s woes, coach Paulo Pezzolano was sent off before halftime. The Uruguayan has the league’s worst disciplinary record, with seven yellow cards before Friday’s red. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerEnzo Maresca has called for Noni Madueke to be 'much, much, much better' despite his starring role in Chelsea's latest win. The winger scored and provided an assisted in a 5-1 victory away to Southampton on Wednesday night. However, his work-ethic was questioned by the Blues boss after the match. Madueke teed up Christopher Nkunku to re-establish the visitors' lead after Joe Aribo cancelled out Axel Disasi's opener. The England international then added a goal of his own to double their lead before half time. He was hauled off in the 72nd minute, though, before Cole Palmer and his replacement Jadon Sancho added further gloss to the scoreline. Maresca was not entirely satisfied with the 22-year-old's performance. Speaking after the win, the Italian explained: "Noni can do much more. When he scores and assists and is happy, he starts to drop a little bit. "The reason he was not playing is because of the way he was training. "When he scores one, he needs to keep trying to score and assist. Noni needs to understand he has to work more and he can be much, much, much better." Madueke's exploits at St. Mary's have taken his tally for the season to five goals and two assists in 13 Premier League appearances. It comes after he also turned provider in the win over Aston Villa on Sunday. Following a second victory in four days, Madueke told talkSPORT's Ian Abrahams: "I could have scored a hat-trick today, quite easily. "But a goal and an assist is okay, I'll take that. I'll go into the next game and try and help my team." As for playing under Maresca, he added: "He's been great for me. "Not just in terms of the things I like to do, in quotation marks, score goals and beat players, but even in the less pretty parts of football, the defensive part, being reliable. "He's helped me a lot with that, so yes, credit to him." Wednesday's win saw Maresca's side cut the gap to leaders Liverpool down to seven points after the Reds were held to a 3-3 draw at Newcastle. Meanwhile, they could reduce the deficit even further on Sunday afternoon. The Blues visit Tottenham in a London derby before travelling to Kazakhstan to take on Astana in the Europa Conference League in midweek.Bamboo Technology's HereHear Virtual AI Therapist Joins Berkeley Skydeck IPP Program

SHENZHEN, China , Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 26, 2024 , Access Advance LLC ("AA") and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited ("TCL" or "Client") announced that TCL had officially joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool as a licensee. PurpleVine IP Group ("PurpleVine") played a pivotal role in this achievement, providing full-spectrum services, including strategic planning, global litigation management, and licensing negotiation support. PurpleVine's efforts were instrumental in helping TCL finalize agreements with AA and multiple HEVC Advance licensors, resolving years of complex global litigation over HEVC standard-essential patents("SEPs"). Since 2021, leading HEVC Advance licensors - including Dolby, GEVC, Philips, Mitsubishi Electric, JVCKENWOOD, NEC, ETRI, and IP Bridge - have filed dozens of infringement lawsuits and sought injunctions against TCL across jurisdictions such as Germany , the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Europe , and Brazil . PurpleVine provided TCL with a comprehensive defense strategy tailored to each jurisdiction. Working closely with local counsel, the PurpleVine team devised FRAND-compliant arguments, non-infringement defenses, and patent invalidation strategies that not only neutralized injunction threats but also achieved an outstanding success rate of over 90% in invalidating asserted patents during first-instance rulings. PurpleVine also spearheaded counteractions against AA and HEVC Advance licensors in multiple jurisdictions, including China , Brazil , and Germany . Notably, PurpleVine assisted TCL in filing two landmark cases in Chinese courts - one challenging SEP licensing rates and another alleging abuse of market dominance. These cases were the first in the world where courts asserted jurisdiction over SEP pool licensing rates and alleged monopolistic practices, setting a groundbreaking legal precedent. Daniel Fu , General Counsel of TCL, stated, "We are pleased to have signed a license with Access Advance's HEVC patent pool, with the help of PurpleVine IP. The transaction is beneficial to the licensing ecosystem and the development of cutting-edge technologies for the welfare of consumers." This multi-jurisdictional case, involving complex legal challenges, spanning several years, highlights PurpleVine's expertise in managing high-stakes IP disputes. PurpleVine's strategic leadership, effective litigation management, and skilled negotiations reaffirm its position as a leading provider of cross-border intellectual property services. Disclaimer: This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or an official statement regarding litigation. About PurpleVine IP Group PurpleVine IP Group, based in Shenzhen, China , is a leading intellectual property service provider with a global perspective. The firm offers one-stop IP services, including patent and trademark prosecution, analysis, global transactions, licensing negotiations, and dispute resolution. The core members of PurpleVine's litigation and dispute resolution team have backgrounds in top international law firms and leading corporate legal departments. They have managed patent litigation and invalidation cases in over 50 courts worldwide. The firm also includes SEP (Standard Essential Patent) experts from the telecommunications industry, who have been involved in hundreds of patent licensing negotiations and litigations. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/purplevine-drives-tcls-successful-entry-into-the-hevc-advance-patent-pool-302320761.html SOURCE PurpleVine IPDucks poster commemorates historic Big Ten football championship

