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Monsanto Squeezes Out Seed Business Competition, AP Investigation Finds

AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD | Posted 12.14.2009 | Business

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ST. LOUIS — Confidential contracts detailing Monsanto Co.'s business practices reveal how the world's biggest seed developer is squeezing compet...

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Apple Countersues Nokia Over Phone Patent Theft

AP | Posted 12.11.2009 | Technology

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NEW YORK — Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies ...

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An Important Patent Law Precedent Approaches

Eben Moglen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Software Patents, Patent Lawyers, Bilski v. Kappos, Patent, Software Patent Court Decision, Patent Law, Patents, Business News
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.

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Cloudy With a Chance of Allergies or Autism?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

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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.

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Apple To Go "Nuclear" On iPhone Copycats

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

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

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Patents for All: The System That Could Not Contain Itself

Brian Kahin | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Patent Lawyers, Congress, Intellectual Property, Patent, Patents, Patent Law, Business News
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.

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