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[News] Software Patents and Other Very SICK Patents

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Software Patents and Open-Source

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| Does our current system of patents, especially software patents, "promote the 
| progress of science and the useful arts?" The answer is obvious. It does not. 
| Is it obvious enough for the Supreme Court to go against the wishes of 
| the "intellectual property nomenklatura" of this country, with their 
| fictitious billions of dollars on their balance sheets? Maybe. We'll see. 
| Another interesting question is this. On the day after all those patents are 
| invalidated, what will the stock market do? It will be interesting to see....      
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http://xoatlicue.blogspot.com/2009/02/software-patents-and-open-source.html

Glaxo proposes patent pool for neglected diseases

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| GlaxoSmithKline Plc's (GSK.L) chief executive urged creation of a voluntary 
| patent pool to spark development of new treatments for neglected diseases in 
| the world's poorest countries.  
| 
| Glaxo CEO Andrew Witty said on Friday his company would contribute its own 
| patents for technologies that might aid research into malaria, cholera and 
| more than a dozen other diseases.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN1353591120090213


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Patents Over Patients

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| Potential anticancer drugs should be judged on their scientific merit,
| not on their patentability.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/opinion/01moss.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Open Source Pharmaceuticals - New Business Model

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| "Open source" as applied to culture defines a culture in which
| intellectual property is made generally available. Participants
| in such a culture are able to improve and modify those products
| and redistribute them back into the community.
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http://www.farmavita.net/content/view/336/51/

Thailand fed up with high drug prices - minister

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| "We have thought about this for more than five years. It's long enough,"
| said Mongkol na Songkhla, who is leading one of the biggest challenges to
| Big Pharma's patent rights in years.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/19/worldupdates/2007-02-19T014311Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288239-1&sec=worldupdates


Biology Goes Open Source

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| Some of the world's biggest drug companies are finding that
| their genetic research is worth more to them if they give it away.
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http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/02/12/novartis-genes-diabetes-research-biz-cz_mh_0212novartis.html?partner=rss
http://tinyurl.com/2vqssl


Free Software Helps Hospitals Prepare for Mass Casualties

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| Johns Hopkins emergency medicine specialists have developed a tool to help
| hospitals prepare for disasters with the potential to overwhelm services.
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http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/19mar07/19casual.html
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