The impeachment train has cranked up its engine once again, ready to roll, and raring to roadshow the trial of Sara Duterte on whether she should stay as the country’s second highest official. It promises to be the mother of all political soap operas, and is expected to provide the climax to the dynasty war between the Marcoses and the Dutertes. On Monday, Akbayan party list Rep. Percival Cendaña endorsed an impeachment complaint filed by 17 personalities against Vice President Sara Duterte. The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives also announced that it will endorse this week a second impeachment complaint against the VP, which will be filed by “50 representatives from various progressive organizations and concerned citizens.” Judging by the evidence unearthed by a House committee investigating VP Sara, and the acrimony between House leaders and the Vice President, the impeachment charges will muster the required 1/3 vote of all House members. This will pave the way for the complaints to be transmitted speedily to the Senate for trial. Anyone who says that an impeachment trial in the Senate is a political exercise, should be held in contempt of the Filipino people, and detained for one week in a room that plays nonstop a recording of the profanities spewed by VP Sara. An impeachment trial requires senators to decide on whether or not the public official on trial is guilty of at least one of five impeachable offenses: culpable violation of the Constitution, treason, bribery, graft and corruption and other high crimes, and betrayal of public trust. If found guilty, the official will be removed from public office and permanently disqualified from any government position. Such function requires the exercise of judicial responsibility imposed on political officials. To say that impeachment is a political exercise is to lay the very wrong predicate that our senators have the license to decide on the basis of political considerations such as partisanship and horse trading, and not on the guilt or innocence of the official on trial. There will be a very strong propensity, however, for our senators to decide on political merits because of the upcoming elections. We will elect 12 senators in six months. A crucial number of the current senators who will sit as impeachment judges are either running for reelection or have relatives who are running for a Senate seat. For this group of senators, the temptation to vote on the basis of what they or their relatives can gain (or lose) politically, will be very strong. It must be remembered that the Dutertes still have a sizeable bloc of loyal voters, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao. The Dutertes are expected to flex their political muscle to make the senator-judges decide in favor of acquittal, regardless of the judicial merits of the evidence. The threat is real that those voting for VP Sara’s ouster will find solid Duterte followers campaigning against them. To successfully impeach VP Sara, 2/3 of the Senate, or 16 senators, must vote to convict her. To acquit VP Sara, at least nine senators must vote in her favor. Of our incumbent senators, four senators (Bato dela Rosa, Bong Go, Robin Padilla, and Imee Marcos) are openly in favor of VP Sara. They need just five more senators to obtain an acquittal. Apart from Dela Rosa, Go, and Marcos, four other senators are up for reelection next year: Bong Revilla, Pia Cayetano, Lito Lapid, and Francis Tolentino. In addition, four non-reelectionist senators have relatives running for the Senate: Cynthia Villar, Mark Villar, Allan Cayetano, and Nancy Binay. For these eight senators, the temptation will be immense to vote on the basis of political merits. And what do we make of the leanings of the rest of the non-reelectionist senators? On the opposite side of the political divide are the Marcos loyalists. As to which group is bigger—Marcos loyalists or Duterte diehards—is anyone’s guess. Between these two groups are the yellow/pink forces who constitute a formidable 15 million voters as shown in the last elections. Should yellow/pink voters sit on the couch, popcorn in hand, and pontificate with “I told you so,” while watching the trial? If the Marcos and the Duterte camps are left to battle between themselves, the impeachment will be decided on political considerations, and the result may horrify the yellow/pink forces. The yellow/pink forces must get actively involved in the impeachment trial by making their pivotal voices heard. They must make the senators feel that, if they do not decide on judicial merits, there will be political consequences to pay from the solid bloc of yellow/pink voters. The senator-judges in the impeachment trial must be made aware that, while they will sit in judgment in the trial of Sara Duterte, they themselves will be on trial and the verdict for or against them will be delivered in the May 2025 elections. In other words, the impeachment trial will be a double trial—one against the Vice President, and another against the senators. Filipino voters must stand ready to repeat what we did during the Joseph Estrada impeachment trial, when the political vote of the senators was overwhelmingly reversed and resoundingly overturned through people power. —————- Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . Comments to [email protected] #A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital. Steve Collins has a collection of 4.2 million butterflies representing hundreds of species. Now, running out of space and time, he hopes to hand it over to the next generation. One expert familiar with Collins and his work suggests that the collection should be digitized for global access. Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen returns to a tournament after a dispute over jeans is resolved NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday. That's after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans. The International Chess Federation president said in a statement Sunday that he’d let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing “appropriate jeans” with a jacket, as well as other "minor deviations” from the dress code. Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships on Friday. He said Sunday he would play — and wear jeans — in the World Blitz Championship. 'Sonic 3' and 'Mufasa' battle for No. 1 at the holiday box office Two family films are dominating the holiday box office, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Sonic movie earned $38 million, while “Mufasa” brought in $37.1 million from theaters in the U.S. and Canada. The R-rated horror “Nosferatu” placed third with an unexpectedly strong $21.2 million. Thanksgiving release holdovers “Wicked” and “Moana 2” rounded out the top five. Christmas Day had several big film openings, including the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” the Nicole Kidman erotic drama “Babygirl” and the boxing drama “The Fire Inside.” Charles Shyer, ‘Father of the Bride’ and ‘Baby Boom’ filmmaker, dies at 83 An Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride," Charles Shyer has died. He was 83. On Sunday his daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer told The Associated Press that he died Friday in Los Angeles. No cause was disclosed. Born in Los Angeles in 1941 to a filmmaker father, Shyer's big breakthrough came with co-writing “Private Benjamin” for which he and Nancy Meyers received an Oscar nomination. He and Nancy Meyers were frequent collaborators through their nearly 20-year marriage, including on the remake of “The Parent Trap," starring Lindsay Lohan. LeBron James at 40: A milestone birthday arrives Monday for the NBA's all-time scoring leader When LeBron James broke another NBA record earlier this month, the one for most regular-season minutes played in a career, his Los Angeles Lakers teammates handled the moment in typical locker room fashion. They made fun of him. Dubbed The Kid from Akron, with a limitless future, James is now the 40-year-old from Los Angeles with wisps of gray in his beard, his milestone birthday coming Monday, one that will make him the first player in NBA history to play in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. He has stood and excelled in the spotlight his entire career. Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations. Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke tells The Associated Press that the inexpensive e-cigarettes have turned into a health threat since they are an easy way for teenagers to be drawn into smoking and get hooked on nicotine. Australia outlawed the sale of “vapes” outside pharmacies earlier this year in some of the world’s toughest restrictions on electronic cigarettes. Now Belgium is leading the EU drive. Belgium's minister wants tougher tobacco measures in the 27-nation bloc. Charles Dolan, HBO and Cablevision founder, dies at 98 Charles F. Dolan, who founded some of the most prominent U.S. media companies including Home Box Office Inc. and Cablevision Systems Corp., has died at age 98. Newsday reports that a statement issued Saturday by his family says Dolan died of natural causes. Dolan’s legacy in cable broadcasting includes founding HBO in 1972, Cablevision in 1973 and the American Movie Classics television station in 1984. He also launched News 12 in New York City, the first U.S. 24-hour cable channel for local news. Dolan also held controlling stakes in companies that owned Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and the New York Knicks and New York Rangers sports franchises. Snoop's game: Snoop Dogg thrills the crowd in the bowl that bears his name TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Miami of Ohio beat Colorado State in the Arizona Bowl, but Snoop Dogg was the main attraction. The Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop was much a spectacle as a football game. Snoop Dogg seemed to be everywhere all at once, from a pregame tailgate to the postgame trophy presentation. Snoop Dog donned a headset on Colorado State's sideline, spent some time in the broadcast and even led both marching bands as conductor during their halftime performance. Snoop Dogg saved the best for last, rolling out in a light green, lowrider Chevy Impala with gold rims and accents, the shiny Arizona Bowl trophy in his hand as fans screamed his name. Mavs star Luka Doncic is latest pro athlete whose home was burglarized, business manager says DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks is the latest professional athlete whose home has been burglarized. The star guard’s business manager tells multiple media outlets there was a break-in at Doncic’s home Friday night. Lara Beth Seager says nobody was home, and Doncic filed a police report. The Dallas Morning News reports that jewelry valued at about $30,000 was stolen. Doncic is the sixth known pro athlete in the U.S. whose home was burglarized since October. Star NFL quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City and Joe Burrow of Cincinnati are among them. The NFL and NBA have issued security alerts to players over the break-ins. Victor Wembanyama plays 1-on-1 chess with fans in New York Victor Wembanyama went to a park in New York City and played 1-on-1 with fans on Saturday. He even lost a couple of games. Not in basketball, though. Wemby was playing chess. Before the San Antonio Spurs left New York for a flight to Minnesota, Wembanyama put out the call on social media: “Who wants to meet me at the SW corner of Washington Square park to play chess? Im there,” Wembanyama wrote. It was 9:36 a.m. And people began showing up almost immediately.