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Patenting the Barcode of Life
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| DNA barcoding is such a powerful idea that the parasites have moved in, and
| started trying to *patent* bits of the idea:
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| Systematic and phylogenetics, indeed much of evolutionary science, has
| long and great tradition of making resources and knowledge freely
| available to other resources. Instead of cash, all an author asks for is
| a citation or a credit. Therefore, it sounded incredulous to me that one
| researcher was trying to patent a DNA barcode snippet for a plant gene
| that was being worked on over several years by a large group of
| researchers.
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| It's a classic situation: not only are scientific techniques being patented,
| they are techniques that are well established and have been used for years -
| something that is explicitly excluded even in the most deranged patent
| regimes. And people say the system is working just fine...
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/08/patenting-barcode-of-life.html
China, others shove U.S. in scramble for Africa
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5751F620090806
Recent:
Microsoft Faces Sanctions In Xbox Patent Spat
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| Microsoft Corp. has lost a tool in its defense in a patent trial over
| technology in its Xbox gaming console, and its alleged discovery misconduct
| has drawn a judge's ire and threats of sanctions.
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http://ip.law360.com/registrations/user_registration?article_id=103115&concurrency_check=false
Microsoft Gaming Patents â Where They're Going
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| An anonymous reader writes "BNET looked at some patents which suggest that
| Microsoft might be thinking about an integrated game console/set-top box.
| Quoting: 'Patent 20080167128 is for watching television on a game console,
| while patent 20080167127 covers switching a gaming console between various
| media, including television, video, music, and games, and even using the
| console as a set-top box. Clearly Microsoft has been interested in
| controlling the living room, and combining media, gaming, and set-top
| functions in a single device would make a great deal of sense.' There are
| also hints of mobile gaming that support the current round of rumors about a
| combination Xbox-Zune. "
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http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/24/1610251
Microsoft Game Patents: Combo Console/Set-Top Box, Portable, More
http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001821/microsoft-game-patents-combo-consoleset-top-box-portable-more/
The man who took on Microsoft - and won
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| Court documents show i4i claimed that Microsoft infringed on its patent in
| a "willful and deliberate" manner when it created its Word 2003, Word
| 2007, .NET Framework and Windows Vista software.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-man-who-took-on-microsoft---and-won/article1151405/
Jury orders Microsoft to pay $200M in damages to i4i
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2009/26/c7436.html
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