Podcast appearances and mentions of john eastwood

Got ADHD? Do you struggle? Have you recognized how difficult it is to plan, make decisions and manage time?  In this episode of Attention Talk Radio, ADHD coach Jeff Copper sits down with Dr. John Eastwood for a thought-provoking discussion on the true nature of ADHD. While often perceived as a deficit of attention, ADHD is increasingly understood as a challenge of self-regulation. Throughout the conversation, they explore the role of working memory, the mental effort required for thinking, and the compelling urge to escape when tasks become overwhelming. They shed light on a critical insight: ADHD is not just about focus—it's about making thinking itself more manageable, which in turn supports self-regulation. If you struggle with executive functioning, this episode offers valuable perspectives you won't want to miss. Listen for an open and insightful exchange that could change the way you understand ADHD.  Attention Talk Radio is the leading site for self-help Internet radio shows focusing on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder, including managing symptoms of ADHD in adults with ADD or adults who have children with ADHD. Attention Talk Radio, hosted by Jeff Copper, attention and ADHD coach, is designed to help adults (particularly those diagnosed with or impacted by attention deficit disorder or its symptoms) in life or business who are stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated to help them get unstuck and moving forward by opening their minds to pay attention to what works. To learn more about attention and ADHD coach Jeff Copper, go to www.digcoaching.com.  Our thanks to the sponsors of this show: CHADD.org, ADDCA.com, ImpactParents.com, and TimeTimer.com.

Xem phiên bản video: w5n.co/tkcx-videoTư liệu tham khảo:John Eastwood, Alexandra Frischen, Mark Fenske & Daniel Smilek (2012).The Unengaged Mind: Defining Boredom in Terms of Attention.Perspectives on Psychological ScienceMann, S. & Cadman, R. (2014).Does Being Bored Make Us More Creative?Creativity Research JournalWilson, T. D., Reinhard, D. A., Westgate, E. C., Gilbert, D. T., Ellerbeck, N., Hahn, C., & Shaked, A. (2014).Just Think: The Challenges of the Disengaged Mind.Science

*"Collaboration across disciplines and regions is where significant advancements in geophysics happen. It's at these intersections that we push boundaries."* President John Eastwood shares his inspiring vision for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 2025. From advancing the next generation of geophysicists to fostering global collaboration, John outlines his priorities for ensuring the SEG remains a leading force in applied geophysics. Join us for the final episode of 2024 as John discusses the importance of innovation, inclusion, and sustainability in shaping the future of the geophysics community. ### Key Takeaways - Broadening Geophysics: John highlights the evolution of applied geophysics, emphasizing its growing relevance in renewable energy, CO2 storage, and environmental solutions beyond traditional oil and gas applications. - Empowering the Next Generation: SEG's future depends on nurturing the next wave of geophysicists through scholarships, leadership programs, and global outreach initiatives in emerging regions like China, India, and South America. - Elevating SEG's Impact: A commitment to enhancing SEG's publications, workshops, and conventions ensures members at every career stage feel supported and engaged. - Global and Interdisciplinary Collaboration: John underscores the value of partnerships, whether with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) or through innovative research at the intersection of geophysics and other disciplines. Follow Seismic Soundoff to stay updated on significant conversations like this one. ### This episode sponsored by Bluware Bluware's InteractivAI is a human-powered AI seismic analysis tool, revolutionizing the way geoscientists extract value from seismic data. Unlike traditional seismic interpretation tools that just "check the box" for AI through black box algorithms, InteractivAI puts the interpreter in the driver's seat by presenting an intuitive, live feedback loop. Users experience a faster and more comprehensive interpretation, leading to higher-confidence decision-making. Learn more at [Bluware](https://bluware.com). ### Links - Visit [SEG's website](https://seg.org/podcasts/episode-244-from-vision-to-action-the-future-of-seg-under-john-eastwood) for John's biography and links to read his articles in *The Leading Edge*. ### Show Credits Andrew Geary at TreasureMint hosted, edited, and produced this episode. The SEG podcast team comprises Jennifer Cobb, Kathy Gamble, and Ally McGinnis. If you have episode ideas or feedback for the show or want to sponsor a future episode, email the show at [podcast@seg.org](mailto:podcast@seg.org).

