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Biopiracy and bird flu

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

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

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

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

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Biomedical industry to California legislators: "Don't you dare tell us what to do with your money!"

Thailand takes off the gloves

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

First, the Thai military overthrew a democracy. Now they're aiming at bigger game: Globalization

YouTube: I think I'm turning Japanese

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Japanese copyright holders demand action! It's all about the cartoons.

Barbarians in Beijing

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

A statement of moral admonition from Wu Yi to Henry Paulson

No sweet sounds from these MP3 players

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

The ballad of Sigmatel and Actions Semiconductor, Part III.

Steal this fashion design

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Sometimes, copying someone else's creation is the right thing to do.

In Geneva, another election

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Big Pharma and Bush hacks are watching as the World Health Organization picks a new leader.

Russian pirates and the new Cold War

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Is allofmp3.com keeping Russia out of the WTO?

Classical copycats

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Painting by the (big) numbers in southern China

The pirate stage of capitalism

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

How India became a player in the global pharmaceutical industry.

Bill Gates vs. the WHO

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Will the $60 billion Gates-Buffett colossus make the U.N.'s World Health Organization irrelevant?

Full-text or just the abstract?

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Big Pharma vs. public health: An all-points Bulletin from the WHO.

Tripping over the TRIPs agreement

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

The WTO's intellectual property status quo: Bad for the developing world ... and the U.S.?

There's a new IP sheriff in town

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Another day, another Washington think tank pushing Big Pharma propaganda.

Biting the hand that sues you

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

A Chinese company boldly goes where none has gone before. To file suit in the U.S.

China's great wall of patents

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Move over Canada, China just took your place in the patent line.

Bio-piracy? No such thing

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Traditional knowledge doesn't deserve I.P. protection, but cutting-edge research does. Huh?

A twisted tale of Chinese porcelain

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Reverse engineering, industrial espionage: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt in the 17th century

Big Pharma to Africa's aid? Really?

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Roche says it will help poor countries make cheap drugs, no questions asked. Why?

Big Pharma's funny numbers

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

How much does it cost to score a new drug?

We need a new drug (system)

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

Brazil vs. the Drug Lords; a showdown at the IP corral

Attack of the MP3 patent hoarders

Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

A Texas chip design company broadcasts a warning to the world: Pay us now, or pay us later.

Rubber match

By Andrew Leonard — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:00 PDT

What do you get when you design a condom that men want to use? Sued. Inside the twisted patent battle over prophylactics.