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Trying To Strangle American Innovation

Pat Choate | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Cisco, First-to-Invent, First-to-File, Small Entity Inventors, Microsoft, Small Business, Large Entity Inventors, Political Contributions, Intel, Innovation, Patent Office, Ibm, Big Tech, Patents, Patent Reform, Home News
Pat Choate

If Big Tech succeeds in Washington, a greatly weakened patent system is likely to destroy American innovation and invention-led job creation in the next decade.

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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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(Video) Patent Trouble: Nokia Sues Apple in U.S. Court Over iPhone

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.22.2009 | Technology

Read More: Patents, Iphone, Nokia, Appple, Technology News
Andy Plesser

ESPOO, FINLAND - Earlier today Nokia filed suit in a U.S. federal court alleging patent infringement by Apple and iPhone.  The Wall Street Journ...

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Obama's Modern Art (PHOTOS): White House's New Art On Display

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 10.07.2009 | Style

Read More: White House, Glenn Ligon, Michelle Obama, National Gallery, Obama Art, Modern Art, Slidepoll, Jeri Redcorn, Richard Feigin, Rothko, Obamas Paintings, Ruscha, Barack Obama, Obamas Art, Modern Art White House, William Allman, White House History, Interior Decorating, Hirshorn Museum, Hirshorn Musuem and Sculpture Garden, Art Collection, Harry Copper, Jasper Johns, Abstract, Alma Thomas, Michael Smith, Patents, Alma Thomas Obama, Obama White House Art Collection, Style News

WASHINGTON (AP) You can't see it, but there's a quiet cultural revolution under way at the White House. The Obamas are decorating their private space...

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With Health Care, the Profit Motive is Infectious

Sam Leff | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Would a Cheap Cure for Cancer Go the Way of the Cheap Cure for Ulcers?, Because Dietary Change Only Profits the Dieter American Could Become a Health Car Leader, But Only 5% Realize It, If Their Politicians Put Their Heart Into It.Cancer Is Profitable, Jgluten Sickens Millions of Americns, Ulcer Cure Suppressed to Preserve Pharma Profits, Barry Marshall, Symptoms, Stomach Ulcers, Ulcers, Helicobacter, Polio, Tagamet, Medical Industrial Complex, Zantac, Jonas Salk, Patents, Politics News
Sam Leff

The fact that the medical industrial complex suppressed the cure for stomach ulcers for nearly 15 years raises crucial questions about trusting a system which demonstrably favors corporate profits over patient health.

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What Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Pharmaceutical Industry, Financial Reform, Health Care Reform, Education Reform, Insurance Companies, Recession, Patents, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

If we look at the United States from the point of view of its potential, it seems that we have a very limited form of democracy.

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Save the Whales! Abolish Patents!

David K. Levine | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Generics, Monopoly, Health Care Reform, Copyrights, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Business News
David K. Levine

The case for drastically reducing and eventually abolishing medical patents is clear: they raise the social cost of drugs, and medicine, while providing little or even a negative incentive for medical innovation.

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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Big Business Gearing Up to Defend Protectionism Against UN Climate Negotiators

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Intellectual Property, World Trade Organization, Monopolies, Environment, Climate Change, Wto, Pollution, Patents, Green News
Mark Weisbrot

It appears that international efforts to slow the pace of worldwide climate disruption could also run up against powerful interests who advocate a "fundamentalist" conception of intellectual property.

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ACLU Files Case Challenging Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Joanna Rudnick | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joanna Rudnick, Mark Skolnick, Brca1, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Brca2, Aclu, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer Gene, Patents, Myriad, Politics News
Joanna Rudnick

Skolnick's answers surrounding the ethics and detrimental consequences of gene patenting were unsatisfying.

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Is the recession suffocating American innovation?

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession Innovation, Economy Innovation, Economy, Innovation Recession, Recession, Patents, Business News

WASHINGTON — Got a bright business idea? Take a number. Americans haven't stopped dreaming up newfangled gizmos or sketching engineering marvel...

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IBM Trifecta: Files For Offshoring Patent, Offshores Jobs, Applies for Stimulus Funds

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing to India, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Ibm, Outsourcing-to-India, Outsourcing to China, Patents, Patent Law, Business News
Dawn Teo

IBM is currently seeking $30 billion in stimulus money to create 1 million jobs. CEO Sam Palmisano even met with Obama at the White House to discuss I...

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Promise in the Pipeline: Is it Pay Day for Burks' Patented Peanut Protein?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Royalty, Revenue, Food Politics, New York Times, Cure, Salmonella, Wesley Burks, Peanut Butter, Tara Parker Pope, Peanut Allergies, Liability, Patents, Business News
Robyn O'Brien

As doctors bring their inventions to market, we should consider the health implications, liabilities and costs associated with exposing our children to yet another novel protein and synthetic substance before the long term health consequences have been evaluated.

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Obama Administration Rules Texts of New IPR Agreement are State Secrets

James Love | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foia, Ustr, Acta, Injunction, Patents, Politics News
James Love

We have been seeking access to documents relating to negotiations on an important new intellectual property enforcement treaty. The agreement, misle...

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Microsoft Roils the World with FAT Patents

Brian Kahin | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Wto, Standards, Linux, Alliance for Competitive Technology, Patents, Microsoft, Comptia, Business News
Brian Kahin

Some wishful thinkers may accept Microsoft's claim that this is about TomTom rather than Linux. But this is a landmark assault into the most troubled and controversial terrain of the patent system.

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Nike Sues Wal-Mart

AP | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Nike, Wal-Mart, Shoes, Patents, Business News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Nike Inc. has sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc., alleging the giant retailer is selling shoes that infringe on Nike's patented designs....

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The Patent Bubble... Still Growing

Brian Kahin | Posted 10.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, Nokia, Intel, Bubble, Asset Bubble, Ebay, Intellectual Ventures, Google, Patents, Trolls, Myrhvold, Economy, Business News
Brian Kahin

The patent bubble hasn't burst, but judging by last week's Wall Street Journal story on Intellectual Ventures, it's getting pretty big.

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In the Water Cube, It's Clean AND Green

Nancy Edwards Cronin | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Chlorine, Green Technology, Water, Olympic Swimming, Green, Ozone, Olympics, Patents, Green News
Nancy Edwards Cronin

I recently happened upon another possible reason why the Olympic swimmers in general are getting faster and faster. Would you believe it could be the water?

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Under the Radar: Two Tales From the Secret Life of Patents

Brian Kahin | Posted 08.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Qualcomm, Websites, Nokia, Trolls, Patents, Intellectual Property, Corporations, Lawsuit, Business News
Brian Kahin

The patent system is often portrayed as the defender of creativity, but as it's grown powerful, it's become a tool to extract settlements from little guys with the threat of astronomical legal costs.

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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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Real Artists Ship

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Strategy, Grassroots, Innovation, Inventions, Business, Malcolm Gladwell, Patents, Myhrvold, Microsoft, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

Whichever innovation guru you read, you won't find references to customers. But nothing compares to the creativity that could come from consumers if companies only knew how to talk to them.

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Patent-Holding Firm Sues AT&T, Sprint, And Verizon

CNet News | Tom Krazit | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Patents, Verizon, AT&T, NTP, Sprint, Business News

Remember NTP? They're back. The holding company that brought BlackBerry Nation to its knees in 2006 is once again on the advance, this time filing su...

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