A special show featuring a panel discussion organized by the Asia Pacific Youth Association and recorded live at the Legislative Yuan titled An Election That Influences the World: Taiwan and the 2024 US Election. It brought together Taiwan People's Party lawmaker Janice Chen (陳昭姿), the Deputy Director of the DPP's International Department Michael Chen (陳文昊), the Assistant Director of the KMT's Department of International Affairs Chance Hsu ( 須予謙), and Associate Professor of the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University's Center for Human Science Eric Chiou (邱奕宏), as well US nationals and Taiwan based lawyers, John Eastwood and Ross Feingold, who discussed how the upcoming US election will affect US-China relations, US-Taiwan relations and cross-strait ties. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Lawyer and longtime Taiwan resident John Eastwood's social media now features curated images of some of Taipei's most iconic colonial buildings. He speaks to I-C-R-T's Hope Ngo about his interest in local architecture: what spurred it and what captures his imagination.

During the Talking Taiwan Election Tour we planned to host 2 in-person events for our guests, supporters and friends. The first event was held on January 19th at 4SC CrossFit's Xindian branch in New Taipei, thanks to TH Schee who's been a guest on Talking Taiwan several times. In fact episode 234 with TH one the Top 5 episodes of 2023. Related Links:  https://talkingtaiwan.com/live-conversations-with-our-past-guests-at-4sc-crossfit-in-new-taipei-city-taiwan-ep-273/ We had a chance to meet some of our past guests in-person for the first time in person. We started off talking to JD Chang from episode 80 about Crushing the Myth. Next up was John Eastwood  who talked about legal reforms needed in Taiwan in ep 203. We also talked about the election results in Taiwan's legislature that had the KMT with 52 seats, the DPP with 51 seats and the TPP with 8 seats and 2 seats going to Independents John shared his thoughts on Ko Wen-je the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) candidate and how he's managed to attract younger voters. The subject of Bi-Khim Hsiao Taiwan's former ambassador to the U.S. and now vice president elect also came up. Here's what John thought would be some of the challenges that Bi-Khim might face in the role of vice president We next spoke with Jerome Keating who talked about understanding the history of Taiwan in Ep 97. Jerome shared his thoughts on Bi-Khim Hsiao Jerome explained why he wrote in his recent Taipei Times article that he doesn't expect the TPP, the Taiwan People's Party to survive to the next presidential election in 2028. Jerome also shared his thought on the younger voting demographic that Ko Wen-je attracted.  And finally at the end of the night Kaju and I talked to TH Schee who's been on Talking Taiwan several times, and who's one of the investors of 4SC Crossfit where we held our January 19th event.  Toward the end of the event Kaju got into a discussion with TH Schee about 4SC CrossFit.   Related Links:  https://talkingtaiwan.com/live-conversations-with-our-past-guests-at-4sc-crossfit-in-new-taipei-city-taiwan-ep-273/

Technical Commercial Manager, Steve Humphreys is joined by Technical Training Manager, John Eastwood, Technical Training Manager to discuss NAPIT Training and the importance of good quality training and qualifications.

