According to the NYTimes, a federal judge has invalidated two patents on human genes, claiming that the patents were “improperly granted” because they involved a “law of nature.” While this decision is […]
Nota Bene #99: Heed the Peace Gnome
“You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you’ve got music.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #96: Saturn's Hexagon and the Bulava Spiral
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
Nota Bene #91: No Joke
Well I figured I’d give you all a break
Microsoft again earns the moniker “Micro$haft”
Slashdot’s nightly headlines brought this bit of news from Information Week and Ars Technica to my attention last night: Microsoft submitted an adware patent back in 2006 that will use “context data” […]
Location search and software patents
According to Wired, Jason Galanis, founder of London-based Geomas, has filed a patent infringement case against Verizon for their Superpages.com location search (story here). For those of you who aren’t immediately clear […]
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