Episode number 162 – January 4th 2024 – Eclipse, Recycle your gear, Trademark and Copyright, and Electric Vehicles

This week's guest: Mihaela Micu – Reference and

Links to this weeks stories:

Looking forward to Eclipse 2024

https://www.space.com/most-crowded-places-for-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024

Get rid of your old tech the right way:

The big trademark news this week:

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/lord-of-the-wings-food-truck-trademark-in-new-zealand-defeated-by-tolkien-estate/

Those other copyright stories:

https://www.theverge.com/24006670/mickey-mouse-steamboat-willie-enters-copyright-public-domain-2024

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/

Electric Vehicles are in the news a LOT:

https://electrek.co/2024/01/01/kentucky-electric-cars-now-pay-two-taxes-where-gas-cars-only-pay-one/

https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-01-02-electric-vehicle-transition-surging-ahead/

https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-ev-sales-prices-problem-transportation-2024-1

https://www.fleetpoint.org/electric-vehicles-2/2024-ev-market-predictions/

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/electric-vehicle-sales-slowing-panic-insiders/story?id=105842727

https://electrek.co/2024/01/03/the-revolution-is-on-france-has-record-year-in-ev-sales/

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR