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Who owns that offshore sucking sound?: Accenture gets a patent for a "rapid transfer of knowledge" technique. Don't expect rich country workers to applaud; Andrew Leonard Feb 22, 2008
Monsanto takes a punch to the gut: Score another big victory for the Public Patent Foundation: Monsanto's grip on crucial genetic modification patents is weakening.; Andrew Leonard Jul 26, 2007
Stem cell patents: Rejected!: The Patent and Trademark Office shakes up the biotech intellectual property status quo.; Andrew Leonard Apr 3, 2007
Pirates of the South China Seas: Since when does the right to manufacture cheap compact discs constitute a national emergency?; Andrew Leonard Jan 18, 2007
Why Thailand isn't smiling at Big Pharma: Free trade and AIDS in a post-coup, post-midterm election world.; Andrew Leonard Nov 29, 2006
Drug safety data: mine, all mine!: India gets a lecture on how it's not alright to share; Andrew Leonard Jul 14, 2006
The pirate stage of capitalism: How India became a player in the global pharmaceutical industry.; Andrew Leonard Jul 6, 2006
Tripping over the TRIPs agreement: The WTO's intellectual property status quo: Bad for the developing world ... and the U.S.?; Andrew Leonard Apr 6, 2006
There's a new IP sheriff in town: Another day, another Washington think tank pushing Big Pharma propaganda.; Andrew Leonard Apr 4, 2006
Biting the hand that sues you: A Chinese company boldly goes where none has gone before. To file suit in the U.S.; Andrew Leonard Feb 17, 2006
China's great wall of patents: Move over Canada, China just took your place in the patent line.; Andrew Leonard Feb 7, 2006
Bio-piracy? No such thing: Traditional knowledge doesn't deserve I.P. protection, but cutting-edge research does. Huh?; Andrew Leonard Feb 6, 2006
A twisted tale of Chinese porcelain: Reverse engineering, industrial espionage: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt in the 17th century; Andrew Leonard Jan 25, 2006
Big Pharma's funny numbers: How much does it cost to score a new drug?; Andrew Leonard Jan 18, 2006
We need a new drug (system): Brazil vs. the Drug Lords; a showdown at the IP corral; Andrew Leonard Jan 13, 2006
Putting in a good word for the über-lobbyist: Thanks, Jack Abramoff, for all your hard work; Andrew Leonard Jan 10, 2006
Attack of the MP3 patent hoarders: A Texas chip design company broadcasts a warning to the world: Pay us now, or pay us later.; Andrew Leonard Jan 4, 2006
Vroom-vroom: Victory for Dykes on Bikes: The U.S. Patent and Trademark office decides the word "dyke" isn't offensive after all.; Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 9, 2005
Rubber match: What do you get when you design a condom that men want to use? Sued. Inside the twisted patent battle over prophylactics.; By Andrew Leonard Oct 24, 2005
When dot-com patents go bad: The auction of Commerce One's intellectual property demonstrates that patents are worth more today as weapons than anything else. That's wrong.; By Jason Schultz Dec 13, 2004
Ignoring the big C: Cancer will kill more than half a million Americans this year. Scientists are desperate to find cures, but weak federal funding and high research costs driven by private-company greed are crippling their efforts.; By Greg Barrett Oct 11, 2004
Microsoft's media monopoly: Bill Gates wants to control the delivery of digital entertainment into your home. And according to a lawsuit brought by a pioneering software company, he's prepared to crush anything that gets in his way. First of two parts.; By Farhad Manjoo Oct 29, 2002
Losing the war on patents: Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?; By Damien Cave Feb 15, 2002
Is it time to bust the Cipro patent?: Activist Jamie Love accuses the Bush administration of putting corporate profits above public safety.; By Anthony York Oct 18, 2001
Amy and Goliath: A first-year law student brought a giant pharmaceutical to its knees. But will her victory for South Africa's AIDS sufferers deprive the world of new medicines?; By Daryl Lindsey May 1, 2001

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