Why patents are bad for software
Software patents certainly incur important costs: to get them (cost quite marginal here, if you look at the other costs) to defend them in court […]
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The ideas behind patents
We should remember today why the patents, what are the fundamental ideas behind them (as opposed to the way they’re used, that is, the how-tos […]
Plavix may be copied…
Sanofi‘s antri-stroke drug may be copied by Canadian generic maker Apotex (others such as Indian’s Dr Reddy are contending too). Sanofi, however may very well […]
"There's an R&D crisis" (in pharma)
Seen on ip-watch, a comment by Ellen ‘t Hoen of Médecins Sans Frontières: “I hope that the CIPIH report also gives clear guidance to both […]
Beware software patents… and IP in general.
Actually, I refuse the vocable “Intellectual property”, which let people think that you can own intellectual stuff the way you own a car. “Exploitation monopoly” […]
BlackBerry users to get 30-day warning of shutdown…
Source: out-law.com, http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=6552 Funny how a company that produces no service (NTP) can shut down another company that provides the real service (RIM). Certainly, I’m […]
J'ai installé WordPress…
Mambo me semblait très câblé. WordPress n’est pas loin derrière, mais il semble plus simple…