Intellectual Property - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/intellectual_property/?source=rss&aim=intellectual_property en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST Porn in a flash By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/25/upskirting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/25/upskirting/index.html?source=rss A troubling surge in creepy "upskirt" photography has lawmakers in a twist -- and the body parts of women posted all over the Internet. Why Genentech lobbyists are worth every penny By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/16/genentech_and_biosimilars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/16/genentech_and_biosimilars/index.html?source=rss Figuring out the right rules for biotech drug development should be hard. But Big Pharma makes it easy Barack Obama wants you (to spill your secrets) By Michael Martin Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/24/online_privacy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/11/24/online_privacy/index.html?source=rss Prospective White House employees must cough up an unprecedented amount of detail about their online activity. Is the new administration being smart -- or scary? The AK-47: Shot down by its own success By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/29/kalashnikov_copycats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/29/kalashnikov_copycats/index.html?source=rss The USSR never made a priority of protecting Kalashnikov rifle intellectual property. Oops! Swedish pirates invade European Parliament By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/08/swedish_pirate_party/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/08/swedish_pirate_party/index.html?source=rss "We are not red, blue or green. We are just pirates." News from Macworld: Recording industry declares surrender By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/06/record_companies_surrender/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/06/record_companies_surrender/index.html?source=rss Apple promises iTunes will remove copy protection from "vast majority" of catalog. Who could have seen that coming? Biopiracy and bird flu Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/biopiracy_and_bird_flu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/21/biopiracy_and_bird_flu/index.html?source=rss A U.S. government patent application raises a knotty question: Should a country own property rights to the diseases that afflict its citizens? Chinese pirates can't touch the Brits and the French By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/19/chinese_pirates_aren_t_so_bad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/11/19/chinese_pirates_aren_t_so_bad/index.html?source=rss Who is stealing the most American movies? Hint: Don't go looking in the Far East for the most rapacious plunderers. Looking for some stem cell payback By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/04/california_stem_cells/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/04/california_stem_cells/index.html?source=rss Biomedical industry to California legislators: "Don't you dare tell us what to do with your money!" Thailand takes off the gloves By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/26/thailand_globalization/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/26/thailand_globalization/index.html?source=rss First, the Thai military overthrew a democracy. Now they're aiming at bigger game: Globalization YouTube: I think I'm turning Japanese By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/20/youtube_in_japan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/20/youtube_in_japan/index.html?source=rss Japanese copyright holders demand action! It's all about the cartoons. Barbarians in Beijing By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/14/opium/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/14/opium/index.html?source=rss A statement of moral admonition from Wu Yi to Henry Paulson No sweet sounds from these MP3 players By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/30/sigmatel_and_actions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/30/sigmatel_and_actions/index.html?source=rss The ballad of Sigmatel and Actions Semiconductor, Part III. Steal this fashion design By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/27/fashionable_theft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/27/fashionable_theft/index.html?source=rss Sometimes, copying someone else's creation is the right thing to do. In Geneva, another election By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/07/geneva_election/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/07/geneva_election/index.html?source=rss Big Pharma and Bush hacks are watching as the World Health Organization picks a new leader. Russian pirates and the new Cold War By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/05/allofmp3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/05/allofmp3/index.html?source=rss Is allofmp3.com keeping Russia out of the WTO? Classical copycats By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/24/chinese_painting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/24/chinese_painting/index.html?source=rss Painting by the (big) numbers in southern China The pirate stage of capitalism By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/07/06/indian_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/07/06/indian_drugs/index.html?source=rss How India became a player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Bill Gates vs. the WHO By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/27/gates_buffett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/06/27/gates_buffett/index.html?source=rss Will the $60 billion Gates-Buffett colossus make the U.N.'s World Health Organization irrelevant? Full-text or just the abstract? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/11/who_bulletin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/11/who_bulletin/index.html?source=rss Big Pharma vs. public health: An all-points Bulletin from the WHO. Tripping over the TRIPs agreement By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/04/06/trips/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/04/06/trips/index.html?source=rss The WTO's intellectual property status quo: Bad for the developing world ... and the U.S.? There's a new IP sheriff in town By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/04/04/michael_ryan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/04/04/michael_ryan/index.html?source=rss Another day, another Washington think tank pushing Big Pharma propaganda. Biting the hand that sues you By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/17/netac/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/17/netac/index.html?source=rss A Chinese company boldly goes where none has gone before. To file suit in the U.S. China's great wall of patents By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/07/chinese_patents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/07/chinese_patents/index.html?source=rss Move over Canada, China just took your place in the patent line. Bio-piracy? No such thing By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/06/biopiracy_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/02/06/biopiracy_3/index.html?source=rss Traditional knowledge doesn't deserve I.P. protection, but cutting-edge research does. Huh?