Patent

An Important Patent Law Precedent Approaches

Eben Moglen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business


Eben Moglen

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.

Cloudy With a Chance of Allergies or Autism?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Robyn O'Brien

There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population). Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, or 1,200 in France.

Apple To Go "Nuclear" On iPhone Copycats

Bloomberg | Connie Guglielmo and Susan Decker | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business


Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc., usually on the defensive when it comes to intellectual-property lawsuits, is threatening to use its hoard of patents...

Patents for All: The System That Could Not Contain Itself

Brian Kahin | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business


Brian Kahin

The question of just what is patentable is far too complex for Congress to handle -- especially given that even modest patent reform legislation has stalled.