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Profit from patents: sue, don't produce
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| No surprises: the trolls make more from
| suing than performing entities
| (manufacturers) do from suing (shorter time
| to trial, higher success rate, higher
| damages).
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002499
Supreme Court to Hear First Genetically Engineered Crop Case
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| Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to
| hear a first-time case about the risks of
| genetically engineered crops. Named Monsanto
| v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475, the case
| before the high court will be yet another
| step in an ongoing battle waged by the
| Center for Food Safety to protect consumers
| and the environment from potentially harmful
| effects of genetically engineered (GE)
| crops.
|
| The modified alfalfa seed at the heart of
| the dispute has been engineered to be immune
| to Monsantoâs flagship herbicide Roundup.
| Monsanto intervened in a 2007 federal
| district court ruling that the Department of
| Agricultureâs approval of GE alfalfa was
| illegal. The Center for Food Safety (CFS)
| filed a 2006 lawsuit on behalf of a
| coalition of non-profits and farmers who
| wished to retain the choice to plant non-GE
| alfalfa. CFS was victorious in this case â
| in addition CFS has won two appeals by
| Monsanto in the Court of Appeals for the
| Ninth Circuit: in 2008 and again in 2009.
| Now, upon Monsantoâs insistence, the Supreme
| Court has agreed to hear the case.
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http://truefoodnow.org/2010/01/15/supreme-court-to-hear-first-genetically-engineered-crop-case/
Old:
Microsoftâs Shell Game
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| His claim that the infringement canât
| possibly be accidental is also belied by the
| fact that Microsoft refuses to disclose
| which patents free software infringes. If
| Microsoftâs patents are valid, and if free
| software developers have been infringing
| them deliberately, then itâs hard to see
| what the harm would be in publicly revealing
| which patents are infringing.
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http://techdrivein.blogspot.com/2010/02/google-chrome-os-tablet-demo-video-like.html
Recent:
EIM: We refused Microsoft's orgies and paid for it
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| Relations between EIM Computerized
| Technologies Ltd. and Microsoft Corporation
| (Nasdaq: MSFT) have always been sensitive,
| but EIM's statement of defense in a lawsuit
| against the software giant sets a new
| standard.
|
| EIM, was one of Microsoft's largest
| distributors in Israel until mid-2005, when
| their contract expired. In the statement of
| defense filed with the Tel Aviv District
| Court, EIM claims that its relations with
| Microsoft broke down because EIM's
| employees refused to participate in sex and
| drug orgies on a cruise organized by
| Microsoft in May 2005 for its Israeli and
| Turkish distributors.
|
| EIM alleges, "For the pleasure cruise,
| Microsoft, or people on its behalf, invited
| women who provided sexual services for
| money. During this cruise, the Microsoft
| representative encouraged the participants
| in the cruise to party with these women,
| including receiving said services. They
| were also offered banned substances."
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http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000533636
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