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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
Patents are your friends: Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers?; By Damien Cave Mar 21, 2001
Fighting the plague: The World Trade Organization steps into Africa's AIDS crisis, creating incentives for pharmaceutical companies to give some of their drugs away.; By Ben Barber Mar 19, 2001
A lost Claus: The U.S. government has made it official: Santa doesn't exist.; By Gersh Kuntzman Dec 22, 2000
"Laser" by Nick Taylor: The whiz-kid inventor of that $200 billion light beam spent 30 years fighting for the credit.; By Bill Kowinski Dec 7, 2000
Who ya gonna call? Patent busters!: BountyQuest CEO Charles Cella explains why his Web site is offering cash to patent destroyers.; By Damien Cave Oct 23, 2000
Apple's "1-click" deal leaves a sour taste: Since when does a computer maker need to license technology from a retailer like Amazon?; By Damien Cave Sep 20, 2000
The science of invention: Can a theory cooked up by a Soviet labor camp survivor solve today's thorniest engineering problems -- and make the world a better place?; By Mark Wallace Jun 29, 2000
Stop the Web! We own those links!: British Telecom claims it has patented hyperlinks, but one of the icons of Web history tells a different story.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Jun 21, 2000
Lean, green gene-counting machine: Incyte CEO Roy Whitfield gives biotech investors and patent critics a few lessons on genomic research.; By Mark Compton Apr 24, 2000
"It's not broken but we're fixing it": The patent office reveals its new plan for examining "business method" patents, and, no, it says, it's not responding to industry pressure.; By Damien Cave Mar 30, 2000
Patently Bezos: The Amazon CEO's plan for patent reform is not all new, but it's not all bad, either.; By Damien Cave Mar 16, 2000
Tim & Jeff's excellent patent show: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, after a discussion with publisher Tim O'Reilly, calls for patent reform -- while clinging to those his company has.; By Damien Cave Mar 10, 2000
Who owns your DNA?: Genetic research that can save lives is often stymied by biotech companies' greedy patent claims.; By Arthur Allen Mar 7, 2000
Patently absurd?: Amazon.com's patent on its affiliate program has roiled the Web, but such protections may actually promote innovation.; By Damien Cave Mar 3, 2000
Amazon to world: We control how many times you must click!: With a decision to patent the obvious, Amazon sparks the ire of a free-software advocate -- and a boycott of its site.; By Scott Rosenberg Dec 21, 1999
Letters to the Editor: If Cintra doesn't gamble, why was she in Vegas? Plus: Don't expect teens to be grown-ups; exposing Pat Buchanan.; Letters to the Editor Sep 22, 1999
How can they patent that?: The torrent of patents for e-commerce schemes raises new questions about an old-fashioned system.; By Peter Wayner Mar 9, 1999

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