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, have lon... 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 should be don... 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, somethin... 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 sequence the huma... 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 based her de... Read more
A long-running philosophical debate is being rehashed in the world of business, and big money is at stake, says Stephen Ornes AT SOME point in their career every mathematician comes up again... Read more
