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When Patents Kill Innovation
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| Michelle Geis points to a new report in
| Genetics in Medicine suggesting that
| "exclusive licensing of gene patents does
| more to block competition and decrease
| patientsâ access to testing than it does to
| spur innovation."
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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/04/when-patents-kill-innovation.html
More harm than good?
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| George Church, a molecular geneticist at
| Harvard Medical School and a pioneer of
| whole-genome sequencing, is unpersuaded.
| Leaving aside the cystic fibrosis case, he
| says genetic testing benefits from
| incentives for innovation by luring in
| investors. He objects to the recommended
| reforms as âmicro-manipulation of one small
| part of the patent systemâ that could have
| unintended consequences.
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http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15905837
ACTA official text, re: software patents
http://news.swpat.org/2010/04/acta-text-released/
Indian Tribe Wins Fight to Limit Research of Its DNA
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| The Havasupai settlement appears to be the
| first payment to individuals who said their
| DNA was misused, several legal experts
| said, and came after the university spent
| $1.7 million fighting lawsuits by tribe
| members.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/us/22dna.html
New Study Shows Gene Patents Stifle Innovation And Put People At Risk
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100421/1451179133.shtml
"Patent Absurdity" documentary available as free download
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Patent-Absurdity-documentary-available-as-free-download-981029.html
Free Software Film Slams Absurdity Of Software Patents
http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/free-software-film-slams-absurdity-of-software-patents-6545
Film: "Patent absurdity"
http://lwn.net/Articles/383694/
Patent Absurdity: The Movie
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/04/patent-absurdity-the-movie.html
Recent:
Google TV: Another Reason Open Sourcing VP8 Matters
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| Googleâs decision to open source On2
| Technologyâs VP8 video codec at its Google I/O
| developer conference next month is not only a
| huge boon for HTML5 web video and a blow
| against Adobeâs Flash. Itâs also clearly aimed
| at optimizing video playback on a number of
| devices, like the much-rumored Google TV
| platform as well as upcoming Android tablet
| PCs.
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http://newteevee.com/2010/04/12/google-tv-another-reason-open-sourcing-vp8-matters/
Google to Open Source VP8?
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| There are patent concerns, but Google has a
| very good record on patents, so I am
| optimistic there.
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http://www.the-source.com/2010/04/google-to-open-source-vp8/
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