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 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. 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! 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? 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." 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? 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? 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. 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!" 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 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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? 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 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. 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? 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. 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.? 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. 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. 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. 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? By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/25/porcelain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/25/porcelain/index.html?source=rss Reverse engineering, industrial espionage: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt in the 17th century