Langeweile ist ein Gefühl, das die allermeisten schon einmal kennen gelernt haben. Die Zeit wird vor allem dann zu einer langen Weile, wenn wir nichts Sinnvolles zu tun haben. Problematisch ist das möglicherweise dann, wenn die Langeweile chronisch wird. Studiogast: Silke Ohlmeier, Soziologin; Moderation: Jürgen Wiebicke Von WDR 5.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   John Eastwood is a partner at the Taipei office of the law firm Eiger. I spoke with John previously in episode 195 about some of the changes he's seen in Taiwan from a legal perspective, in the 20 years that he's resided in Taiwan. In this second half of our interview, John and I spoke about other issues and areas in need of legal reform in Taiwan. This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.     NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:   to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity, to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality, to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs, to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan, to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.   To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com   Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: Legal reforms that John has seen happen in Taiwan Issues that are in need of legal reform The Anti-banditry Act (aka The Act for the Control and Punishment of Banditry) The case of a man who decapitated a child in Taiwan What does it mean to be not guilty by reason of insanity The need for increased awareness and understanding of mental health and mental illness when it comes to making judgments on criminal cases Cases of elder abuse fraud in Taiwan and conservatorship How John's firm has helped to safeguard their elderly clients' assets How elder fraud is not just an “old person's” issue but also a “young person's” issue How difficult it is to undo things once fraud had been committed   Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/john-eastwood-discusses-areas-in-need-of-legal-reform-in-taiwan-ep-203/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   John Eastwood is a partner at the law firm Eiger. He was previously interviewed for Talking Taiwan in 2012 and we've invited John back on to Talking Taiwan to talk about some of the changes he's seen in Taiwan from a legal perspective, in the 20 years that he has resided in Taiwan.   We touched upon how Taiwan's WTO accession improved the protection of intellectual property rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, migrant worker rights, and laws that should be reformed like the Parade an Assembly law.   This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.   NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:   to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity, to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality, to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs, to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan, to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.   To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com     Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   What brought John to Taiwan John was a journalist before becoming a lawyer John spent time in China as a visiting scholar Eiger has branches in both Taipei and Shanghai John's experience with COVID-19 in Taiwan What John has been up to since his last interview for Talking Taiwan in 2012 John's involvement with the Democratic National Convention and Democrats Abroad How John feels its important for people to understand the situation and what's going on in Taiwan Taiwan's health restrictions in things like pork imports The early days of COVID in Taiwan How mask wearing is perceived in Taiwan How Taiwan has changed from a legal standpoint with respect to intellectual property in the last 20 years, since John has lived in Taiwan How Taiwan's WTO accession improved the protection of intellectual property rights Human rights issues in Taiwan that could be improved include: LGBTQIA+ adoption and reproductive rights, How manufacturing of counterfeit goods has moved to China How people in Taiwan often call on the police to resolve domestic disputes How public insult laws in Taiwan need to be reformed Misuse of the public insult law and how it can be used against foreigners How the police in Taiwan are often used to harass people How the police in Taiwan don't necessarily stop people from pursuing frivolous cases The Assembly and Parade Law How migrant workers in Taiwan have been mistreated Other issues in need of legal reform like abortion   Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/john-eastwood-talks-about-the-legal-changes-in-taiwan-over-the-past-20-years-ep-195/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   This lost episode of Talking Taiwan features John Eastwood, co-managing partner at Eiger Law. In the original interview with John which was recorded October 2012, John talks about attending the Democratic National Convention of 2012, his involvement with the Democratic National Committee and Democrats Abroad, and the significance of the Japanese Taihoku prison wall in Taipei.   Stay tuned for my follow up interview with John next week as we check in with him 10 years later to get an update from him.   For the month of June we'll be slowing things down by sharing lost episodes every other week, and in July we'll be taking a break from the lost episodes. We've got a lot of great new content planned and we just can't fit it all into our weekly publication schedule.   Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   At the time of the interview Eiger Law had won Taiwan's law firm of the year for two years in a row At the time of the interview Eiger Law had won awards for employment and compliance practices, for investment and employment practices (from Acquisition International), for corporate and MNA practices Eiger Law was named Employer of Choice for 2012 (which was based on responses given by Taiwanese lawyers) The Democratic National Convention in September of 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina How John is the first resident from within Taiwan to be elected to be a member of the Democratic National Convention How John spent the summer of 2012 trying to get American citizens living abroad registered to vote on a nonpartisan basis The politicians who spoke at the Democratic National Convention of 2012 The different events that Democrats Abroad Taiwan organizes including Memorial Day and Veteran's Day activities to remember Americans who served and sacrificed for the freedom of the U.S.A. The Japanese Taihoku prison wall in Taipei where 14 American airmen who held there as prisoners of war were executed in the final weeks of World War II Who can join Democrats Abroad Taiwan   Related Links:

Feeling bored can be uncomfortable, often something we prefer to avoid. However, boredom, like any other feeling, has a message for us if we listen carefully. In this episode, Trauma Report writer Azin Dastpak interviews Dr. John Eastwood about boredom. Dr. John Eastwood is a clinical psychologist and associate professor and runs the Boredom Lab at York University. He recently published a book titled “Out of My Skull” about the psychology of boredom. Tune in and listen to Dr. Eastwood as he unravels the cause of boredom and the important messages it communicates to us about our inner and outer environments.

