Far from encouraging innovation and advancement in the "useful arts," software and business method patents have become a quasi-legal poison pill.
Brian Kahin | Posted 05.25.2011
It has become clear that business method patents -- which might have seemed like a great idea in those go-go years -- are deeply problematic.
Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011
Not being a soccer fan myself, I cannot fully appreciate the various tweets, articles and quips on the calls made by the referees during the 2010 Worl...
AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Bowtie-wearing lawyers and spectators dotted the U.S. Supreme Court chamber on Monday, a nod to retiring justice John Paul Stevens ...
Eben Moglen | Posted 05.25.2011
Patent law cannot award ownership of facts of nature, or mere mental activities, or algorithms: the US Supreme Court has been unambiguous on that point for more than 150 years.
Paul Kedrosky | Posted 05.25.2011