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A U.S. government patent application raises a knotty question: Should a country own property rights to the diseases that afflict its citizens?
August 21, 2008
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Accenture gets a patent for a "rapid transfer of knowledge" technique. Don't expect rich country workers to applaud
By Andrew Leonard
February 22, 2008
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Score another big victory for the Public Patent Foundation: Monsanto's grip on crucial genetic modification patents is weakening.
By Andrew Leonard
July 26, 2007
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The Patent and Trademark Office shakes up the biotech intellectual property status quo.
By Andrew Leonard
April 3, 2007
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Since when does the right to manufacture cheap compact discs constitute a national emergency?
By Andrew Leonard
January 18, 2007
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Free trade and AIDS in a post-coup, post-midterm election world.
By Andrew Leonard
November 29, 2006
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India gets a lecture on how it's not alright to share
By Andrew Leonard
July 14, 2006
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How India became a player in the global pharmaceutical industry.
By Andrew Leonard
July 6, 2006
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The WTO's intellectual property status quo: Bad for the developing world ... and the U.S.?
By Andrew Leonard
April 6, 2006
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Another day, another Washington think tank pushing Big Pharma propaganda.
By Andrew Leonard
April 4, 2006
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A Chinese company boldly goes where none has gone before. To file suit in the U.S.
By Andrew Leonard
February 17, 2006
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Move over Canada, China just took your place in the patent line.
By Andrew Leonard
February 7, 2006
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Traditional knowledge doesn't deserve I.P. protection, but cutting-edge research does. Huh?
By Andrew Leonard
February 6, 2006
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Reverse engineering, industrial espionage: Been there, done that, got the T-shirt in the 17th century
By Andrew Leonard
January 25, 2006
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How much does it cost to score a new drug?
By Andrew Leonard
January 18, 2006
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Brazil vs. the Drug Lords; a showdown at the IP corral
By Andrew Leonard
January 13, 2006
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Thanks, Jack Abramoff, for all your hard work
By Andrew Leonard
January 10, 2006
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A Texas chip design company broadcasts a warning to the world: Pay us now, or pay us later.
By Andrew Leonard
January 4, 2006
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark office decides the word "dyke" isn't offensive after all.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
December 9, 2005
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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
October 24, 2005
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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
December 13, 2004
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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
October 11, 2004
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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
October 29, 2002
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Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?
By Damien Cave
February 15, 2002
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Activist Jamie Love accuses the Bush administration of putting corporate profits above public safety.
By Anthony York
October 18, 2001
Biopiracy and bird flu
Vroom-vroom: Victory for Dykes on Bikes
Rubber match
When dot-com patents go bad
Ignoring the big C
Microsoft's media monopoly
Losing the war on patents
Is it time to bust the Cipro patent?
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