https://www.alainguillot.com/john-eastwood/ John Eastwood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University and a clinical psychologist, he's co-author of Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/2ShDhUV

We think of ADHD as a deficit of attention. As we learn more and more, we find it's more an issue of self-regulation. Many episodes on Attention Talk Radio have highlighted the role working memory plays in ADHD. In this episode, ADHD coach Jeff Copper (https://digcoaching.com) interviews Dr. John Eastwood. They have an open and frank conversation about thinking, mental effort, and the challenges posed to those with ADHD, as well as the urge to escape. With effortful thinking, the idea is to put a spotlight on understanding that it's not always a focus problem. Often, focusing on making the thinking part easier will make it easier to self-regulate. If you have ADHD and struggle with executive functioning, this is a show you won't want to miss. Attention Talk Radio is the leading site for self-help Internet radio shows focusing on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and attention deficit disorder (ADD), including managing symptoms of attention deficit disorder, adults with ADD, or adults who have children with ADHD. Attention Talk Radio, hosted by Jeff Copper, attention and ADHD coach, is designed to help adults and children (particularly those diagnosed with or impacted by attention deficit disorder or its symptoms) in life or business who are stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated. It will help adults and children get unstuck and moving forward by helping to open their minds and pay attention to what works. Attention Talk Radio host Jeff Copper is an ADHD coach. To learn more about Jeff go to www.digcoaching.com.

Taiwan is one of the “Four Asian Tiger” economies. Its companies hold 66% of the world’s semiconductor market. It consistently tops the USPTO per-capita list of patent files, and its population of about 25 million enjoys what is considered the world’s fastest internet connection. It is becoming a major player in data. Considered part of China by the PRC which refers to it as the “Taiwan Authority,” Taiwan declares itself to be the Republic of China. Despite geopolitical issues, robust business flows between the two. Taiwan is a leading investor in the PRC. Commerce between the two seems unimpeded by political differences. With rising tensions between the U.S. and PRC, alongside changes in Hong Kong that threaten the “one country two systems” approach, how should global business consider Taiwan? Is it a bridge for east-west data-related commerce? John Eastwood leads of the Taiwan firm Eiger Law’s Greater China Practice. John EASTWOOD - Eiger. In this podcast John explains how Taiwan is becoming a major Asian data, financial and regional headquarter center for North American and European businesses, growing to rival Singapore and Hong Kong. Personal privacy protection is highly valued and regulated by Taiwan law that differs significantly from the PRC’s data localization regimen. Taiwan generally blocks flows of personal information from Taiwan to the PRC, and so can be viewed as a safe haven for western businesses that collect and process personal and company data in Asia. Unlike the PRC, Taiwan does not require data to be shared at will with government authorities. Taiwan’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) adopts entirely neither the U.S. nor the GDPR model, though it embraces most of the key principles of the GDPR. Taiwan’s Personal Data Protection Rules - Taiwan Business TOPICS (amcham.com.tw). More flexible and consent-based than the EU’s regulation but comprehensive unlike the U.S. sectoral approach, Taiwan in recent years has broadened the protection of personal data while aiming to be attractive to multinational business seeking an east Asian data hub. Taiwan is pursuing an “adequacy decision” with the EU while addressing numerous concepts differently from the GDPR’s provisions. If you have ideas for more interviews or stories, please email info@thedataprivacydetective.com.

You're mindlessly scrolling through your phone, holding the entirety of the internet in your hand, but you're still bored out of your gourd. Why? And what can you do about it?In this episode, David Yokum sits down with John Eastwood, co-author of Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University to discuss his research on boredom and its association with the unengaged mind. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why being bored might be good for us. Ed Butler speaks to Kate Greene, a science writer who experienced months of isolation as part of a project to test how astronauts might cope with the boredom of a long trip to Mars. John Eastwood from the Boredom Lab at York University in Toronto and Erin Westgate from the University of Florida discuss the impact boredom can have on our ability to work. Dr Sandi Mann, author of The Upside of Downtime argues that boredom can be the secret to creative thought. (Photo: A woman bored at work, Credit: Getty Images)

The science of bordeom...wait, there's a science to that?! Of course, there is! The science of bordeom...wait, there's a science to that?! Of course, there is!Boredom is something that affects all of us at one time or another - whether you're stuck at work, in line at the store, or waiting at the doctors office, you've been bored before. But most of the time we're told to brush it off, find something to do, and move on. Dr. John Eastwood is a Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University in Toronto, and he joins Dr. Pam to talk boredom: why he studies it, how being bored is a form of stress, where trauma plays into boredom, and how to deal with it during COVID-19.

