When Universities Sell Patents to Trolls, Publicly Funded Research Is Compromised There’s been a lot of talk lately about the state of publicly funded research. Many, including EFF... Read more
Research to be published in Science on April 29, 2016 shows how cash-hungry patent trolls are squelching innovation when the American economy depends on it more than ever. What sho... Read more
Intellectual property: After being blamed for stymying innovation in America, vague and overly broad patents on software and business processes could get the chop AT LAST, it seems... Read more
There were three great scientific horse races in the last century. The first two, the race to the moon and the race to split the atom have been widely reported. The race to sequenc... Read more
The Supreme Court today unanimously struck down patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 When Angelina Jolie announced last month that she decided to get a prophylactic double mastectomy, she ba... Read more
