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"Summary: Some of the latest reports pertaining to Microsoft's (and its patent trolls') pursuit/lobbying for software patents at a time when such patents lose their appeal/lustre in the United States"

"from the time-for-a-change dept Here on Techdirt we've written many times about the problematic nature of drug patents. They are harmful both directly, in terms of the price distortions they cause and seek to spread to new markets, and indirectly, through the lobbying that the pharma industry deploys to strengthen and extend them, notably in trade agreements such as TPP and TAFTA/TTIP. "

"from the time-for-a-change dept Here on Techdirt we've written many times about the problematic nature of drug patents. They are harmful both directly, in terms of the price distortions they cause and seek to spread to new markets, and indirectly, through the lobbying that the pharma industry deploys to strengthen and extend them, notably in trade agreements such as TPP and TAFTA/TTIP. "

"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an international non-profit digital rights group, is reaching out to universities and their communities to combat patent trolls."

"Posted in Europe, GNU/Linux, Google, Patents at 6:06 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz What the media wants us to believe it can make many actually believe, by sheer force of repetition"

"Posted in Europe, GNU/Linux, Google, Patents at 6:06 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz What the media wants us to believe it can make many actually believe, by sheer force of repetition"

"Summary: Microsoft continues its vicious patent war on anything resembling competition (however small), even the competition against which Microsoft previously committed competition abuses/crimes (subject of court cases) in order to attain total monopoly"

"Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Patents at 2:24 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz How many people even noticed (let alone wrote about) Microsoft's Wistron and Rakuten patent settlements that explicitly cover Linux?"

"Now 10 years old, the Open Invention Network protects more than 2,000 software packages By Katherine Noyes"

"Credit: flickr/Bob Bob Now 10 years old, the Open Invention Network protects more than 2,000 software packages Katherine Noyes By Katherine Noyes"

"What has Paul discovered? The mycologist has figured out how to use mother nature's own creations to keep insects from destroying crops. It's what is being called SMART pesticides. These pesticides provide safe & nearly permanent solution for controlling over 200,000 species of insects - and all thanks to the 'magic' of mushrooms."

"What has Paul discovered? The mycologist has figured out how to use mother nature's own creations to keep insects from destroying crops. It's what is being called SMART pesticides. These pesticides provide safe & nearly permanent solution for controlling over 200,000 species of insects - and all thanks to the 'magic' of mushrooms."

"Here are some of the reasons why Microsoft will continue their cross licensing campaign. CIO | Mar 18, 2016 7:35 AM PT"

"Here are some of the reasons why Microsoft will continue their cross licensing campaign. CIO | Mar 18, 2016 7:35 AM PT"

"For over a decade, Uniloc pursued royalties for various anti-piracy schemes. by Joe Mullin (US) - Mar 26, 2016 9:22am CET"

"For over a decade, Uniloc pursued royalties for various anti-piracy schemes. by Joe Mullin (US) - Mar 26, 2016 9:22am CET"

"From the perspective of the USTR, the TPP is not a threat to global health initiatives that rely on generics, but rather a blueprint for international norms that promote innovation in global health and elsewhere. However, amfAR's Senior Research Advisor, Brian Honermann, labels the USTR's outlook on HIV and the TPP as "inaccurate." He notes that the TPP contains "unprecedented intellectual property protections" around data exclusivity and the scope of patentability, both of which could make it harder to integrate new treatment options into large public sector programs that rely overwhelmingly on off-label drugs. "

"What OpenAI Will Do OpenAI's researchers will be encouraged to publish their work, and any patents awarded will be shared with everyone. They will collaborate freely with both institutions and corporate entities. Today's AI systems are outstanding when it comes to pattern recognition problems, but they're limited to those. OpenAI plans to work to remove those constraints until computers eventually can reach human performance on virtually every intellectual task, Brockman and Sutskever wrote. Doing so correctly could be of huge benefit -- or it could cause incalculable harm. OpenAI's investors consider it important to have a leading research institution that "can prioritize a good outcome for all over its own self-interest," they said. "

"from the because-fuck-you,-that's-why dept When pharmaceutical companies defend outrageously-priced medicines, they often claim these massive profit margins are there to help them recoup the money dumped into research and development. But that has nothing to do with the high prices. R&D costs are consistently lower than companies portray them."

"While Bitcoin has received the lion's share of attention since its conception, recently the Blockchain - the distributed public database used to record Bitcoin transactions - has just begun entering the spotlight for enabling some important capabilities outside of Bitcoin."

"While Bitcoin has received the lion's share of attention since its conception, recently the Blockchain - the distributed public database used to record Bitcoin transactions - has just begun entering the spotlight for enabling some important capabilities outside of Bitcoin."