The science of bordeom...wait, there's a science to that?! Of course, there is! The science of bordeom...wait, there's a science to that?! Of course, there is!Boredom is something that affects all of us at one time or another - whether you're stuck at work, in line at the store, or waiting at the doctors office, you've been bored before. But most of the time we're told to brush it off, find something to do, and move on. Dr. John Eastwood is a Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University in Toronto, and he joins Dr. Pam to talk boredom: why he studies it, how being bored is a form of stress, where trauma plays into boredom, and how to deal with it during COVID-19.

The science of bordeom...wait, there's a science to that?! Of course, there is! The science of bordeom...wait, there's a science to that?! Of course, there is!Boredom is something that affects all of us at one time or another - whether you're stuck at work, in line at the store, or waiting at the doctors office, you've been bored before. But most of the time we're told to brush it off, find something to do, and move on. Dr. John Eastwood is a Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at York University in Toronto, and he joins Dr. Pam to talk boredom: why he studies it, how being bored is a form of stress, where trauma plays into boredom, and how to deal with it during COVID-19.

Anthony Verna sat down with John Eastwood of Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan to talk about some of the effects of the COVID pandemic. Some of the topics covered are intellectual property, especially in relationship to bankruptcy, and employment law across borders and oceans. Supply chains are affected, also. Anthony Verna: (00:02)And welcome to the Law and Business podcast. On this episode is the most frequent guest, John Eastwood. How are you doing, John? John Eastwood:Doing well, doing well. I'm here in Taipei. My colleagues in Shanghai have apparently weathered quite a bit of the storm in the sense that Shanghai has not been so heavily affected. Taiwan, in the midst of this Corona virus situation is actually doing really well. It's become a bit of a model for… and it's been getting plaudits from different ends of the political spectrum of the United States. You get like the Wall Street Journal recently from kind of, an editorial perspective. It was lauding that Taiwan could be a model for what other countries could do. And then on the other side of the spectrum, I think we just got a shout out from Barbara Streisand on Twitter. The entertaining thing for that. The Taiwan government. I mean, I love the job of doing on Corona virus and it was currently, we're still living in the three hundreds at this point. We hear on as we recorded this in early April. But in terms of number of in fact the event, the administrative foreign affairs and Taiwan retweeted Barbara Streisand, so a tweet and said, Oh, you know, you're just basically, you're so awesome. Thank you for saying this. And one can only just look at how exactly the same concept of cooperation to reach great heights together in a mutually working mutually between scientists and government are exactly mirrored in the story for A Star is Born and you haven't seen A Star is Born. Kris Kristofferson does not come out on the ending of A Star is Born. Anthony Verna:Well at least that version of it, John. This is what the fourth version of that story? John Eastwood:I was just talking with my wife and kids about that this morning. We're up to four versions of A Star is Born. Anthony Verna:Actually, I think it's five. John Eastwood: (02:37)Any of them end well? Well, they're not happy stories, but you know, it's helpful idea. Like a star rises and one falls and you know, so that's not the point of the story is not that two stars rise together and reach their greatest heights and happiness anyway. Any hoo anyhoo yeah, no. See these are things that are the Chinese famous. He said these are interesting times. Anthony Verna: (03:04)What's it like going in and out of buildings in Taipei? Like are you… I mean, we're stuck at home. We're on an order that if it's not essential, and of course the definition of essential I think is constitutionally problematic because you've got states like New York that says that say that alcohol is not a problem. Pennsylvania says we're shutting down all the alcohol stores cause they're state run. And Massachusetts has said that alcohol is essential. Medical marijuana is not essential. So there might be a little vagueness here as to what, what essential might be, but we're not going out unless it's the grocery store and even then, I hope we stocked up long enough to keep us interested in dinner for a while. That gigantic pack of chicken thighs is not exactly exciting, but you know, it's in the freezer. John Eastwood: (04:13)We do approach the trips to Costco like it's a military operation, like, you know, in and out and got the masks and don't touch it other than what we're buying. And we do have like for example, right now I'm in the office, but we're in fact coming up this next week, we're implementing, even though Taiwan is in a very fortunate situation that could change at any time. And so we aligned with that. We are implementing a lot of… it's the new acronym for me. W F H - work from home and it's the first time I've had ...

