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AP Photo/Gautam Singh Indian authorities said they have generally located the area on a remote Indian island where an isolated tribe was seen burying a 26-year-old American. John Allen Chau was allegedly killed with arrows earlier this month after venturing onto the island, where he sought to bring Christianity to the tribespeople. It’s unclear whether […]
YouTube / Doc Facts The local police are reportedly investigating and a case of murder had been registered. The Sentinelese are among India’s protected tribes and the North Sentinelese island is out of bounds. The American national was reportedly attacked by arrows and had taken a fishing boat to the island to interact with the […]
Crocodiles may be creatures that Western people fear, but a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea revere the reptile so much they try to look like them. In an extreme initiation ceremony which sometimes ends in death, boys as young as 11 are sliced with razor blades with the very purpose that they will scar. […]
Enlarge / Mylan Inc. CEO Heather Bresch holds up a two-pack of EpiPen as she testifies during a hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee September 21, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) In a unanimous decision, an appellate court has resoundingly rejected the legal claim that sovereign […]
Thomson Reuters The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe sued Amazon and Microsoft for patent infringement. The lawsuit is part of a legal gambit in which the tribe acquired patents from SRC Labs, and then invoked its right to sovereign immunity, which could shield SRC and the tribe from counter-challenges. One federal judge invalidated a similar deal […]
Enlarge (credit: St. Regis Mohawk Tribe / Aurich Lawson) The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has filed patent lawsuits against Amazon and Microsoft, using patents it acquired from a company called SRC Labs, according to reports in Reuters and CNBC. Until recently, the patents were owned by a holding company called SRC Labs, which is a co-plaintiff in today’s […]
Reuters Allergan struck an unusual deal with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to transfer patents of the eye drug Restasis, a move that gives the drug sovereign immunity from certain patent challenges. But on Monday, a district court judge invalidated some of Restasis ‘s patents through another channel. The loss in district court means that Allergan […]
Reuters In September, Allergan struck an unusual deal with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to transfer patents of the eye drug Restasis, a move that gives the drug sovereign immunity from certain patent challenges. The goal is to protect the blockbuster drug from generic competition before its patents run out in 2024. Lawmakers aren’t too happy […]
Apple gets sued for patent infringement dozens of times each year, mostly by little-known shell companies with no products—the types of companies often derided as “patent trolls.” But the newest lawsuit seeking royalty payments from iPad sales is likely a first: the recently created plaintiff, MEC Resources LLC, is wholly owned by a Native American tribe. The case had […]
The Amazonian tribe have remained uncontacted before they were met by the Brazilian gold miners. It has been reported that ten of the members were killed when the miners came across them whilst collecting eggs. The men then entered a local bar near the border in Columbia, bragging about the killing. Leila Silvia Burger Sotto-Maior, […]