In this episode of AmeerApproved, I sit down with Rotem Petranker to talk about the state of Psychedelic Research especially the research he is doing on Microdosing and why it is imperative that we have Open science standards    “A first study of microdosing” Microdosing psychedelics, such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin, has become a recent media phenomenon, yet scientific studies verifying its effects are absent from the literature. To begin addressing these gaps in knowledge, we measured the microdosing drug practices and psychological functioning of existing communities engaging in this activity, in the first ever microdosing study. This pre-registered online study involved 1390 participants, some of whom were microdosers (either presently or in the past), and some of whom were non-microdosers (either interested in trying it in the future or not interested in microdosing). Our results suggest distinct patterns of microdosing in the population, as well as significant difference between microdosers and non-microdosers on several personality and well-being measures such as negative emotionality and wisdom. This research will serve to inform individuals already microdosing, the scientific community, and policymakers in the future.     Guest  Rotem Petranker is a master’s student at York University, working with Dr. John Eastwood. He is interested in cognition as a space to traverse in which scaffolding and shortcuts are available. Examples of scaffolding include language in general and metaphor in particular; shortcuts include creativity in general and insight in particular. Movement in cognitive space requires the expenditure of attention, which is another one of Rotem’s main theoretical areas of interest. Rotem is interested in the effects of certain practices, such as psychedelics and meditation, have on cognitive space.   Selected Publications Anderson, T & Dihn-Williams, L & Petranker, R.   Microdosing Psychedelics: Characteristics and Correlates  2018 Anderson, T & Petranker, R. Microdosing Psychedelics: Personality, mental health, and creativity differences in microdosers. 2018 Eastwood, J.D. & Petranker. R Sitting with it: an Investigation of the Relationship between Mindfulness and Boredom Mindfulness, Vigilance, and Boredom Procedure. 2018  

In Episode 37 of the "Law & Business" podcast, Anthony sits down with John Eastwood, partner of Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan. Anthony and John discuss "worldwide patents," a common misunderstanding that does lead to the scamming of those who have patents in a jurisdiction or wish to have patents in more than one jurisdiction. For example, Anthony discusses several companies that have recently asked him about obtaining worldwide patents. Then the topic turns to Matthew Whitaker, the former United States interim attorney general appointed to take the place of Jeff Sessions. For about 3 years, Whitaker had been on the advisory board of a company called "World Patent Marketing", a company that was shut down by the Federal Trade Commission in 2017 and forced to pay out about $26 million for bilking customers of WPM out of millions that they thought were going for registering patents and getting licensing deals. How did WPM bilk them? The invention-promotion racket is actually an old con, going back to the 1960s or so -- you put out ads promising to help inventors develop their ideas, get them into the market and to turn the inventions into money through license deals. The FTC has been shutting these down pretty actively since the 1970s, and Congress even passed a law in 1999 called the "American Inventors Protection Act" that put out a lot of disclosure requirements for invention-promotion firms, including their success rates, which in truth were pretty abysmal. They promise non-existent things like "global patents," take in money from inventors, barely review the inventions, do nothing about getting them registered while demanding more and more money -- until the inventors are sucked dry. Some of these poor guys took out loans and refinanced their houses. The FTC registered over 600 complaints from consumers. From the FTC complaint: "A few days after consumers submit their ideas in writing, salespeople typically call consumers and inform them that Defendants have accepted their inventions. and reiterate that they are great ideas. Salespeople ingratiate themselves with consumers and build up consumers' confidence through praise for their ideas. Salespeople represent that if consumers buy Defendants' invention-promotion services, consumers are likely to realize financial gain by licensing their future patents, or through the manufacture, distribution, and sale of their inventions in well- known stores, including Walmart. Salespeople often make projections about how much money consumers will make. Sales people may also talk about t he good consumers' inventions could bring to society." Also from the FTC complaint:  "Defendants also generally fail to procure patents for consumers. Though Defendants use offshore drafting services and contracted patent agents and attorneys to file patent applications, those applications arc of poor quality, and are often not approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO"') on its first review. Requests for more in formation or corrections from the PTO on Defendants' customers patent applications often go unanswered by Defendants and their contractors, and eventually the PTO rejects the patent applications or considers the patent applications to have been abandoned. 33. In the end, after months or even years of stringing them along, Defendants leave most of their customers with nothing. A very few receive a patent, some receive an assortment of useless marketing materials; but none successfully enter into third-party licensing or manufacturing agreements brokered by Defendants, and none actually make money. Indeed, many of Defendants' customers end up in debt. or losing their life savings or inheritances, after investing in Defendants' broken promises." More from the complaint:  "Defendants fail, in almost every case, to provide many of the other promised invention-promotion services, such as promoting consumers' inventions at trade shows and other events,

In Episode 34 of the "Law & Business" podcast, Anthony Verna talks to John Eastwood, a partner at Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan. They discuss the issuance of the Trump trademarks in China, if there appears to be any issues outside of the normal issuance of trademarks in China, and what any business moving into China should keep in mind about its trademarks. Ivanka Trump probably didn't get special treatment from the Chinese: Based on what John Eastwood has seen, it appears that Ivanka's trademark applications (which will not have much use for her given that she's announced that she's shutting down her brand) were approved in a fairly normal time frame.  The Trump Organization probably did get special treatment, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't have gotten the trademarks: The first part of the case involves the Trump Organization's application for construction-related services that had languished for something like 10 years of struggles against the weight of several Chinese bad-faith filers who had apparently been using the "TRUMP" name to market all sorts of products. Now, anybody who's doing business in China knows that there's a big industry. Chinese companies and individuals are extremely fast to file for iconic western marks -- or even not-so-iconic marks. (Eiger Law and John Eastwood have a lot of clients that are up-and-coming or niche brands, and even they have problems.) To some folks, it looked suspicious that China approved Trump's trademark in the first month he was in office as president -- it looked bad, like "oh, now you're president of the United States, here's your trademark." This caused folks to worry about there being a breach of the Emoluments Clause, the part of the Constitution (Article 1, Sec. 9, Para. 8), which prohibits federal officeholders from getting anything of value from a foreign state. Be there also must be an examination at what was happening right before Jan. 2017. In December 2016, Michael Jordan got good news in a 15-year struggle to get back the Chinese name commonly used to refer to him -- "QIAODAN" -- from a Chinese company that used the name to sell sports clothing very successfully. Why? Because when Nike started selling Air Jordan products in China, only the English name "JORDAN" got registered by them -- they didn't bother to go for the Chinese name that everybody in China who cares about basketball chose to call him. The lesson for trademark owners is not to skip registering a Chinese name.  In October 2016, C.F. Martin & Co, the nearly 200-year-old company that's made the iconic acoustic guitars used in blues, country, folk and rock, famous around the world, finally got back its marks after years of pursuing action through official channels. This was a case that had caused profound annoyance and frustration for IP professionals working in China, as it was used for years as an example of the Chinese government allowing a copycat local company to brand-jack a famous American brand. Part of the problem perhaps was that the old measure for "famous mark" protection was whether you were a true household name in China -- you couldn't just be famous within an industry, among musicians or music lovers, you had to be what John Eastwood used to call "Coca-Cola" famous but now could probably say is "Jordan" famous or "Trump" famous. But the trademark law was amended a few years ago to refer more generally to "bad-faith" trademark filings, and that gave some more room for action.  OK, so back to Trump -- within a relatively quick period, one can see China clearing away a bunch of these cases on their appeals docket that, frankly speaking, were an embarrassment to the country. And you get them releasing their decision in January 2017 when he'd just become president for that mark for construction services, the one that had been part of the decade-long battle. So where was the special treatment? Well, a couple of months later in March 2017,

Thursday, February 22, 2018: Hosea 8-9, taught by John Eastwood, Calvary Chapel Southbury, CT.

Thursday, February 8, 2018: Hosea 3-5, taught by John Eastwood, Calvary Chapel Southbury, CT.

Thursday, February 1, 2018: Hosea 1-2, taught by John Eastwood, Calvary Chapel Southbury, CT.

The special guest in Episode 27 of the "Law & Business" podcast is John Eastwood, a partner at Eiger Law in Taipei.  John and Anthony discuss the issues that many American businesses have when they start production of their products in the Greater China Market. As a senior partner of Eiger’s Greater China Practice, John has headed up the firm’s intellectual-property and technology practice for the past several years, assisting clients with trademark, patent, copyright and trade-secret matters. In John’s role chairing the the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT) Intellectual Property Rights Committee for the past many years, he has worked closely with the European Commission, U.S. State Department, prominent academics and local government authorities on intellectual-property policy matters. John Eastwood, Partner, Eiger Law, Taipei Our first topic is about having a sourcing agent, distributor, or other local agent in China file a trademark application for the American business.  There are several pitfalls in having that local agent file a trademark application. Chances are the trademark application is badly drafted, only covering part of the product line or part of the scope of the planned-for business activities. John and his firm have seen filings that completely omitted key products and service activities because even a well-intentioned trading counterparty may not understand the business well. Local trading counterparts often don’t know how to respond to queries from the Taiwan IP Office (TIPO), meaning that they miss deadlines or don’t know that some of these TIPO queries can be easily enough resolved. This issue does not just happen in the the Greater China Market.  For example, Anthony discusses a case in which his firm represented a Germany company, whose local agent filed trademark application in his own name and was required to be a party in a trademark cancellation proceeding, despite not having worked for the company for several years. Another topic John and Anthony discussed was the failure to supervise the manufacturing company in the Greater China Market.  There is some truth to the notion that when a foreign company makes goods in China, that business is basically training its own future competitors. John and Anthony discuss how a business owner is able to make sure those issues do not begin.  After all, John's view is his firm has found that the pool of counterfeit manufacturers includes formerly authorized manufacturers, whose exact skills in making authorized products in the past make them able to make dangerously close counterfeits of products in the future. When a local manufacturing partner starts to realize that the American business is not paying attention, that’s when they start to evaluate their own rational self interest in the form of under-reporting, running extra lines of unauthorized product, inflating costs, or other such games. Typically, such situations continue onwards until finally a day of reckoning comes where the European brand owner terminates the local manufacturer, whereupon the local manufacturer speedily moves on to making straight-out counterfeits of the product.  John gives some tips on how to keep that manufacturing company in the Greater China Market happy.  Relationships still matter and having feet on the ground helps build those relationships. This was another fun episode to record.  It is chock full of excellent advice for any company trying to move outside of their home market and bring their manufacturing to the Greater China Market. Here is a lightly-edited transcript of the podcast episode: Anthony Verna: All right, and welcome to the Law and Business podcast where we continue our series here at the International Bar Association’s annual convention from beautiful Sydney, Australia. I'm here with John Eastwood. How you doing, John? John Eastwood: Hey, g’day. Anthony Verna: Wow. After we just had  an Australian solicitor on last time,

Länge har man inom psykologen forskat om vilka människor det är som blir uttråkade, men aldrig kring vad uttråkning egentligen är. Hur definierar man känslan av att vara uttråkad? Det bestämde sig professor John Eastwood på Toronto University i Kanada för att ta reda på och upptäckte till sin förvåning att han befann sig på helt outforskad mark. Men oavsett hur vi definierar den så är det en av våra vanligaste känslor och trots att den kan vara direkt obehaglig så kan den också leda till något gott. I veckans program diskuterar vi vilken nytta känslan av att vara uttråkad egentligen har. Gäster i studion är Walter Osika, läkare och forskare vid Stressforskningsintitutet och Teo Härén, författare och föreläsare i kreativitet. I programmet hör ni också professorn och författaren Peter Toohey som skrivit boken Boredom - a lively history om hur uttråkade vi varit genom historien och författaren Torgny Lindgren om hur känslan av att vara uttråkad leder till leda som kan leda till kreativitet.

Taipei-based lawyers Bill Bryson and John Eastwood hold a mini debate on the eve of the US presidential vote!

Taipei-based lawyers Bill Bryson and John Eastwood hold a mini debate on the eve of the US presidential vote!